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ERA's Houston Winter Slam
ERA's Houston Winter Slam
Tournament Description
Time to kick off 2025 with an amazing ERA Pickleball Tournament. The Winter Slam is here! This tournament is part of The Big 4 series, so don't miss your chance to compete in one of our premier tourneys!
Sign up before January 1st to ensure that you get one of our special tournament shirts. The only time you can get these shirts is during our tournament weekend, so make sure to sign up to get yours!
We're offering up to $13,000 in cash prizes across our entire tournament! Cash prizes will include some of our 3.0-3.5 brackets, all of our 4.0/4.5 brackets and a grand prize of $2,500 to each of our Mixed and Doubles Money Ball! We will be paying out 1st-3rd place!
Our tournament event schedule is below:
Friday - Senior Men's Doubles / Senior Women's Doubles
Friday - Men's Singles / Women's Singles
Saturday - Men's Doubles / Women's Doubles (includes beginner brackets)
Sunday - Mixed Doubles / Senior Mixed Doubles (includes beginner brackets)
If you participate in a "senior" event on Friday, you may also play in regular doubles on Saturday.
Additional Information
FOOD AND DRINK
We will have snacks, drinks, and smoothies for players provided by our on-site smoothie shop. Registrants will receive a complimentary smoothie per event they're signed up for.
FORMAT (3.0 - 4.5 events)
Teams will play a minimum of 3 matches. The format will be as follows:
- Pool-Play to Single Elimination
- Gold medal match will be best of 3
FORMAT (Money Ball events)
- Double Elimination Bracket
- 2/3 to 11 in winners bracket
- 1 to 15 in losers bracket
TIMING
Play may begin as early as 8:00 a.m. We will send out a tentative schedule 2 weeks before and then confirm the schedule when registration closes. We do this to ensure our tournaments run smoothly and are never delayed.
RATINGS
We use DUPR to ensure fair competition. The tournament director reserves the right to move any players who are in the wrong brackets. All scores will be submitted to DUPR.
Register for brackets matching your DUPR rating:
- 3.0 bracket: 3.000–3.499
- 3.5 bracket: 3.500–3.999
- 4.0 bracket: 4.000 - 4.499
- 4.5 bracket: 4.500 - 4.999
Players must stay within their bracket's range. No exceptions. Bracket adjustments based on DUPR ratings will occur 1 week before registration closes.
Important Notes on DUPR
- Self-entered DUPR matches will be manually accounted for to prevent DUPR manipulation.
- The DUPR score at registration will determine the bracket a player is eligible to play in.
EXTRA
Please note that if you are playing in a doubles event and your partner does not register within 7 days of when you register, you will automatically be moved to the waitlist. Your spot in the main event will NOT be saved. If (after you are both registered and paid for the event) there is room in the main event, you will be moved back to the main event. If the event has filled up in the meantime, you will remain on the waitlist until a spot opens up.
Refund Policy
Refunds are available for players who withdraw by January 1st. Players will receive a full refund, less the PickleballBrackets fee.
No refunds will be issued for withdrawals after January 1st, this includes players withdrawing due bracket adjustments resulting from incorrect bracket registration.
Prize Money
1st - $1,500 | 2nd - $750 | 3rd - $250
1st - $750 | 2nd - $250
1st - $500
Bracket w/ highest registrations - Mens Doubles 3.0/3.5 = 1st - $250
Bracket w/ highest registrations - Womens Doubles 3.0/3.5 = 1st - $250
Bracket w/ highest registrations - Mixed Doubles 3.0/3.5 = 1st - $250
Money Ball / 4.5 / 4.0 events will need to reach the maximum teams displayed on the event for a full payout, this can range from 8 teams to 16 teams.
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