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Winter Bash 2024 - Year End Pinball Tournament

Tour Picture

Tournament Information

Director : Major League Pinball
Location : Wood River, IL
Country : United States
Information : Website

WPPR Snapshot

Ranking System :Main
Ranking Strength :18.58
Ratings Strength :14.82
Base Value : 32
Rated Players :122
Total (before TGP) : 65.4
TGP :200.00%
Event Booster :125%
Tour Value :163.49
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  • Results

Results for the Main Tournament event on December 15, 2024

Pos Player Rank Rating Points
1 Zach McCarthy 3 2139.09 163.49
2 Zach Sharpe 56 1920.29 139.89
3 Carlos Delaserda 14 1873.27 126.44
4 Keith Elwin 30 2013.56 115.74
5 Gregory Kennedy 16 2057.11 106.66
5 Andy Bagwell 48 1863.87 106.66
7 Sterling Mitoska 49 1948.61 91.67
7 Luke Nahorniak 6 1844.67 91.67
9 Nick Weyna 122 1840.29 79.57
10 Adam McKinnie 84 1817.40 74.30
11 Clayton Prinster 915 1641.55 69.48
11 Jason Werdrick 34 1773.78 69.48
13 Chuck Sanderson 362 1737.86 60.93
13 Keri Wing 188 1797.43 60.93
15 Tyler Hund 646 1682.26 53.62
15 Dominic Labella 117 1909.48 53.62
17 Jared Eshelman 220 1794.36 47.31
20 Jane Verwys 207 1729.29 39.39
20 Travis Murie 58 1855.49 39.39
20 Kyle Sharp 2207 1413.14 39.39
20 Preston Currie 37 1993.25 39.39
20 Charles Jackson 4060 1489.17 39.39
24 Petar Strinic 1466 1392.22 31.11
24 Cody Webb 98 1698.13 31.11
24 Jacob Fischer 526 1665.46 31.11
26 Brennan Sullivan 809 1660.87 27.77
27 Carleton Plourde 317 1828.43 26.25
27 John Miller MO 301 1819.10 26.25
30 Dan Sexauer 640 1602.25 22.32
30 Tyler Becker 255 1774.08 22.32
30 Trent Augenstein 75 1681.83 22.32
30 Stephen Chappell 1056 1575.59 22.32
33 Galvin Morgan 65 1863.75 19.16
33 Joe Bayer 455 1544.48 19.16
36 Ted Brockly 1033 1472.72 16.62
36 Alex Lecky 824 1619.67 16.62
36 Tom Graf 137 1710.93 16.62
38 Derek Fugate 274 1618.40 15.22
38 Corey Thompson MO 3213 1411.44 15.22
40 Trenton Kent 2270 1611.92 14.02
41 Tom Menge 517 1561.71 13.49
42 Bill Baggett 606 1548.28 13.01
43 Steven Bowden 11 1817.76 12.56
44 Jack Nebraska 170 1663.50 12.14
45 Luke Piarowski 3762 1535.96 11.76
46 Ken Calcaterra 7570 1306.61 11.41
47 Andrew Wilkening 519 1714.01 11.08
48 Steve Rolsing 503 1718.33 10.78
49 Marion Richards 662 1525.57 10.51
50 Chris O'Brien IL 5968 1384.29 10.26
51 James Brooks IL 1751 1572.53 10.02
52 Charles Schwaab 12383 1219.74 9.81
53 Greg Duffner 3613 1349.48 9.61
54 Kairi Rader 7702 1251.25 9.42
55 Bob Caldwell 162 1729.71 9.25
56 Gary Vollmer 3645 1382.20 9.09
57 Tim Zollner 1146 1550.18 8.94
58 Kendell Holder 541 1756.51 8.78
59 Nick Kennedy 238 1667.83 8.65
60 Dylan Sholtes 2551 1397.55 8.51
61 Scott Lee 1623 1524.32 8.37
62 Chris Ward 686 1643.97 8.24
63 Ed McGillis 9268 1373.26 8.11
64 Kristie Dolan 9890 1255.44 7.97
65 Jesse Schobel 1659 1538.55 7.84
66 Chris Ecker 1328 1501.28 7.71
67 Matt Peace 361 1625.40 7.58
68 Michael LaFrieda 1135 1417.05 7.44
69 Darrin Bosco 2631 1568.75 7.31
70 Cooper Mcgillis 16672 1056.12 7.18
71 Steve Smith MO 1361 1598.96 7.04
72 Ryan Knerr 2650 1492.83 6.91
73 Joe Ashley 1816 1470.83 6.78
74 Amber Woods 3700 1251.93 6.65
75 Sunshine Bon 408 1634.05 6.51
76 Scott Woods 806 1539.55 6.38
77 Randy Carter 1583 1580.11 6.25
78 Valerie Iriarte 3150 1332.55 6.11
79 Carter Crews 1528 1699.28 5.98
80 Logan Foley 2163 1524.13 5.85
81 Alex Yeager 2678 1358.53 5.72
82 Eric Duffner 4386 1457.91 5.58
83 Hadi Seyed-Ali 295 1652.69 5.45
84 Robbie Holcomb 6663 1200.98 5.32
85 Scott Morrow 2144 1504.16 5.18
86 Robbie Piarowski 8497 1325.97 5.05
87 Mike Howard 818 1602.29 4.92
88 Ryan Willenbrock 1104 1622.36 4.78
89 Crystal Ragusa 6161 1278.91 4.65
90 Mike Brown TN 1625 1630.44 4.52
91 Lily Pizza 1279 1497.16 4.39
92 Rich Morgan 2799 1429.28 4.25
93 Matthew Marisa Craig 7213 1326.01 4.12
94 Cory Grimm 13372 1416.95 3.99
95 matthew smart 3141 1400.27 3.85
96 Lawrence Booker 6981 1150.81 3.72
97 Kristin Machalek 4234 1331.32 3.59
98 Greg Pitner 1247 1393.96 3.46
99 Jake Flick 10054 1241.10 3.32
100 Phil Metzger 9158 1219.82 3.19
101 David Crim 15094 1103.66 3.06
102 Molly Matejcic 6598 1270.14 2.92
103 Deborah Tahlman 932 1489.63 2.79
104 Misty Hopkins 5609 1276.49 2.66
105 Maja Raskovic 5270 1405.53 2.53
106 Kevin Yin 12179 1249.22 2.39
107 Jim Piarowski 9083 1356.87 2.26
108 Jason Ebenrick 5510 1419.18 2.13
109 John Ragusa 3102 1473.11 1.99
110 Scott Holcomb 6035 1255.47 1.86
111 Lars Hagen 3915 1382.12 1.73
112 Jon Polster 11556 1287.14 1.59
113 Monica Murie 2648 1273.02 1.46
114 Dustin Howell IL 2856 1510.28 1.33
115 John Barnerd 5137 1379.59 1.20
116 Trey Wilkerson 5827 1300.37 1.06
117 Mallory Wuellner 18270 1003.78 0.93
118 Kat Lepping 9923 1246.82 0.80
119 Gerald Whitmore 18626 1131.28 0.66
120 Josh Allen 6651 1291.95 0.53
121 Lorian Warford 13769 1325.89 0.40
122 Robert Trail 3916 1527.70 0.27
123 Cory Whitmore 24715 789.83 0.13
Highlighted players are not applied to strength calculations due to lack of played tournaments.

Location


102 Whitelaw Ave Wood River, IL

Format Details


Event Name : Main Tournament
Qualifying Format : Matchplay Qualifying
Finals Format : Match Play
Player Limit : Unknown
Unlimited Qualifying? : No

Tournament Overview


Start Date: December 14, 2024
End Date: December 15, 2024

WINTER BASH 2024 - Year End Pinball Tournament



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


*Apart of the 2024 Stern Pro Circuit*



Saturday, December 14th - Qualifying

Sunday, December 15th - Finals



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



Entry Fee: $80- to be paid upon arrival to the Atomic Pinball Arcade on the morning of December 14th.



Limited to 140 entrants.



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



To register, can secure registration spot via Eventbrite (tinyurl.com/Winter-Bash-2024). Walk-ins will be allowed, however walk-ins are not guaranteed a spot if we happen to reach the player cap. Registration is allowed beginning on October 26th at 10:00am - 8 spots have been reserved for players assisting in the running of the tournament, making for 132 registration spots available.



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



The entry fee is broken down as $24 of each player’s entry fee goes directly to cash pot to be distributed to top finishers in Main Finals. $1 toward IFPA Fee. $5 toward SPC Fee. The rest going serving as full weekend admission to Atomic Arcade.



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). Exact payouts will be dependent on total turnout, and posted that weekend.





:FORMAT:



Qualifying: 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-



(All times in central standard time zone)


:Saturday December 14th:



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 15th:



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 1-8 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 12 Players from Qualifying who don’t make main finals. (B Division is capped to players ranked below 500 in most current (as of Dec 14th) IFPA World Rankings. More Info Incoming



Please feel free to email Tyler (pinballderby@gmail.com) with any questions!!







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

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