HI all! Time to mark your calendars for Pinball at the Lab 2024, the original Target Match Play tournament held at the RIVERSIDE GAME LAB, in Riverside, CA!

PATL is a Stern Pro Circuit event. Maximum number of players is 120.

Event Schedule:

Saturday, September 21
- Check-in: 10:00-10:50am. Anyone not checked in by 10:50am will forfeit their tournament registration to players on the wait list.
- Practice from 10:30am-11:00am.
- Qualifying match play rounds start at 11:00am and continue until 11:00pm or until all finals slots are filled.
- Dinner break from 5:00pm-6:00pm (or as close as possible)

Sunday, September 22
- Playoffs begin at 10am

Entry Fee:
IFPA Rank 1-250: $120 ($40 of this will be paid on-site)
IFPA Rank 251+: $80
Refunds: There will be no refunds given for this event. Please only sign up if you plan on attending. Tickets are non-transferrable. Only the player name on the ticket will be allowed to participate in the event.


Game list: TBA

Qualification Rounds:
Players will be placed into four-player groups (occasionally three-player) to compete on an individual, randomly selected machine. Points will be awarded based upon performance on that machine (3/2/1/0) and added to a running total for the tournament.

A player qualifies for finals by reaching or passing a target value of 30 points at which point the player no longer competes in the qualification rounds.

Match play will continue until all available finals positions are filled. If the time allotted for match play expires prior to filling all finals positions, the remaining positions will be filled based upon rankings tabulated at the conclusion of the final match play round.

Final Rounds:
Top 24 go to ‘A’ finals, next 8 go to ‘B’ finals.
Players with WPPR rankings 1-250 will be restricted from playing in ‘B’ finals.
Players that placed 1st in ‘B’ at previous PATL tournaments will be restricted from playing in ‘B’ finals.
4 Player groups with the same scoring as the qualification rounds (3/2/1/0).

Project Pinball Side Tournament: Game and format TBA