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The '''2001 NPPL Atlantic City Open''', also billed as the '''Gambler's Open''', was the fourth tournament of the 2001 [[National Professional Paintball League]] season. Held at Atlantic City Racetrack in Mays Landing, New Jersey, in August 2001, it was produced by [[Paintball Sports Promotions]].[1]

[[Chicago Aftershock|Aftershock]] won professional ten-man, [[Team Strange]] won Amateur A, Nemesis won Amateur B and High Velocity won five-man.[2][3][4]

== Venue and organisation ==

Competition used grassy areas behind the racetrack stables, with Sup'Air and Ultimate Airball fields. PSP introduced an air-fill system using four compressors and ten player-operated fill stations.[1]

Sixteen teams entered five-man competition. Avalanche, Dynasty, Tidewater and Warped Kids refereed ten-man; Thunderstruck and additional referees from Centerflag officiated five-man.[1]

== League developments ==

The NPPL steering committee elected [[Chuck Hendsch]] president following [[Tom Cole]]'s resignation.[1]

New procedures included chronograph checks before games and spot checks during play. Eliminated players used screened dead boxes and placed their markers in separate holding areas.[1]

== Ten-man results ==

Aftershock won the professional final with 213 points, 14 ahead of Ironmen. Strange won Amateur A by five points over Trauma.[2]

All tables show final-round scores. ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[2][4]

=== Professional ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Game 1 !! Game 2 !! Game 3 !! Total
|-
| 1 || [[Chicago Aftershock|Aftershock]] || 97 || 98 || 18 || 213
|-
| 2 || [[Ironmen (Southern California)|Ironmen]] || 96 || 12 || 91 || 199
|-
| 3 || [[All Americans]] || 8 || 4 || 97 || 109
|-
| 4 || [[Ground Zero]] || 6 || 94 || 6 || 106
|}

=== Amateur A ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Game 1 !! Game 2 !! Game 3 !! Total
|-
| 1 || [[Team Strange|Strange]] || 99 || 15 || 17 || 131
|-
| 2 || [[Baltimore Trauma|Trauma]] || 10 || 18 || 98 || 126
|-
| 3 || [[Naughty Dogs]] || 95 || 12 || 11 || 118
|-
| 4 || [[Farside (paintball team)|Farside]] || 2 || 94 || 4 || 100
|}

=== Amateur B ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Game 1 !! Game 2 !! Game 3 !! Total
|-
| 1 || Nemesis || 92 || 93 || 97 || 282
|-
| 2 || Static || 16 || 97 || 91 || 204
|-
| 3 || Outta Control || 92 || 14 || 18 || 124
|-
| 4 || Turbulence || 16 || 6 || 6 || 28
|}

== Five-man results ==

High Velocity won with 125 points, followed by X-Static, Brimstone Smoke and Power Surge.[3][4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Game 1 !! Game 2 !! Game 3 !! Total
|-
| 1 || High Velocity || 59 || 6 || 60 || 125
|-
| 2 || X-Static || 4 || 57 || 47 || 108
|-
| 3 || Brimstone Smoke || 58 || 4 || 0 || 62
|-
| 4 || Power Surge || 2 || 58 || −8 || 52
|}

The contemporary scoreboard does not assign a professional or amateur classification to this final. ClassicScores records its classification as unknown.[3][4]

== See also ==

* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[Paintball Sports Promotions]]
* [[2001 NPPL Chicago Open]]
* [[2001 NPPL World Cup]]

== References ==

# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2001/atlantic/index.shtml Atlantic City NPPL — Gambler's Open]. ''WARPIG'', August 2001. Contemporary report covering venue, organisation, facilities, refereeing and league developments.
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2001/atlantic/10sem.shtml NPPL Atlantic City Gamblers Open 2001 — Ten-Man Semi-Finals and Finals]. ''WARPIG'', August 2001.
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2001/atlantic/5pre.shtml NPPL Atlantic City Gamblers Open 2001 — Five-Man Scoreboard]. ''WARPIG'', August 2001.
# [https://www.classicscores.com/ ClassicScores]. “2001 NPPL — Atlantic City”. Ten-man and five-man final placings.

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Admin: Create the 2001 NPPL Atlantic City Open article using contemporary WARPIG coverage and ClassicScores; document four finals, the racetrack venue, air-fill system, rule changes and Chuck Hendsch's election as NPPL president.