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Gateway Pinball Derby

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Tournament Information

Director : Major League Pinball
Location : St Louis, MO
Country : United States
Information : Website

WPPR Snapshot

Ranking System :Main
Ranking Strength :1.41
Ratings Strength :4.53
Base Value : 23
Rated Players :46
Total (before TGP) : 28.94
TGP :120.00%
Event Booster :100%
Tour Value :34.73
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Results for the Main Tournament event on December 01, 2024

Pos Player Rank Rating Points
1 Bob Caldwell 172 1668.07 34.73
2 Steve Smith MO 1359 1518.22 25.34
3 Marion Richards 661 1619.29 20.52
4 Mike Howard 809 1508.26 16.97
5 Ben Wingerter 4405 1425.33 14.21
6 Dan Sexauer 640 1711.16 11.98
7 Marq Quiller 1438 1613.20 10.15
8 Tyler Becker 304 1726.12 8.65
9 Kendell Holder 538 1757.58 7.40
10 Carleton Plourde 353 1803.82 6.36
11 Steve Rolsing 502 1690.85 5.51
12 Stephen Chappell 1132 1523.32 4.79
13 Ryan Knerr 2637 1453.16 4.20
14 Chris Ward 685 1645.41 3.72
15 Eric Duffner 4408 1374.56 3.33
16 Scott Lee 1603 1466.70 3.01
17 Ryan Willenbrock 1174 1567.61 2.75
18 Dean Huber 2164 1459.60 2.56
19 Dustin Howell IL 2845 1507.93 2.39
20 Haley Huber 2304 1394.28 2.26
21 Steve Fredericks 3129 1406.71 2.17
22 Ken Calcaterra 7520 1253.42 2.08
23 Carlin Reed 1897 1336.66 2.00
24 Michael LaFrieda 1126 1567.55 1.94
24 Darrin Bosco 3018 1497.21 1.94
26 Alex Voss 8421 1402.38 1.80
27 Steve Walker MO 7320 1530.46 1.74
28 Logan Bowhay 6181 1317.00 1.67
29 Dave Rush 2346 1534.00 1.60
30 Lisa Lindsey 8312 1144.14 1.54
31 James Darr 15472 1224.80 1.47
32 Julie Glenn 9387 1301.83 1.40
33 Corey Thompson MO 3195 1440.26 1.34
34 Scott Morrow 2130 1512.02 1.27
35 Greg Duffner 3724 1415.05 1.20
36 Jacob Silbermann 20488 1120.67 1.14
37 Chris Schlotte 14769 1258.48 1.07
38 Matthew Schuchard 3020 1524.59 1.00
39 Kazzarian White 9768 1322.95 0.94
40 John Lazar 11616 1265.90 0.87
41 Katie Wibbenmeyer 9668 1250.86 0.80
42 Carol Walker 11247 1280.38 0.73
43 Tim Meinecke 21522 943.65 0.67
44 Dylan Sholtes 2535 1523.30 0.60
45 Phil Metzger 9048 1253.32 0.53
46 Kristin Machalek 4211 1325.94 0.47
47 Petar Strinic 1454 1470.76 0.40
48 Ben Wayne 33025 Not Rated 0.33
49 Brandon Judd MO 23347 1011.66 0.27
50 Joe Meinecke 33498 944.05 0.20
51 Ryan Woolford 18791 1246.54 0.13
52 Grace Mehan 13157 900.16 0.07
Highlighted players are not applied to strength calculations due to lack of played tournaments.

Location


1900 Arsenal St St. Louis, Missouri

Format Details


Event Name : Main Tournament
Qualifying Format : Matchplay Qualifying
Finals Format : Amazing Race
Player Limit : Unknown
Unlimited Qualifying? : No

Tournament Overview


Tournament Date: December 01, 2024

Gateway Pinball Derby 2024

@Benton Parkade (located inside Cafe Piazza) 1900 Arsenal St - St. Louis, Missouri

Sunday. December 1st, 2024

Doors Open: 10:00am
Tourney Starts: 11:05am

Entry Fee: $20 (+ coin drop required for qualifying rounds)

IFPA Sanctioned and for WPPR Points

-Format-

Qualifying: 8 rounds of four-player match play contests with tiered swiss pairings and IFPA (7,5,3,1) scoring. The top 15 after qualifying will move on to the finals. Any format changes will be announced prior to tournament start.

Finals: The Derby format. 15 entrants will be seeded based on their standings after the qualifying rounds, all 15 entrants starting with the #15 seed and down will play individual games on game one, entrant with lowest score is eliminated. Game two the remaining 14 entrants all play individual games in the order in which they advanced from game one, lowest score is eliminated. This process continues until there is 2 entrants left, which one final game will be played in order to determine the winner. Machines will be set to Free Play for the finals games.

The winner of the Derby will receive the Silver Cup! Plus there will be payouts for the top eight finishers(consisting of remaining money after expenses).

Maximum Entries Allowed will be 64 players, All Skill Levels Welcome!

Please contact Tyler Becker via email - pinballderby@gmail.com to reserve your spot! Walk-ins are welcome, but are not guaranteed a spot if the reservations reach the max. Also feel free to send any questions you may have!

Full bar will be open conjoined next door.


-Past Gateway Pinball Derby Champions-

2019: Bob Caldwell
2022: Adam Mckinnie
2023: Bob Caldwell

Other events related to this Tournament

Event Date Ranking System Winner
Main Tournament November 30, 2025 MAIN
Main Tournament November 26, 2023 MAIN Bob Caldwell
Main Tournament November 27, 2022 MAIN Adam McKinnie
Main Tournament September 29, 2019 MAIN Bob Caldwell

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