<2007 through 2009 ~ Vegas Schedule of Events for ACO U.S. Nationals January 2010
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Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 10:07 am
Site AdminJoined: 12 Jan 2007Posts: 877Location: Cincinnati, OH
Thursday, January 28th, 2010 Luck of Draw
• Open to all players
• Event included with purchase of social, competitive or CornyForty packages
• Additional play or walk ups welcome, tournament tickets available for $30.00 per entry.
• Double Elimination – Single Game – First to 21
• Run in the ACO Social GameZone on ACO Approved social boards
• Registration 5:30PM to 6:45PM
• 5:00PM to 7:00PM Social courts open for play
• 7:00PM Tournament Kicks Off
• $500.00 prize purse - $300.00 & Trophy for First Place / $200.00 Second Place
• Winners announced and paid out after tournament
Board Challenge - Open Division
• Open to all players
• Event included with purchase of social, competitive or CornyForty packages
• Additional play or walk ups welcome, board challenge tickets available for $10.00 per entry.
• Rules of game: each player per attempt gets the opportunity to pitch four bags at three different boards, must pitch at boards in this order –
(i) Challenger Board- where each made shot has value of 2 points,
(ii) Tournament Series Board- where each made shot has value of 1 point,
(iii) AirMail Box- where each made shot has value of 3 points
• Player with most points is winner
• One time event THURSDAY ONLY
• $500.00 prize purse - $100 & Trophy First Place / $75 Second / $50 Third / $50 Fourth / $30 Fifth / $30 Sixth / $30 Seventh / $30 Eighth / $25 Ninth / $25 Tenth / Eleventh $15 / Twelfth $15 / Thirteenth $15
• Play from 5:00PM to 11:00PM
• Winners announced and paid out at 11:00PM
Air Mail Challenge - Social and Competitive Division
• Open to all players – SOCIAL DIVISION / COMPETITIVE DIVISION
• Event included with purchase of social, competitive or CornyForty packages
• Additional play or walk ups welcome, Air Mail Challenge tickets available for $5.00 per entry – walk ups can only compete for Competitive purse
• Rules of the game: Each player is given 8 bags per attempt, no practicing is permitted, player making most Air Mails in eight attempts wins challenge – ties will be determined by a pitch off
• $100.00 prize purse - $50 & Trophy First Competitive / $50 & Trophy First Social
• Play from 5:00PM to 11:00PM
• Winners announced and awarded at 11:00PM
• Winners of both divisions will be entered into Saturdays AIRMAIL Elite Eight Tournament filling first two spots of eight available
Site AdminJoined: 12 Jan 2007Posts: 877Location: Cincinnati, OH
Continuation of Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Seven21 Challenge - Social and Competitive Division
• Open to all players – SOCIAL DIVISION / COMPETITIVE DIVISION
• Event included with purchase of social, competitive or CornyForty packages
• Additional play or walk ups welcome, Seven21 challenge tickets available for $5.00 per entry – walk ups can only compete for Competitive purse
• Rules of the game: Each player is given 7 bags per attempt, no practicing is permitted, player making scoring closest to 21 total points pitching regulation cornhole is our winner – ties will be determined by a pitch off
• $100.00 prize purse - $50 & Trophy First Competitive / $50 & Trophy First Social
• Play from 5:00PM to 11:00PM
• Winners announced and paid out at 11:00PM
Consecutive Pitch Challenge - Social and Competitive Division
• Open to all players – SOCIAL DIVISION / COMPETITIVE DIVISION
• Event included with purchase of social, competitive or CornyForty packages
• Additional play or walk ups welcome, Consecutive Pitch Challenge tickets available for $5.00 per entry – walk ups can only compete for Competitive purse
• Rules of the game: Each player is given 4 bags per attempt, no practicing is permitted, player begins pitching bags, player is attempting to make the most consecutive cornhole pitches in a row, player gets to use all four bags to try and get streak started, streak ends once player misses bags, if a player makes his first bag and misses his second they do have a second life to start a new streak with their remaining two bags, after a player has used up his first four bags there is no starting over a players streak ends when he misses his attempt. A regulation ACO Approved court will be used for the event – a player will walk back and forth pitching four bags down and four bags back at a time, half the time pitching from left side of board, half time pitching from right side of board
• $100.00 prize purse - $50 & Trophy First Competitive / $50 & Trophy First Social
• Play from 5:00PM to 11:00PM
• Winners announced and paid out at 11:00PM
Long Toss Challenge - Open Division
• Open to all players
• Additional play or walk ups welcome, Long Toss Challenge tickets available for $2.00 per entry – one bag for $2.00 – four bags for $5.00
• Rules of the game: Each player is given 1 bag per attempt, no practicing is permitted, players can buy as many attempts as they desire, the event will start at a distance of 40 ft. Each time a player hits a distance set that no one else has hit before he or she will own that distance. The distance will only move back in increments of 6" at a time. A player who owns a set distance and has their mark beat will be given one free bag to try and pitch to reclaim a new long distance mark. The player with the longest recorded pitch at the end of the weekend is the winner
• $100.00 & Trophy First Place
• Play will begin at 5:00PM THURSDAY and close at 5:00PM SATURDAY - it will be open on and off to pitch during THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY for all players
• Winners announced and awarded Saturday at 6:00PM
Site AdminJoined: 12 Jan 2007Posts: 877Location: Cincinnati, OH
Friday, January 29th, 2010 KOC Qualifier
• Open to all competitive and CornyForty players not pre-qualified for KOC
• Walk up entries welcome – cost is $60 per entry
• Check in and Registration 8:30am to 9:45am
• Limited space available for up to 250 players
• Minimum of 24 qualifier spots available for KOC field of 64
• Event details: each player is placed into a round robin group with up to four other players, each player will play minimum of four single games to 21, records will determine who advances, based on the final available qualifier spots we will advance players to the next round of the KOC Qualifier. All advancing players will determine their seeding and make the final cut based on their performance in a ACO Pro-Sanctioned Skill Challenge Ranking (SCR).
• Round Robin play 10:00AM to 2:00PM
• SCR 11:00AM to 3:00PM
• Final KOC field and seeds will be determined Friday evening after the completetion of the KOC Qualifier
Competitive Doubles
• Open to all competitive and CornyForty package players
• Walk up entries welcome – cost is $75 per player or $150.00 per team
• Registration 3:30pm to 5:30pm
• 6:00PM Tournament Kicks Off
• Double Elimination – single game to 21
• Guaranteed Prize Purse $2000 – First $1000 / Second $500 / Third $300 / Fourth $200
• FIRST AND SECOND PLACE PAYOUTS INCLUDE TROPHIES AND CASH
Social Singles
• Open to all social package players
• Walk up entries welcome – cost is $20 per player
• Registration 9:30AM to 10:45AM
• 11:00AM Tournament Kicks Off
• Double Elimination – single game to 21
• FIRST AND SECOND PLACE INCLUDES TROPHY AND PRIZE, TOP SIXTEEN PLAYERS EACH WIN A PRIZE
Social Doubles
• Open to all social package players
• Walk up entries welcome – cost is $20 per player or $40.00 per team
• Registration 4:00PM to 6:45PM
• 7:00PM Tournament Kicks Off
• Double Elimination – single game to 21
• FIRST AND SECOND PLACE INCLUDES TROPHIES AND PRIZES, TOP EIGHT TEAMS WIN PRIZES
Site AdminJoined: 12 Jan 2007Posts: 877Location: Cincinnati, OH
Continuation of Friday, January 29th, 2010
Air Mail Challenge - Open Divisions
• Open to all players
• Additional play or walk ups welcome, Air Mail Challenge tickets available for $2.00 per entry
• Rules of the game: Each player is given 8 bags per attempt, no practicing is permitted, player making most AirMails in eight attempts wins challenge – ties will be determined by a pitch off
• $20.00 prize purse per event plus winner wins spot to compete for $100 in Saturdays AirMail Elite Eight Tournament
• Play from 10:00AM to 12:00PM FRIDAY (third spot)
• Play from 1:00PM to 3:00PM Friday (fourth spot)
• Play from 3:00PM to 5:00PM Friday (fifth spot)
• Play from 5:00PM to 7:00PM Friday (sixth spot)
• Winners of each heat will be announced and paid out after that event. Each of the winners will be invited back to the Saturday AirMail Elite Eight Challenge
Long Toss Challenge - Open Division
• Open to all players
• Additional play or walk ups welcome, Long Toss Challenge tickets available for $2.00 per entry – one bag for $2.00 – four bags for $5.00
• Rules of the game: Each player is given 1 bag per attempt, no practicing is permitted, players can buy as many attempts as they desire, the event will start at a distance of 40 ft. Each time a player hits a distance set that no one else has hit before he or she will own that distance. The distance will only move back in increments of 6" at a time. A player who owns a set distance and has their mark beat will be given one free bag to try and pitch to reclaim a new long distance mark. The player with the longest recorded pitch at the end of the weekend is the winner
• $100.00 & Trophy to First Place
• Play from 9:00AM to 11:00PM FRIDAY
• Play continues on Friday and Saturday – winner announced Saturday at 6:00PM
Seven21 Challenge - Open Division
• Open to all players
• Individual event tournament tickets available for $2.00 per entry – walk ups can only compete for Competitive purse
• Rules of the game: Each player is given 7 bags per attempt, no practicing is permitted, player making scoring closest to 21 total points pitching regulation cornhole is our winner – ties will be determined by a pitch off
• $100.00 & Trophy First Place Prize - Open Division
• Play from 9:00AM to 10:00PM
• Winners announced and awarded Friday evening
Site AdminJoined: 12 Jan 2007Posts: 877Location: Cincinnati, OH
Saturday, January 30th, 2010
KING OF CORNHOLE
• Field of 64 pre-qualified players
• Single elimination bracket event, best two of three
• Registration from 8:00am to 9:00am
• Competition starts at 9:00AM to 3:00PM to determine Final Four
• 6:30PM to 10:00PM championship rounds
• 10:00PM crowning of champion and ACO Recognized best cornhole player in the country, closing of event
Sudden Death Luck of Draw
• Each event open to all social, competitive, and CornyForty package players
• Walk ups welcome, $20.00 buy in per tournament or event - or $60.00 buy in for all four events.
• Four individual tournaments to be played – each tournament will have a $250.00 purse to the winning team.
• Each tournament is played as a bracket challenge, single elimination, single game, if you lose you're out until the next Sudden Death kicks off. There are four Sudden Death Qualifiers in all and one Sudden Death Final Four. You can only win one of the Sudden Death Qualifiers. Once you win you are guaranteed a spot in the Sudden Death Final Four but must sit out all the other Sudden Death Qualifiers until the Final Four is played.
• Check in and Registration begin at 9:00AM until 10:00AM, we will also make available registration for each event that will close 30 minutes before the next tournament. The first tournament begins at 10:00am and the other tournaments will run one after another throughout the day on Saturday. Players getting knocked out of the KOC event are able to put their name into the Sudden death tournaments but only after they have been knocked out of the KOC
• Each winning team will be placed into a final championship round which will take the four winning teams and those players and run a Final Four Sudden Death Luck of the Draw – the eight players will be redrawn to make four new teams to compete for an additional $250.00 purse prize.
• Championship round of final four luck of draw will take place late Saturday upon the completion of the last of the four Sudden Death events.
Site AdminJoined: 12 Jan 2007Posts: 877Location: Cincinnati, OH
Continuation of Saturday, January 30, 2010
Long Toss Challenge -Open Division
• Open to all players
• Final day for this three day activity
• Additional play or walk ups welcome, Long Toss Challenge tickets available for $2.00 per entry – one bag for $2.00 – four bags for $5.00
• Event closes at 5:00PM, winner announced at 6:00PM
• $100.00 & TROPHY FIRST PLACE
Consecutive Pitch Challenge - Open Division
• Open to all players
• Additional play or walk ups welcome, Consecutive Pitch Challenge tickets available $5.00 per entry
• Rules of the game: Each player is given 4 bags per attempt, no practicing is permitted, player begins pitching bags, player is attempting to make the most consecutive cornhole pitches in a row, player gets to use all four bags to try and get streak started, streak ends once player misses bags, if a player makes his first bag and misses his second they do have a second life to start a new streak with their remaining two bags, after a player has used up his first four bags there is no starting over a players streak ends when he misses his attempt. A regulation ACO Approved court will be used for the event – a player will walk back and forth pitching four bags down and four bags back at a time, half the time pitching from left side of board, half time pitching from right side of board
• $100.00 prize purse - $100 First & Trophy
• Play from 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Air Mail Challenge - Open Divisions
• Open to all players
• Additional play or walk ups welcome, Air Mail Challenge tickets available for $2.00 per entry
• Rules of the game: Each player is given 8 bags per attempt, no practicing is permitted, player making most AirMails in eight attempts wins challenge – ties will be determined by a pitch off
• $20.00 prize purse per event plus winner wins spot to compete for $100 in Saturdays AirMail Elite Eight Tournament
• Play from 10:00PM to 12:00PM FRIDAY (seventh spot)
• Play from 1:00PM to 3:00PM Friday (eighth spot)
• Winners of each heat will be announced and paid out after that event. Each of the winners will be invited back to the Saturday AirMail Elite Eight Challenge
Air Mail Challenge Tournament
• Open to only the eight Air Mail Tournament Qualifiers
• Rules of the game: Only eight players will be competing in this event. It will be set up as a single elimination, single game, first to 21, bracket challenge tournament. Players will be seeded first based on their Air Mail total scores and then tie breakers decided by SCR Score. AirMails will count for 3 points, on the box top will count for 1 point, game will be scored like traditional ACO Cornhole game to 21.
• $150.00 prize purse, $100.00 and a trophy for first place and $50 for second place
• Tournament will start at 3:00PM Saturday
Joined: 09 Apr 2007Posts: 476Location: spartanburg, south carolina
theres a guy out of bessemer city, nc that would be a good partner for you. i will try to get in touch with him. his name is shane andrews - the BC Brawler. very good player!
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