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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 :1.39
Ratings Strength :4.53
Base Value : 23
Rated Players :46
Total (before TGP) : 28.92
TGP :120.00%
Event Booster :100%
Tour Value :34.71
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Results for the Main Tournament event on December 01, 2024

Pos Player Rank Rating Points
1 Bob Caldwell 175 1668.07 34.71
2 Steve Smith MO 1556 1518.22 25.32
3 Marion Richards 686 1619.28 20.50
4 Mike Howard 839 1508.27 16.96
5 Ben Wingerter 5613 1425.33 14.20
6 Dan Sexauer 657 1711.16 11.97
7 Marq Quiller 1476 1613.20 10.15
8 Tyler Becker 303 1726.12 8.64
9 Kendell Holder 536 1757.58 7.40
10 Carleton Plourde 351 1803.83 6.36
11 Steve Rolsing 502 1690.85 5.49
12 Stephen Chappell 1131 1523.32 4.79
13 Ryan Knerr 2701 1453.16 4.20
14 Chris Ward 680 1645.41 3.72
15 Eric Duffner 4527 1374.56 3.33
16 Scott Lee 1600 1466.70 3.01
17 Ryan Willenbrock 1168 1567.61 2.75
18 Dean Huber 2162 1459.60 2.56
19 Dustin Howell IL 2841 1507.93 2.39
20 Haley Huber 2305 1394.28 2.26
21 Steve Fredericks 3127 1406.71 2.17
22 Ken Calcaterra 7866 1253.42 2.08
23 Carlin Reed 1897 1336.66 2.00
24 Michael LaFrieda 1125 1567.58 1.94
24 Darrin Bosco 3012 1497.21 1.94
26 Alex Voss 8893 1402.38 1.80
27 Steve Walker MO 7681 1530.46 1.74
28 Logan Bowhay 6414 1317.00 1.67
29 Dave Rush 2349 1534.00 1.60
30 Lisa Lindsey 8626 1144.15 1.54
31 James Darr 18908 1224.81 1.47
32 Julie Glenn 9988 1301.84 1.40
33 Corey Thompson MO 3194 1440.26 1.33
34 Scott Morrow 2128 1512.02 1.27
35 Greg Duffner 3728 1415.05 1.20
36 Jacob Silbermann 31704 1120.67 1.13
37 Chris Schlotte 16636 1258.48 1.07
38 Matthew Schuchard 3017 1524.59 1.00
39 Kazzarian White 10195 1322.95 0.93
40 John Lazar 12248 1265.90 0.87
41 Katie Wibbenmeyer 9959 1250.86 0.80
42 Carol Walker 11739 1280.39 0.73
43 Tim Meinecke 27188 943.64 0.67
44 Dylan Sholtes 2529 1523.30 0.60
45 Phil Metzger 9236 1253.32 0.53
46 Kristin Machalek 4210 1325.95 0.47
47 Petar Strinic 1448 1470.76 0.40
48 Ben Wayne 51849 Not Rated 0.33
49 Brandon Judd MO 25755 1011.66 0.27
50 Joe Meinecke 43878 944.05 0.20
51 Ryan Woolford 19266 1246.53 0.13
52 Grace Mehan 13172 900.15 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 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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