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ABT nca Main Event Tournament Format
This is the standard format used for most 2 day tournaments
- Guaranteed Prizes
- $1000 1st Place, $500 2nd Place, $250 3rd Place, $150 4th Place
- Last Cashing Place is $100
- Entry Fees
- Gold Member $75.00
- Standard Member $85.00
- Guest Entry $95.00
- Cashing Ratio
- Main Event is 1 in 5
- Diablo is 1 in 4
- Sweeper is 1 in 5
- Handicap Calculation
- 70% of 225 maximum 52 pins plus up to 23 bonus pins
- Entering Averages
- USBC highest single season composite average in the past 3 years
- Combined Division Qualifying
- Classic Division 189 and under qualifies with the Masters Division 190 and over
- Qualifying Format
- 3 Games across 6 lanes with handicap
- Cuts are by block, a block consists of 1 or more squads combined for a cut
- Re-entries are allowed and limited only to the number of squads available
- At the conclusion of each block, 1 n 5 will advance to the semi-finals
- All Semi-finalists are guaranteed to cash
- Diablo Qualifying Format
- Diablo is available the last squad of most events
- Diablo is 2 games only last chance squad
- Only the highest game with handicap counts towards qualifying
- At the conclusion of the Diablo squad, 1 n 4 advance to the semi-finals
- After Diablo, qualifying is finished
- Semi-finals Format
- All members in the semi-finals receive a prize check for $100 or higher
- Semis is 2 games combined division with handicap
- Zero pins from qualifying are carried over. Everyone is reset to zero
- The top 4 scores advance to the Eliminator Finals
- Eliminator Finals Format
- Again, no pins are carried to this round, every is reset to zero
- All 4 finalists bowl 1 game on the same pair with the top two scores with handicap advancing to the championship round
- The 2 non winners will finish in order of their scores finishing 3rd and 4th
- The two winners from round 1 now bowl a Championship game on the same pair
- The winner takes home $1000 and the 2nd place wins $500
- Prize Checks
- Prize checks are written the same day and made available to the members at the end of each cashing round or as quickly as possible
- Sweepers
- This is an optional entry available during qualifying
- The members best 2 games out of 3 are used during qualifying
- 1 n 5 entries from each block cash
- Sweeper checks are available after each block
- Brackets
- Standard $5 8 man brackets are available on all 3 game qualifying squad
- Eliminator Tournament Format
- A special format for short schedules or 1 day tournaments
- 3 games combined division qualifying
- Multi entry / multi cashing allowed
- Enter 3 times and if your score permit, you can receive 3 prize checks
- Can only cash once in the top 4
- After 3 squads are completed, the top 4 scores advance to the Eliminator Finals
- The Eliminator Finals is the same format as described above
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