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Texas Pinball Festival Wizards Tournament

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Tournament Information

Director : Ken Kemp
Location : Frisco, TX
Country : United States
Information : Website

WPPR Snapshot

Ranking System :Main
Ranking Strength :12.04
Ratings Strength :10.27
Base Value : 32
Rated Players :139
Total (before TGP) : 54.31
TGP :100.00%
Event Booster :100%
Tour Value :54.31
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Results for the Main Tournament event on March 25, 2017

Pos
Player
Rank
Rating
Points
1 Garrett Hays 189 1589.63 54.31
2 Donavan Stepp 44 1734.93 47.13
3 Joshua Henderson 29 1906.43 43.00
4 Colin MacAlpine 39 1857.80 39.69
5 Preston Moncla 392 1623.96 36.87
6 Kevin Stone 70 1669.75 34.39
7 Phil Grimaldi 214 1769.55 32.17
8 Ben Clement 1210 1541.50 30.17
9 Robert Byers 126 1816.36 28.33
9 Will McKinney 129 1646.73 28.33
11 Trent Augenstein 13 1828.10 25.10
12 Grant Mortenson 296 1690.10 23.66
14 Brad Holliday 599 1656.86 21.09
14 Brandon Whittle 2688 1306.23 21.09
14 Carey Fishman 501 1564.92 21.09
16 David Smith CAN 494 1459.47 18.84
17 Eric Destasio 489 1617.70 17.83
18 Eric Wagensonner 90 1550.13 16.88
19 Lynn Lyons 19689 1424.00 15.99
20 Gavin Miller 649 1486.50 15.15
21 Mike Lonesky 1154 1609.09 14.37
22 Ray Ford 899 1511.17 13.62
23 David Paz 3146 1508.81 12.94
23 Ron Hallett Jr. 416 1627.73 12.94
25 Eric Fisher AR 271 1533.58 11.67
26 Dave Andersen CO 590 1342.13 11.10
27 Lou Nemphos 564 1478.54 10.55
28 Danielle Peck 322 1589.57 10.05
29 Mark Meserve 333 1695.19 9.56
30 Suppressed Player 536 1568.85 9.11
31 Kevin Rodriguez 787 1580.83 8.69
32 Nick Taseris 1089 1342.93 8.29
33 Cory Moren 2388 1450.48 7.91
34 Randy Doyle 27635 1422.45 7.57
35 Helena Walter Higgins 96 1591.56 7.23
36 Wayne Saeger 1688 1419.96 6.93
37 Bob Caldwell 2854 1514.22 6.65
37 Bob Matthews 24 1580.85 6.65
39 Levi Fels 616 1726.94 6.12
40 Michael Hew 27635 Not Rated 5.88
41 Paul Preston 7050 1184.21 5.66
42 Howard Dobson 345 1375.17 5.45
43 Rachel Morris 1517 1489.36 5.26
44 Sven Johnson 320 1556.75 5.08
45 Fred Revnew 792 1575.66 4.91
46 Robert Montanez 2443 1466.03 4.75
47 Ryan Wanger 438 1561.69 4.61
47 Tommy Skinner 487 1610.98 4.61
49 David Peck 211 1625.13 4.35
50 Brad Deshong 1061 1298.37 4.24
51 Robert RedViper 1078 1430.07 4.13
52 Yancy Blaylock 718 1578.64 4.03
53 Karri Kuoppamaki 2686 1306.82 3.93
54 Keith Shahan 1088 1465.54 3.85
55 Ellen Frankel 1183 1457.03 3.77
56 Austin Kemp 1473 1401.26 3.70
57 Louise Wagensonner 132 1522.39 3.63
57 Todd MacCulloch 528 1350.06 3.63
59 Jeff Rivera 3486 1455.70 3.50
60 Zach Fishman 553 1512.33 3.45
61 Stepan Mazurov 3115 1291.62 3.41
62 Snow Galvin 1007 1478.48 3.35
63 Rob Torres 2450 1385.65 3.31
64 Wil Biddle 813 1618.34 3.26
65 Louis Marx 1729 1375.06 3.23
66 Leon Moncla 1198 1501.79 3.18
67 Ray Bourgeois 1204 1386.50 3.15
68 Dave Bell 1533 1508.22 3.11
69 Shawn Lee OK 1001 1525.98 3.08
69 Ron Furr 27635 Not Rated 3.08
71 Joe Cuellar 4868 1340.27 3.01
72 Dennis Moncla 948 1449.63 2.97
73 Austin Trent 3978 1363.61 2.94
74 Doug Teale 1264 1483.83 2.91
75 David Ziegler 650 1486.95 2.87
76 Nikolas Poklitar 1023 1517.58 2.84
77 Mark Gunter 1670 1476.16 2.80
77 Lindsey Most 6474 1233.22 2.80
79 Charles Watson 2073 1368.88 2.73
80 Dean St. Onge 1197 1551.24 2.70
81 Mark Brown ATX 1695 1414.07 2.66
82 Ernest Morris 1138 1475.70 2.63
83 Marcus Trevino 619 1479.29 2.59
84 Tom Law 753 1577.04 2.56
85 Scott Henderson 2497 1480.23 2.53
86 Ed Most 1967 1432.70 2.49
87 Chad Lower 592 1604.51 2.46
87 Adam Higgins 446 1518.77 2.46
89 JP Landry 4888 1340.45 2.39
90 Dalton Porter 11602 1299.99 2.35
91 Lee Smith 5994 1238.05 2.32
92 Jackson Fry 1863 1489.23 2.28
93 Kim Keist 1666 1362.38 2.25
94 Chris Chatman 4275 1264.28 2.21
95 Nick Greenup 560 1584.57 2.18
96 Daniel Debusschere 4424 1327.16 2.14
97 Jon Stewart 1324 1607.53 2.11
98 Nathan Hart 1717 1490.37 2.08
98 Richard Carson 1693 1491.97 2.08
100 Rusty Nunnelee 1562 1407.02 2.01
100 Brian Fletcher 3444 1320.02 2.01
102 Cole Wiehl 3506 1287.19 1.94
103 Bruce Besta 3054 1483.32 1.90
104 Sean Egan 2823 1250.01 1.87
105 Nadia Didehbani 5470 1096.07 1.83
106 Sam Hall TX 2530 1306.45 1.80
107 Cory Westfahl 1283 1511.67 1.76
108 Deborah Tahlman 2774 1282.26 1.73
109 Craig Serold 27635 Not Rated 1.69
110 Catherine Gammons 3856 1241.47 1.66
110 Nick McKinney 18116 1327.41 1.66
112 Ken Head 4059 1347.95 1.59
113 Marc Gammons 2326 1422.88 1.56
114 Lyndon Carter 4490 1404.44 1.52
115 Justin Rausch 7339 1284.15 1.49
116 Matt Quantz 1890 1313.35 1.45
117 Craig York 9171 1374.75 1.42
118 David Marx 4097 1241.62 1.38
119 Dick Curtis 2621 1315.08 1.35
120 Dennis Vallone 3660 1399.16 1.31
121 David Denholtz 3527 1374.38 1.28
122 Jaakko Kuoppamaki 1893 1356.86 1.25
123 Greg Jones TX 5695 1323.53 1.21
124 Jeb Lock 10022 1318.23 1.18
125 Mark Henderson 1793 1346.79 1.14
126 Brian Davis MN 2455 1321.39 1.11
127 Tim Tennison 2069 1397.74 1.07
128 Eric Stenberg 3282 1255.93 1.04
129 Gabe Jones 3352 1274.92 1.00
130 Elizabeth Vidos 7611 1263.24 0.97
131 Bryce Revnew 1934 1485.45 0.93
132 Melania St. Onge 2793 1391.98 0.90
133 James Schwendig 16168 1120.11 0.86
134 Kris Thompson 3047 1365.73 0.83
135 Liam Chatman 6082 1440.92 0.80
136 Shawna Scarrow 5219 1206.78 0.76
137 Jessica Shepherd 1470 1469.57 0.73
138 Chad Lehman 4498 1320.45 0.69
139 Scott Woods 18460 1305.65 0.66
140 Laura Davis 3655 1281.47 0.62
141 Lora Tennison 3702 1415.82 0.59
142 Emily Hobbs 1715 1312.98 0.55
143 Michael Jones 4758 1278.45 0.52
144 Ken Holmes 7388 1153.41 0.48
145 Chris Doyle 3334 1320.44 0.45
146 Steve Adams 7336 1253.80 0.42
147 Lisa Ramon 3697 1256.09 0.38
147 Bo Gowan 27635 Not Rated 0.38
149 Joe Besta 2856 1516.57 0.31
150 Paul Bryant 5761 1319.29 0.28
151 MadHatter McGinnis 27635 Not Rated 0.24
152 Carolyn Dawson 3061 1391.38 0.21
153 Michael Cordell 15224 1161.67 0.17
154 Leslie Peake 5139 1159.40 0.14
155 Renee Bourgeois 4837 1241.55 0.10
156 BJ Wilson 1535 1345.25 0.07
157 Amanda Cain 5141 1059.33 0.03
Highlighted players are not applied to strength calculations due to lack of played tournaments.

Location


7600 John Q Hammons Dr. Frisco, TX 75034

Format Details


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

Tournament Overview


Start Date: March 24, 2017
End Date: March 25, 2017

Qualifying

Friday, March 24th: 11am – 1am and Saturday, March 25th: 9am-5pm.

Players will be required to demonstrate skill across 3 eras of machines, out of twelve (12) different pinball machines: 4 DMD (Dot Matrix Display), 4 SS (Solid State), 4 EM (Electro-Mechanical). A player’s best sore on 8 (out of 12 pins) will be used for ranking, though at least 2 pins from each era must be included the in the player’s ranking. Players may choose to replay individual titles as they desire in order to better their scores, staying within their total 20 play limit and the qualifying time limits. Only their best score on each pin will count in that pin’s ranking table. The top score on each machine is worth up to a maximum of 100 points. Second place is worth 97 points. Third place is worth 95 points. Starting with 4th place, point totals will be reduced by 1 point for each subsequent standing. The minimum points that can be earned by a player up through 97th place is 1 point. Players ranked 98 and below will earn no points. The total points earned on each of a player’s best 8 pins (given the era constraint) will be combined to create a composite score, which will be calculated for all players.

The 16 players ranked highest will advance to the A Division finals. The next 8 highest ranked players, whose rank is 501+ in the IFPA World Pinball Player Rankings, will advance to the B Division Finals. The next 4 highest ranked players, whose rank is 3001+ in the IFPA World Pinball Player Rankings, will comprise the Novice Division Finals. The 4 highest ranked women, who are not competing in another Finals) will compete in the Women’s Division Finals.
Top Qualifier / Era Champions

At the end of the qualification period, players’ scores will be ranked according to era of machine. There are four (4) titles of each era of machine, therefore the top qualifier in each era will be the player whose cumulative points for all 4 titles ranks highest. A trophy and cash prize will be awarded to the top ranking qualifiers in each of the three (3) eras: EM Champion, SS Champion, and DMD Champion.
A Division Finals

All Finals begin on Saturday, March 25th at 6pm.

Finals for A Division are expected to take about 6 hours. Finals will be played using a “PAPA style” format. Finalists will be placed into groups of 4 players. They will play 3 games. At the beginning of each game, the top seed in each group gets to the pick the title (from available pins) for that group, or his/her playing position. Each group must play one pin from each era during their 3-game match. Scoring is 4-2-1-0 for the four finishing positions. After 3 games, the top 2 players from each group advance. More information can be found at: papa.org.
B Division Finals

All Finals begin on Saturday, March 25th at 6pm.

Qualifiers 17-24 in the Texas Wizards Tournament, if not ranked in the top 500 of the IFPA World Pinball Player Rankings*, will compete in the B Division Finals If a player is ranked in the top 500 according to IFPA, he/she will be skipped and the next eligible player will be advanced to the Finals.

Finals format for B Division is identical to A Division, but with 8 players. For each game, B Division pin selections will take place after A Division groups have selected their pins.
Novice Division Finals

The four top qualifiers in the Texas Wizards Tournament who are not ranked in the top 3000 of the IFPA World Pinball Player Rankings* and who are not competing in another division’s final will compete in the Novice Division Finals.

Finals format is identical to A Division, but with 4 players. For each game, Novice Division pin selections will take place after B Division groups have selected their pins. If all 4 Novice Division Finals players agree, they may choose to start their match with the Semifinal round of A Division instead of the initial Quarterfinal round in order to increase the number of available pins.

Women’s Division Finals

The four top female qualifiers in the Texas Wizards Tournament who are not competing in another Division’s Finals. Women who would otherwise qualify for both the Women’s Finals and another Division’s Finals will be given the choice of which Finals to compete in.

Finals format is identical to A Division, but with 4 players. For each game, Women’s Division pin selections will take place after the other Division groups have selected their pins. If all 4 Women’s Division Finals players agree, they may choose to start their match with the Semifinal round of A Division instead of the initial Quarterfinal round in order to increase the number of available pins.

* The cutoff date to determine a players IFPA ranking is the later of the date the player registers for the Texas Wizards Tournament or March 1st, 2017.

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Date
Ranking System
Winner
Main Tournament March 23, 2025 MAIN Preston Moncla
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