The Maine Pinball Equinox 2026
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Registration on Matchplay: https://matchplay.live/mpe2026
$40 Cash Entry Day of Tourney for prizes, trophies and IFPA fees. Cash and Trophies for top 4 in each division with additional cash payouts depending on player turnout (if a full field, top 8 in each division will get cash).
Coin-Drop for Games.
64 players max.
Division qualifying: 3 rounds of 3 game match play (3,2,1,0).
Division Split 50% A Division/B Division
2 Strike bracket elimination: last place gets a strike in each game. Survivors advance to finals.
Finals: NEPL style 4 game match play (7,5,3,1 – 7,4,1 scoring).
Doors at 10:00am
Tournament Start 11:00am
Tournament Format in Detail:
Part One: 3,2,1,0 Match Play
Each round, your group is randomly assigned a machine and you will play that same machine three times in a row.
For the first game, play order is chosen from top seed down. For the second and third games, play order is chosen from loser up. Initial seeding is random. After that, groups are re-seeded based on points.
Ties are broken by best round if possible, otherwise randomized. Play continues for two more rounds. After three rounds, the field is split in half to form A and B divisions based on win/loss records.
Part Two: Survival Rounds (Don't come in last!)
Each group is assigned a random game. The player who comes in last on that game receives one strike. Play continues on the same machine until one player has received two strikes, at which point they are eliminated from the tournament. Now the remaining 3 players in each group are assigned a new random game and play that machine until another player is eliminated. Strikes from previous games carry over. Play continues until each group has only one survivor. Those survivors move on to finals. With a full field of 64 players, there will be 8 players in each division going to finals.
Play order for each game is chosen by top seed. The remaining players choose their order in descending order of seeding.
Any players who were eliminated during the same round will play a tie-breaker match on one machine. Seeding for this match will be based upon their seeding going in to the Survival Rounds.
Part Three: NEPL Style Match Play
Seeding is based on rank from the end of part one. Each player chooses a game and goes first on that game. Play order is printed on the score sheets. Scoring will be 7,5,3,1 (or 7,4,1 in a 3-player group).
With a full field of 64 players, there will be two groups of four players in each division. After four games, the two highest scoring players in each group will then go to a final four to determine the winner.
Everything is subject to change!
$40 Cash Entry Day of Tourney for prizes, trophies and IFPA fees. Cash and Trophies for top 4 in each division with additional cash payouts depending on player turnout (if a full field, top 8 in each division will get cash).
Coin-Drop for Games.
64 players max.
Division qualifying: 3 rounds of 3 game match play (3,2,1,0).
Division Split 50% A Division/B Division
2 Strike bracket elimination: last place gets a strike in each game. Survivors advance to finals.
Finals: NEPL style 4 game match play (7,5,3,1 – 7,4,1 scoring).
Doors at 10:00am
Tournament Start 11:00am
Tournament Format in Detail:
Part One: 3,2,1,0 Match Play
Each round, your group is randomly assigned a machine and you will play that same machine three times in a row.
For the first game, play order is chosen from top seed down. For the second and third games, play order is chosen from loser up. Initial seeding is random. After that, groups are re-seeded based on points.
Ties are broken by best round if possible, otherwise randomized. Play continues for two more rounds. After three rounds, the field is split in half to form A and B divisions based on win/loss records.
Part Two: Survival Rounds (Don't come in last!)
Each group is assigned a random game. The player who comes in last on that game receives one strike. Play continues on the same machine until one player has received two strikes, at which point they are eliminated from the tournament. Now the remaining 3 players in each group are assigned a new random game and play that machine until another player is eliminated. Strikes from previous games carry over. Play continues until each group has only one survivor. Those survivors move on to finals. With a full field of 64 players, there will be 8 players in each division going to finals.
Play order for each game is chosen by top seed. The remaining players choose their order in descending order of seeding.
Any players who were eliminated during the same round will play a tie-breaker match on one machine. Seeding for this match will be based upon their seeding going in to the Survival Rounds.
Part Three: NEPL Style Match Play
Seeding is based on rank from the end of part one. Each player chooses a game and goes first on that game. Play order is printed on the score sheets. Scoring will be 7,5,3,1 (or 7,4,1 in a 3-player group).
With a full field of 64 players, there will be two groups of four players in each division. After four games, the two highest scoring players in each group will then go to a final four to determine the winner.
Everything is subject to change!
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Arcadia - Portland, Portland, Maine, United States
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