International Flipper Pinball Association!

Winter Bash 2025 - Year End Pinball Tournament

Event Name
Main Tournament

When
Dec 13, 2025 to Dec 14, 2025

Location
Wood River, IL, United States

Director
Major League Pinball

Ranking System
Main

Information
Website

Show Impact

					Change Effect
Pos	Player	Points	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Eff	Pro
1	Eric Stone	165.58	23	2072.03	23 -> 17	2072.03 -> 2110.44	60.07 -> 60.86	14 -> 13
2	Zach McCarthy	140.87	2	2189.12		2189.12 -> 2209.61	66.94 -> 67.17
3	Gregory Kennedy	126.85	11	2091.67		2091.67 -> 2126.03	57.27 -> 57.55
4	Steven Bowden	115.71	19	1764.64	19 -> 20	1764.64 -> 1813.24	36 -> 36.23	37 -> 36
5	Sterling Mitoska	106.29	18	2080.22	18 -> 15	2080.22 -> 2098.18	50.64 -> 50.84	17 -> 16
5	Adam Lefkoff	106.29	96	1851.31	96 -> 83	1851.31 -> 1888.04	28.92 -> 29.69	111 -> 101
7	Andrew Foard	90.79	90	2010.18	90 -> 76	2010.18 -> 2032.53	40.39 -> 40.73	73 -> 57
8	Luke Nahorniak	84.25	13	1889.38		1889.38 -> 1927.45	48.11 -> 48.14
9	Raymond Davidson	78.34	6	2186.65		2186.65 -> 2184.41	57.62 -> 57.49
11	Carlos Delaserda	68.02	21	1962.72	21 -> 22	1962.72 -> 1982.47	42.61 -> 42.56
11	tyrus eagle	68.02	169	1791.14	169 -> 154	1791.14 -> 1827.07	30.24 -> 30.49	155 -> 144
11	Tommy Vernieri	68.02	80	1738.46	80 -> 75	1738.46 -> 1783.56	30.12 -> 30.25
13	Charlie Hornett	59.31	876	1674.96	876 -> 678	1674.96 -> 1722.36	28.69 -> 29.57
14	Preston Currie	55.46	16	1984.58	16 -> 18	1984.58 -> 1986.61	41.22 -> 41.11
15	John Miller MO	51.90	277	1876.02	277 -> 265	1876.02 -> 1890.52	50.79 -> 50.08
15	Roland Nadeau	51.90	97	1684.61	97 -> 98	1684.61 -> 1724.29	34.1 -> 34.06
17	Travis Murie	45.55	69	1793.53	69 -> 68	1793.53 -> 1814.55	40.72 -> 40.41
18	John Inman	42.71	149	1762.24	149 -> 143	1762.24 -> 1783.95	32.78 -> 32.54	134 -> 129
18	Ted Brockly	42.71	1185	1611.19	1185 -> 987	1611.19 -> 1655.02	12.25 -> 12.71
20	Dominic Labella	37.64	92	1890.37	92 -> 93	1890.37 -> 1884.58	38.54 -> 38.35
20	Logan Foley	37.64	351	1623.53	351 -> 323	1623.53 -> 1660.75	13.35 -> 13.6
22	Jason Werdrick	33.25	57	1750.05		1750.05 -> 1765.84	31.84 -> 31.69	71 -> 73
24	Tom Graf	29.47	165	1671.47	165 -> 166	1671.47 -> 1698.98	24.53 -> 24.48
24	Trent Augenstein	29.47	146	1726.61	146 -> 147	1726.61 -> 1742.86	23.63 -> 23.59
24	Noah Sicard	29.47	102	1847.80	102 -> 97	1847.80 -> 1842.3	42.42 -> 41.34	81 -> 79
26	Cody Webb	26.20	111	1681.45		1681.45 -> 1704.05	24.33 -> 24.26
27	Keri Wing	24.74	190	1745.18		1745.18 -> 1750.27	23.44 -> 23.26	184 -> 188
27	Todd Rafacz	24.74	309	1756.86	309 -> 290	1756.86 -> 1760.56	35.2 -> 33.58
29	Carleton Plourde	22.12	211	1821.77		1821.77 -> 1811.67	29.84 -> 29.47
31	Steve Rolsing	19.88	608	1623.78	608 -> 598	1623.78 -> 1651.81	31.39 -> 30.54
31	Nick Kennedy	19.88	254	1674.71	254 -> 253	1674.71 -> 1687.58	17.83 -> 17.69
31	Trae Vance	19.88	538	1505.70	538 -> 536	1505.70 -> 1554.44	12.95 -> 12.93
31	Bob Caldwell	19.88	219	1658.22		1658.22 -> 1673.6	20.38 -> 20.2	226 -> 227
35	Miles Rafacz	16.31	11622	1309.93	11622 -> 7328	1309.93 -> 1387.34	3.66 -> 5.22
35	Jesse Schobel	16.31	2064	1570.98	2064 -> 1894	1570.98 -> 1595.09	19.18 -> 18.06
35	Joe Sharpe	16.31	1329	1608.04	1329 -> 1289	1608.04 -> 1627.45	20.83 -> 20.16
35	Ryan Willenbrock	16.31	756	1577.51	756 -> 724	1577.51 -> 1600.25	19.61 -> 19.18
38	Chuck Sanderson	14.30	487	1743.61	487 -> 486	1743.61 -> 1723.69	36.11 -> 34.54
38	Tyler Hund	14.30	492	1665.29	492 -> 488	1665.29 -> 1663.09	27.3 -> 26.36
40	Robert Trail	13.22	3898	1548.04	3898 -> 3479	1548.04 -> 1567.42	12.94 -> 11.97
41	Charles Jackson IN	12.74	450	1723.52	450 -> 437	1723.52 -> 1702.36	28.5 -> 26.62
42	Dan Sexauer	12.29	407	1741.90		1741.90 -> 1714.31	24.33 -> 23.64
43	Marion Richards	11.89	928	1556.72		1556.72 -> 1571.13	12.33 -> 12.22
44	Chris Reed	11.53	5100	1429.21	5100 -> 4410	1429.21 -> 1469.79	5.68 -> 5.89
45	Mike Brown TN	11.19	1219	1584.67	1219 -> 1214	1584.67 -> 1591.98	20.5 -> 19.69
46	Ken Calcaterra	10.88	4104	1412.54	4104 -> 3751	1412.54 -> 1460.09	6.03 -> 6.07
47	Marq Quiller	10.60	1359	1663.96	1359 -> 1362	1663.96 -> 1646.81	31.63 -> 28.89
48	Christopher Habrelewicz	10.34	1076	1654.98	1076 -> 1058	1654.98 -> 1638.26	19.37 -> 18.46
49	Hadi Seyed-Ali	10.10	212	1598.26		1598.26 -> 1594.4	13.58 -> 13.45
50	Scott Woods	9.89	725	1552.26	725 -> 729	1552.26 -> 1556.59	19.95 -> 19.64
51	Tim Zollner	9.68	1525	1497.73	1525 -> 1518	1497.73 -> 1516.17	13.71 -> 13.35
52	Derek Fugate	9.50	224	1722.97	224 -> 225	1722.97 -> 1686.95	22.99 -> 22.5	213 -> 214
53	Abram Quiller	9.32	6687	1383.70	6687 -> 5701	1383.70 -> 1424.74	6.51 -> 6.32
54	Clayton Prinster	9.15	688	1671.17	688 -> 690	1671.17 -> 1642.63	18.51 -> 17.94
54	Trenton Kent	9.15	1411	1580.78	1411 -> 1410	1580.78 -> 1573.46	13.65 -> 13.2
56	John Glattfelt	8.85	3087	1418.60	3087 -> 2929	1418.60 -> 1449.31	10.9 -> 10.09
57	Tom Menge	8.70	567	1399.01	567 -> 570	1399.01 -> 1440.36	15.78 -> 15.61
58	Jacob Silbermann	8.56	13581	1089.70	13581 -> 9588	1089.70 -> 1189.45	2.8 -> 3.71
59	Cooper Mcgillis	8.42	12765	1151.16	12765 -> 9293	1151.16 -> 1235	3.22 -> 3.91
60	Carter Crews	8.28	1682	1692.52	1682 -> 1648	1692.52 -> 1649.6	22.82 -> 21.33
61	Colton Morgan	8.14	695	1820.11	695 -> 698	1820.11 -> 1724.8	40.6 -> 39.03
62	Colin Krawcyk	8.00	1306	1662.83	1306 -> 1308	1662.83 -> 1622.66	18.25 -> 17.6
63	Dylan Sholtes	7.86	1209	1415.03	1209 -> 1208	1415.03 -> 1432.24	8.85 -> 8.7
63	Jay Heaney	7.86	3182	1490.40	3182 -> 3037	1490.40 -> 1490.23	9.49 -> 9.16
65	Tyler Becker	7.58	249	1692.00		1692.00 -> 1642.48	25.05 -> 24.61
66	Jason Ebenrick	7.44	3699	1524.10	3699 -> 3414	1524.10 -> 1513.75	14.93 -> 12.56
67	Matthew Marisa Craig	7.30	5273	1154.79	5273 -> 4794	1154.79 -> 1234.82	3.77 -> 3.83
68	Lorian Warford	7.16	11373	1266.93	11373 -> 8968	1266.93 -> 1324.97	3.54 -> 3.8
70	Jacob Burrows	6.88	3907	1507.68	3907 -> 3703	1507.68 -> 1498.85	7.2 -> 6.84
70	Petar Strinic	6.88	1450	1504.89	1450 -> 1445	1504.89 -> 1496.78	9.91 -> 9.71
70	Kevin Yin	6.88	5440	1348.62	5440 -> 5029	1348.62 -> 1379.29	4.4 -> 4.37
72	Matt Zollner	6.60	6499	1339.91	6499 -> 5838	1339.91 -> 1369.54	4.17 -> 4.15
73	James Brooks IL	6.45	2291	1671.42	2291 -> 2280	1671.42 -> 1616.16	18.28 -> 17.04
74	Kyle Sharp	6.31	1444	1576.07	1444 -> 1448	1576.07 -> 1543.08	22.6 -> 20.89
75	John Barnerd	6.17	5638	1398.66	5638 -> 5239	1398.66 -> 1410.65	5.97 -> 5.68
76	Brian Benway	6.03	2232	1456.56	2232 -> 2161	1456.56 -> 1453.08	5.37 -> 5.28
77	Chris Edler	5.89	6315	1514.42	6315 -> 5706	1514.42 -> 1495.48	15.85 -> 11.82
78	Lars Hagen	5.75	4716	1437.40	4716 -> 4448	1437.40 -> 1436.22	8.82 -> 7.89
79	John Dozier	5.61	3972	1600.17	3972 -> 3811	1600.17 -> 1555.43	33.3 -> 22.33
80	Mallory Herzog	5.47	13870	1086.53	13870 -> 10815	1086.53 -> 1170.99	2.42 -> 2.72
81	Steve Smith MO	5.33	1400	1591.89		1591.89 -> 1546.51	16 -> 15.46
82	Monica Murie	5.19	5063	1231.83	5063 -> 4762	1231.83 -> 1280.21	3.09 -> 3.09
83	Bret Pierson	5.05	10080	1178.68	10080 -> 8799	1178.68 -> 1240.42	4.07 -> 3.82
84	Lily Pizza	4.91	883	1444.20	883 -> 882	1444.20 -> 1460.87	10.05 -> 9.97
85	Deborah Tahlman	4.77	852	1508.23	852 -> 854	1508.23 -> 1480.3	6.52 -> 6.47
86	Jim Piarowski	4.63	4715	1414.34	4715 -> 4533	1414.34 -> 1411.16	4.32 -> 4.19
87	Trey Wilkerson	4.49	5965	1336.12	5965 -> 5665	1336.12 -> 1352.87	4.44 -> 4.31
88	Henry Reed	4.35	3932	1447.22	3932 -> 3760	1447.22 -> 1429.83	8.15 -> 7.25
89	Jon Lents	4.21	1196	1398.40	1196 -> 1197	1398.40 -> 1393.19	7.13 -> 7.04
90	Andrew Graneto	4.07	3795	1345.07	3795 -> 3702	1345.07 -> 1351.08	9.62 -> 8.48
91	Darrin Bosco	3.93	2610	1453.13	2610 -> 2633	1453.13 -> 1431	10.44 -> 9.98
92	Valerie Iriarte	3.79	2731	1312.52	2731 -> 2727	1312.52 -> 1324.45	6.01 -> 5.89
93	Scott Holcomb	3.65	7788	1291.29	7788 -> 7318	1291.29 -> 1306.62	3.31 -> 3.22
94	Cory Grimm	3.51	7589	1465.41	7589 -> 7155	1465.41 -> 1430.1	8.96 -> 6.86
95	Shelley Sharpe	3.37	4479	1460.76	4479 -> 4304	1460.76 -> 1455.07	4.94 -> 4.83
96	Kristie Dolan	3.23	6146	1260.69	6146 -> 5920	1260.69 -> 1276.2	3.76 -> 3.56
97	Robbie Holcomb	3.09	6955	1311.03	6955 -> 6692	1311.03 -> 1309.52	3.23 -> 3.12
98	Kristen Whitby	2.95	4633	1346.06	4633 -> 4586	1346.06 -> 1333.04	5.94 -> 5.7
99	Ed McGillis	2.81	9594	1409.75	9594 -> 8837	1409.75 -> 1376.55	7.23 -> 5.17
99	Michael Hendrick	2.81	2117	1472.29	2117 -> 2119	1472.29 -> 1425.1	9.26 -> 8.75
101	Chris Vaught	2.53	7776	1247.92	7776 -> 7464	1247.92 -> 1251.23	5.61 -> 4.81
102	Jeff Groh	2.39	4592	1382.89	4592 -> 4535	1382.89 -> 1352.13	8.42 -> 7.32
103	Jon Polster	2.25	15076	1276.21	15076 -> 13306	1276.21 -> 1267.89	1.93 -> 1.74
104	Charles Schwaab	2.10	6247	1360.38	6247 -> 6080	1360.38 -> 1330.61	5.72 -> 4.89
105	John Severin	1.96	3877	1386.56	3877 -> 3886	1386.56 -> 1349.32	5.78 -> 5.53
106	Elijah Farrales	1.82	1263	1610.10		1610.10 -> 1516.39	17.02 -> 15.54
107	Chris Unverfehrt	1.68	2392	1449.07	2392 -> 2398	1449.07 -> 1385.48	11.83 -> 10.75
108	Chris O'Brien IL	1.54	3216	1427.77	3216 -> 3215	1427.77 -> 1373.53	5.6 -> 5.31
109	Geoff Theisen	1.40	11757	1213.69	11757 -> 11200	1213.69 -> 1196.38	3.06 -> 2.35
110	Dustin Gibeson	1.26	1734	1395.15		1395.15 -> 1341.87	15.61 -> 14.86
111	Robbie Piarowski	1.12	5816	1414.30	5816 -> 5760	1414.30 -> 1353.19	7.58 -> 6.02
112	Mallory Schwaab	0.98	19263	984.71	19263 -> 17290	984.71 -> 989.61	2.08 -> 1.25
113	Heather Ohmes	0.84	10739	1256.67	10739 -> 10414	1256.67 -> 1219.74	7.2 -> 4.09
114	Keaton Vaughn	0.70	7346	1335.30	7346 -> 7335	1335.30 -> 1281.56	3.77 -> 3.35
115	James Townsend	0.56	8746	1395.52	8746 -> 8616	1395.52 -> 1329.08	5.61 -> 4.11
116	Christen Moore	0.42	10067	1250.03	10067 -> 10056	1250.03 -> 1205.83	3.88 -> 3.16
117	Katy Whitmore	0.28	33849	1110.44	33849 -> 29354	1110.44 -> 1030.33	3.3 -> 0.42
118	Cory Whitmore	0.14	22832	840.53	22832 -> 22549	840.53 -> 821.1	0.68 -> 0.5

Highlighted players are not applied to the strength calculations as the player hasn't played in more than 5 tournaments.

Additional Details

Address

102 Whitelaw Ave Wood River, IL

Registration Opens
October 11, 2025

Qualifying Format
Matchplay Qualifying

Player Limit

148

Registration Fee
Check Tournament Website

Finals Format
Match Play

Overall

WINTER BASH 2025 - Year End Pinball Tournament

@ Atomic Pinball Arcade :: 102 Whitelaw Ave Wood River, IL

*Apart of the 2025 Stern Pro Circuit*

Saturday, December 13th – Qualifying
Sunday, December 14th - Finals

Certified IFPA Sanctioned and played for world, state, and pro circuit ranking points. Will be IFPA Certifed+ if reaching 128 rated players or more.

Entry Fee: $90 to be paid upon arrival to the Atomic Pinball Arcade on the morning of December 13th.

Limited to 148 entrants.

Streamed Live on Twitch thanks to Fox Cities Pinball!!

All games in the Atomic Arcade are on FREE PLAY. No coin drop required.

To register, please secure ticket via Eventbrite (https://tinyurl.com/winterbash25). Walk-ins will be allowed, however walk-ins are not guaranteed a spot if we reach the player cap. Registration is allowed beginning on Saturday October 11th beginning at 11am CST - 8 spots have been reserved for players assisting in the running of the tournament, making for 140 registration spots available.

Please direct any pertinent questions to Tyler Becker via email (pinballderby@gmail.com).

The $90 entry fee is broken down per-player as :: $50 for full weekend admission to the Atomic Pinball Arcade, $30 to A-Division Prize Pool, and $10 to direct tournament expenses (IFPA Fee, SPC Fee, Trophies, etc) - the weekend admission to Atomic will also help cover any remaining direct and indirect expenses associated with the weekend. Entry fee must be paid upon arrival via Cash or Card(all card payments will incur a 3.5% processing fee).

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Cash payouts to the Top 16 players in Winter Bash (5-8 and 9-16 get equal payouts respectively, while 1-4 get increased payout by finishing order).

A-Division Payouts (Percentage of A-Division Prize Pool)

1st: 20% + Trophy

2nd: 14% + Trophy

3rd: 10% + Trophy

4th: 8% + Trophy

5th-8th: 6%

9th-16th: 3%

B-Division Payouts (Fixed Amount)

1st: $80 + Trophy

2nd: $60 + Trophy

3rd: $40 + Trophy

4th: $20 + Trophy

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:FORMAT:

Qualifying: Group Matchplay :: 7 Rounds of 3-Game Banks(21 Games Total). Tiered Swiss Pairings. IFPA (7,5,3,1 Scoring). At conclusion of 7 Rounds, the top 40 players advance to Finals on Sunday. Insignificant Ties to be settled by strength-of-schedule tiebreaker. Tiebreakers for final playoff spot and cutoff spots that receive a Bye to be settled by a chosen classic game.

Finals: 40 Player Finals Bracket. PAPA Style Group Matchplay (Groups of 4 players - 3 Games - PAPA(4,2,1,0) Scoring - 2 Advance from each group). The Top 16 players from qualifying receive a BYE to the round of 28. The Top 4 Players from qualifying receive two BYEs into the round of 16. When reaching the Final Four, it is the final group as positions 1-4 are determined based on that group's results. Player's finishing results(if eliminated in same round) will be compared across groups, and be based on points acquired in that round. The top seed in the given group will have choice of game bank from the finals bank section, no repeat choices of bank made be made by the same player throughout bracket.

-Schedule-

:Saturday December 13th:

9:30am: Doors Open/Check-in Begins

11:00am: Roll Call/Introductions

11:05am: Winter Bash Round 1 Begins

5:00pm(approx): One hour dinner break begins after round 4

6:00pm(approx): Return from Dinner Break, Round 5 begins

10:30pm(approx): End of last qualifying round (round 7). Tiebreakers then take place on chosen classic game.

10:35(approx): After-party lasts til 11 or later.

:Sunday December 14th:

8:15am: Doors Open (practice allowed on non-finals games, no practice allowed on finals games)

9:15am: Roll Call for seeds 17-40 in Finals Bracket

9:20am: Round 1 of Finals Bracket Begins

10:30am: Roll Call for seeds 5-16 in Finals Bracket

11:50am: Roll Call for seeds 1-4 in Finals Bracket

5:00pm(approx): End of Winter Bash Finals Bracket

5:05pm(approx): Trophy Presentation / Doors Close

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There will also be a B division Finals for the Top 16 Players from Qualifying who don’t make main finals. (B Division is capped to players ranked below 500 in most current (as of Dec 13th) IFPA World Rankings. More Info Incoming.

All players regardless of skill level are welcome to compete at this pro circuit event!!

Join us at the Atomic Pinball Arcade for the annual Winter Bash!!!

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Past Winter Bash Grand Champions

2018: Chuck Sanderson
2019: Brian Bannon
2020: Rick Knopik
2021: Steve Rolsing
2022: Travis Murie
2023: Carlos Delaserda
2024: Zach McCarthy

WPPR Snapshot

Base Value 32
Total (before TGP) 66.23
TGP 200%
Event Booster 125%
Tour Value 165.58

Tournament Strength

Ranking Strength 18.95
Ratings Strength 15.28
Average Ranking 15.15
Average Rating 17.11

Player Stats

Player Count 118
Rated Players 116

Player Locations

United States 118

Age Distribution

12-18 2
19-25 6
26-35 12
35-45 13
45-55 18
56-65 9