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IOWA FIRST EVER HYBRID AND CERTIFIED PINBALL TOURNAMENT! SpareMe Bowl & Arcade
404 East College Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
RSVP / Register at Matchplay.Live/SpMe2025
Wednesday - Monthly Matchplay Tournament at 6PM - $1 entry - Free Play Practice Starting at 7am. Registration / Check In Starts at 2PM.
Qualifying Hours:
Thursday - 3pm - 9pm (Registration/Check starts at Noon)
Friday - 9am - 11PM - Non IFPA Stall Ball Shootout at 8PM
Saturday 9am- 11PM (Main Registration Cutoff at 4PM) - High Stakes Strikes Tournament Starting at 4pm.
Sunday - Finals Starting PROMPTLY at Noon.
Fees:
-$40 Entry Fee - $30 for Mission Creek Festival Passholders.
-$1 to IFPA Fees, 60% of entry to Prize Pool!
Score Keeper Volunteers: $1 Entry (to cover the IFPA Fee), work a 4 hour score keeping shift.
(Bonus, private hour of qualifying each day after general qualifying hours) Contact Harry.Nelsen@Hawkeyehotels.com for more details.
Format:
Herb/Best Game HYBRID BOOSTER Qualifying - 200% TGP BOOSTER! IOWA’S FIRST EVER HYBRID EVENT!
-9 Machine Bank. 36 Total Attempts.
-Top 2 Scores on Each Machine Count Towards Qualifying Standings.
-PLAY EARLY AND PLAY OFTEN! We need as many people as possible to play all of their attempts in order to qualify for CERTIFIED EVENT BOOSTERS (48 Players!)
YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR ALL HOURS OF QUALIFYING! Come in, play some games, and check out the Mission Creek Festival!
Finals:
A Finals: Top Half, or Top 24 IF the tournament field exceeds 48 players. PAPA Style Bo3 Single Elimination.
B Finals, Top 8 Players, not qualifying for A division finals, excluding Top 250 rated players, Bo3 Head to Head Single Elimination.
Prize Distribution %’s (Plus Merch, Gift Cards,Free Bar Tabs!)
A Division:
1st : (15.5%)
2nd: (10%)
3rd: (8%)
4th: (5.5%)
5-10th:(2.5% Each)
B Division:
1st: (5%)
2nd: (3%)
3rd: (2%)
4th: (1.75%)
Main Bounties:
-High Score On Each Machine
-Lowest IFPA Rank to Make A Finals
-Most High Scores
-Highest Placing 1st Time IFPA Participant
Side Tournaments:
-Wednesday 4/2: Monthly Matchplay Tournament at 6PM - $1 Entry
-Friday: Non-IFPA Stall Ball Hosted by FitzCo Pinball at 8pm - $5 Entry. 20 Player Max. Drain the ball you're out, stall it out next player up. Top 3 Players on both machines advance to finals. Play until the last person standing!
-Saturday: High Stakes Strikes at 4pm - $50 Entry. 12 Players Max. 6 Strike Progressive (0/1/2/3) until 3 Players Remain. Final Group will play Fair Strikes(0/1/2) with Elimination at 3 Strikes. 100% of fees paid out! - 50% OF THE POT TO 1ST PLACE (33.3% to 2nd and 16.6% to 3rd)
IFPA Main Tournament Link: https://www.ifpapinball.com/tournaments/view.php?t=94022
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
SpareMeIC, 404 E. College Street #101,Iowa City, Iowa, United States
