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Expo flipOUT! Main Big Bracket

Tour Picture

Tournament Information

Director : Deborah Tahlman
Location : Schaumburg, IL
Country : United States
Information : Website

WPPR Snapshot

Ranking System :Main
Ranking Strength :28.38
Ratings Strength :15.65
Base Value : 32
Rated Players :174
Total (before TGP) : 76.03
TGP :156.00%
Event Booster :150%
Tour Value :177.9
  • Calendar
  • Results

Results for the Main Tournament event on October 21, 2023

Pos Player Rank Rating Points
1 Escher Lefkoff 2 2034.82 177.90
2 Dalton Ely 41 1870.94 157.64
3 Zach McCarthy 4 1981.81 145.86
4 Jason Zahler 1 2222.67 136.32
5 Zachary Parks IL 89 1765.84 128.11
5 Gregory Kennedy 52 1970.32 128.11
7 Walt Wood 39 1776.56 114.26
7 Donavan Stepp 70 1779.28 114.26
10 Arvid Flygare 3 1920.19 97.63
10 Nick Weyna 711 1675.01 97.63
10 Raymond Davidson 9 2077.44 97.63
10 Carlos Delaserda 13 1815.19 97.63
14 Josh Sharpe 29 1800.85 80.37
14 Aaron RIch 73 1745.92 80.37
14 Sterling Mitoska 166 1788.11 80.37
14 Andy Bagwell 30 1730.44 80.37
20 Adam Lefkoff 115 1747.77 61.12
20 Zach Sharpe 45 1831.13 61.12
20 Nick DeStefano 102 1763.03 61.12
20 Jared August 6 2070.73 61.12
20 Steven Bowden 14 1830.90 61.12
20 Mike Pantoliano 487 1734.59 61.12
20 Derek Price 75 1739.47 61.12
20 Lewis Bevans 147 1817.74 61.12
26 Zachary Frey 204 1631.38 47.13
26 Stanley Sowa Jr 701 1539.57 47.13
26 Paul Madison 278 1726.67 47.13
26 Jason Werdrick 17 1718.63 47.13
30 Cody Webb 173 1575.27 39.89
30 Preston Currie 105 1760.35 39.89
30 Robert Byers 54 1712.13 39.89
30 Greg Lapa 884 1763.41 39.89
36 Espen Andresen 517 1495.32 31.38
36 Nick Kennedy 465 1617.90 31.38
36 sheldon olson 253 1665.12 31.38
36 tyrus eagle 318 1745.40 31.38
36 Chris Eagle 885 1615.65 31.38
36 Keri Wing 93 1753.36 31.38
36 Chuck Sanderson 389 1682.07 31.38
36 Andrew Foard 360 1800.23 31.38
44 Joe Lemire 96 1720.61 23.34
44 Matt Wilson 839 1572.01 23.34
44 Kevin Kolodziej 1303 1521.25 23.34
44 Daniel Brennan 2836 1553.86 23.34
44 Andrew Wilkening 1040 1672.52 23.34
44 Chris Grace 868 1609.92 23.34
44 Steve Zahler 26 1729.14 23.34
44 Nick Campbell 221 1579.91 23.34
52 Tim Tournay 632 1671.42 18.02
52 Chris Pascaretti 3437 1480.70 18.02
52 Bob Twichell 802 1506.50 18.02
52 Liam Bradley 427 1609.49 18.02
52 Tommy Vernieri 524 1534.19 18.02
52 Jokton Strealy 490 1570.14 18.02
52 Dominic Labella 355 1726.56 18.02
52 Oliver Baker 5173 1400.55 18.02
60 Jamie Caton 525 1578.86 14.60
60 Jane Verwys 431 1621.34 14.60
60 Mike Kolman 1461 1524.00 14.60
60 Andy Burton 5822 1470.48 14.60
60 Trent Augenstein 47 1592.18 14.60
60 Chris Szatmary 440 1525.96 14.60
60 Tom Graf 86 1615.83 14.60
60 Colin Krawcyk 1659 1678.87 14.60
68 Jon Rangel 1107 1553.58 12.46
68 Mark Pearson 42 1793.45 12.46
68 Maurice Smith II 1137 1637.86 12.46
68 Christina Capra 1047 1542.32 12.46
68 Brian Dye 977 1660.30 12.46
68 Tim Zollner 954 1541.80 12.46
68 Johnathan Brown 35882 Not Rated 12.46
68 Tom Menge 569 1448.09 12.46
76 Scott Slifka 2235 1538.96 11.13
76 Patrick Rhomberg 4377 1419.70 11.13
76 Ted Brockly 3485 1455.80 11.13
76 Dave Chapman 1287 1634.19 11.13
76 Jason Montgomery 4385 1431.17 11.13
76 Travis Lancaster 5908 1504.12 11.13
76 Jesse Huber 777 1543.32 11.13
76 Kristen Gregory 796 1465.33 11.13
84 Ross Unruh 2061 1500.71 10.27
84 Kirsten Adam 1620 1534.94 10.27
84 Gene X Hwang 311 1602.71 10.27
84 Dirk Elzholz 182 1655.45 10.27
84 Joseph Landas 817 1546.04 10.27
84 Michael Rivelli 3226 1412.68 10.27
84 Rick Miller 1149 1635.45 10.27
84 Zoltan Pataki 1455 1567.28 10.27
92 Walter dony 386 1465.70 9.53
92 Stephen Ely 3400 1318.13 9.53
92 Ian Lukidis 8773 1359.33 9.53
92 Jard Cassell 1151 1423.70 9.53
92 Will Cooper CA 852 1446.29 9.53
92 Tom Knorst 1000 1486.26 9.53
92 Mandy Peel 1767 1522.83 9.53
92 Jeremy Dorling 265 1542.57 9.53
99 Michael Bradley 1412 1408.06 8.90
99 Glenn Habas 724 1481.78 8.90
99 Paul Younis 9845 1261.17 8.90
99 Damon Conner 35882 1422.93 8.90
99 Cassie Begay 1053 1535.36 8.90
99 Andrew Huxley 9452 1258.29 8.90
103 Bill Lembesis 864 1523.62 8.53
104 Tony Murphy 2471 1449.93 8.44
105 Hunter Reed 1165 1656.13 8.35
106 Bob S. Johnson 4826 1370.42 8.26
106 Miles Bradley 1603 1448.52 8.26
108 Marshall Weasel 1655 1475.71 8.08
108 Mike Polisky 1627 1542.62 8.08
110 Neil McRae 1160 1394.99 7.90
111 Dave Ponce 1313 1497.86 7.81
112 Nick Naruz 1551 1590.69 7.72
113 Nate Timperley 1070 1449.25 7.62
114 Hagan Major 2230 1416.87 7.53
115 Adam Yates 1312 1388.09 7.44
116 Quinn Yost 3494 1336.15 7.35
116 Scott August 2066 1599.62 7.35
118 Lily Pizza 2743 1474.95 7.17
119 Ryan Dunn 1589 1480.97 7.08
120 Joe Corrao 1090 1467.85 6.99
121 Anna Neal 639 1486.30 6.90
122 Wyatt Winters 4875 1320.75 6.81
123 Dan Reeves 35882 1315.20 6.72
124 Dennis Ibarra 2775 1409.75 6.63
125 John Blakely 5700 1416.03 6.54
126 Frank Marion 2004 1504.93 6.44
127 Robert Werner 2902 1446.85 6.35
128 Matthew Sitko 1197 1629.92 6.26
129 Orin Day 7290 1436.26 6.17
130 matthew smart 13091 1266.42 6.08
131 Jason Smith CO 3833 1315.13 5.99
132 Shannon Ducharme 1323 1499.06 5.90
133 Rabih Dahdouh 1810 1497.49 5.81
135 Matt Lemoine 2615 1493.44 5.63
135 Dori Zielinski 1802 1438.27 5.63
135 Tom Wible 35882 Not Rated 5.63
137 Mike Conlon 4056 1406.10 5.45
138 Ricky Bryant 4779 1396.00 5.36
139 Rob Wintler-Cox 683 1529.34 5.26
140 Andrew Robishaw 3454 1420.37 5.17
140 Brent Schimnoski 2227 1385.11 5.17
142 John Armstrong IL 8580 1341.71 4.99
143 Amy Gunson 1940 1365.65 4.90
144 Chris Campbell CA 1419 1528.42 4.81
145 Sydnee Deventer 609 1531.26 4.72
147 Matt Rowbottom 876 1493.57 4.54
147 Marshall Dickson 9512 1291.06 4.54
147 Al Raymond 8291 1423.72 4.54
149 Don Barnes 35882 1387.87 4.36
150 Johan Flygare 1083 1414.47 4.27
150 Nathan Murphy 18542 1239.43 4.27
152 Emily Sweeney 3570 1242.39 4.08
152 Tim Murphy 9060 1441.21 4.08
154 Matthew ExWhyZed 6447 1424.15 3.90
155 Austin Deventer 746 1489.09 3.81
156 Steve Martin 5968 1324.25 3.72
156 Armando Rodriguez 1960 1377.15 3.72
158 Wesley Milde 4578 1314.75 3.54
159 Waison Waison 3950 1335.03 3.45
160 Mark Moore MI 35882 1453.50 3.36
161 Greg Durant 1376 1419.56 3.27
162 Benjamin Harris 6402 1324.49 3.18
163 Matt Moore 35882 1412.66 3.09
164 Chuck Jackson 1126 1405.73 3.00
165 Tyler Parsons IL 35882 Not Rated 2.90
166 Joe Gregory 7550 1409.98 2.81
167 Rich Morgan 12529 1413.32 2.72
168 Penney Vernieri 4232 1258.17 2.63
169 Nick Diaz 35882 Not Rated 2.54
170 Kevin Koss 18550 1085.10 2.45
171 Neal Schmidt 10092 1226.16 2.36
172 Jen Ruper 2990 1366.12 2.27
173 Owen Smythe 35882 Not Rated 2.18
173 Cait Capdeville 6359 1066.43 2.18
175 Christopher Risdal 35882 Not Rated 2.00
176 Mark Z 35882 Not Rated 1.91
176 Naiviv Sillerico 3122 1346.92 1.91
178 Michael Keeney 35882 Not Rated 1.72
178 Jamison Smythe 35882 Not Rated 1.72
188 Max Rhoads 35882 Not Rated 0.82
188 Alex Broquet 35882 Not Rated 0.82
188 John Leroux 35882 Not Rated 0.82
188 Adrian Rhoads 35882 Not Rated 0.82
188 Bradley Smith 35882 Not Rated 0.82
188 Michael Bender 7837 1254.88 0.82
188 Mario Flagiello 9526 1348.30 0.82
188 Kyle Ingrelli 6845 1203.90 0.82
188 Chase Capdeville 5415 1295.05 0.82
188 Alexander Lawson 35882 1039.36 0.82
188 John Lignos 17774 1162.78 0.82
188 Nick Indge 10866 1326.97 0.82
188 Sebastien Weber 13742 1369.48 0.82
188 Jacob Murphy 20390 1190.68 0.82
188 Arno Baudouin 10855 1390.81 0.82
188 Tracy Ward 6734 1312.70 0.82
188 Randy Kinkead 35882 1011.79 0.82
Highlighted players are not applied to strength calculations due to lack of played tournaments.

Location


the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center 1551 N. Thoreau Drive Schaumburg, IL 60173

Format Details


Event Name : Main Tournament
Qualifying Format : Best Game
Finals Format : Double Elimination
Player Limit : Unknown
Unlimited Qualifying? : No

Tournament Overview


Start Date: October 18, 2023
End Date: October 21, 2023

Expo’s Pinball Flip-OUT! Brought to you by TILT Amusements, Fox City Pinball, Stern Pinball, and Neverdrains.com

STERN PRO CIRCUIT EVENT!

Everyone registered for the Main Tournament plays in the finals! (”A” Restricted players WPPR ranked 1-250, must seed in the top 50% of the field to be eligible to play in the finals).
As always we will be using Neverdrains.com queuing and SMS system and for the THIRD fabulous year in a row our friends at Fox Cities Pinball will be there to stream every gentle nudge and serendipitous slap save. And remember, the winner gets to take home A PRO STERN PINBALL MACHINE of their choice used in the tournament!!!

Overview (tl;dr):
* A and B Divisions
* 24 limited seeding entries per person; top score on 16 distinct machines (currently this means one entry minimum on every title) will count toward seeding
* Qualifying: See below; Wed-Thurs is seeding only
* Top 50% of field will be placed in A, bottom 50% into B
* If you decide not to seed, you will be randomly placed at the bottom of the B Division bracket; **”A” restricted players (WPPR rank 1-250) MUST seed in the top 50% of all players to compete in finals **
* A and B finals start at 10:00am on Friday & continue thru Sat until a winner is declared; see schedule posted at flipOUT! website for more deets
* Top 32 in A finals are in the money. Top 16 in B
* Bounties! Most matches won in A and B - $100 each

Registration:
NEW for 2023: Main registration opens WEDNESDAY 5pm
Entry Fee: $100
Format: 24 entries max, best 16 scores taken. Finals Double Elimination Big Bracket A & B divisions

Qualifying:
- Wed 5pm-12am*
- Thurs 10am-11pm*
- There will be a 1hr volunteer qualifying hour after reg qualifying ends both Wed & Thurs

*qualifying may extend 1 hr at TD's discretion either or both days; goal is to allow for everyone to play their 24 entries while not running flipOUT! volunteers ragged

Players MUST report in to the Tournament Registration desk NO LATER than 11:59pm on Thursday in order to participate in the Main Tournament

A Finals (Friday 10am start)

* Phase 1 FINALS:
- Head-to-head, double elimination; matches are best 2 out of 3 in winners and losers bracket
- Every 8 spots in seeding gets you another bye

* Phase 2 FINALS:
- Top 16 Qualifiers seed directly into Phase 2 (with top 8 of Qualifiers receiving a bye); these 16 players are joined by the last 8
players standing from Phase 1;
- Phase 2 will be double elim, head-to-head; winners bracket best of 5 matches, losers bracket best of 3 matches until a winner is
declared
- $100 bounty for player with the most match wins in A!


B Finals (Friday 10am start, beginning right after A gets started)

- Head-to-head, double elimination, matches are best 2 out of 3 in winners and losers bracket
- $100 bounty for player with the most match wins in B!


*** PLEASE NOTE - For finals we will work with women finals players who have scheduling conflicts with Main finals on Saturday, as necessary!

For questions about the flipOUT! tournament or interest in volunteering for flipOUT!, please reach out to Deborah at deborah@tiltamusements.com or check us out at https://www.flipoutexpo.com & https://www.flipoutexpo.com/volunteer

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