Battle for the Belt

Save the date. Saturday January 2nd 2027. 11 AM. This will be for the Jay’s Silver Ballroom championship belt for 2026. The tournament will be run like STATE but better! It will be a double elimination bracket. Winners bracket will be best of 7 like STATE! Each player will choose ANY working game in here, no side tournaments, no excluded games from the tournament. You will each choose 3 games must be 1 modern, 1 mid, and 1 classic. Higher seed will pick 7th game if necessary. It will be double elimination. The second chance side of the bracket will be best of 3 games. Each player chooses 1 game doesn’t matter the era of game for second chance bracket. Higher seed will pick 3rd game if necessary. This tournament is an invitational tournament. We will be taking the top 24 players from the monthly tournaments. Top 8 will receive a first round bye. I will post link and standings in the comments. Not in the top 24, and still want to come hang out, no problem just let me know, also put yourself on the list of alternates in case someone doesn’t show up. The first round will start at 11 AM. This is an appreciation tournament, so no cost to enter. I will cover IFPA fees and the belt to the grand champion. I am looking for sponsors for prizes and prize money. Scott Millman of ScottieIA pinball donated $100 to the prize pool already. So if you are in the Waterloo, or Cedar Rapids area please go support his locations. We will also be offering T-shirts for the event it will have the Jay’s logo small on left corner and bigger logo on the back with a catchy phrase. This will be preorder so tell me your size and PayPal, Venmo me or hand me cash. The bigger the order the cheaper they are, any proceeds go to prize pool. Cost of shirts will be $15. If you are in the top 24 I need to know if you are going to be able to attend by Sunday December 26th. After that I’m just going to go down the list of alternates. If you have any questions call me or message me.
https://app.matchplay.events/series/5527