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The Wichita Pinball Open

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Tournament Information

Director : Sam Swain
Location : Wichita, KS
Country : United States
Information : Website

WPPR Snapshot

Ranking System :Main
Ranking Strength :0.57
Ratings Strength :1.40
Base Value : 7
Rated Players :14
Total (before TGP) : 8.97
TGP :96.00%
Event Booster :100%
Tour Value :8.61
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Results for the Main Tournament event on December 15, 2018

Pos Player Rank Rating Points
1 Steve Brown USA 2290 1526.62 8.61
2 Steve Strom 287 1729.54 3.99
3 Preston Pywell 1850 1580.72 2.28
4 Rob Huffman 2222 1576.36 1.37
6 Conard Bush 8998 1381.88 0.62
6 Joey Henry 5985 1453.32 0.62
6 Dave Chapman 7965 1414.56 0.62
8 James Bobetsky 4953 1401.52 0.43
9 Chad Cowan 8944 1299.96 0.37
10 Keri Wing 227 1755.48 0.31
10 Sam Swain 1782 1511.69 0.31
12 Wynn Hukle 9877 1286.91 0.18
12 Jason Orme 9969 1352.92 0.18
14 Casey Swain 14597 1013.65 0.06
Highlighted players are not applied to strength calculations due to lack of played tournaments.

Location


139 N Mead St Wichita, KS 67202

Format Details


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

Tournament Overview


Tournament Date: December 15, 2018

The Arcade Presents: The Inaugural Wichita Pinball Open

This is an Amateur and Professional Tournament

Doors for practice will open and registration will start at 1pm

Tournament time 3pm

Guaranteed $100 for 1st, $50 for 2nd and $25 for 3rd in each bracket!

Entry fee is $5, $4 will add to already guaranteed prize, $1 will go to IFPA Fee.

Amateur cutoff will be approx. IFPA rank of 10,000+ or IFPA Qualified players (Subject to change)

Pro bracket will be Matchplay seeded using IFPA rank as of tournament day. 4 Player groups on a bank of 4 games using 3,2,1,0 scoring, top 2 players in each group move on to the next round, bottom 2 are eliminated.

Amateur bracket will be Matchplay seeded randomly. 4 player groups on a of 3 games using 3,2,1,0 scoring, top 2 players in each group move on to the next round, bottom 2 are eliminated.

Come join us and support a quickly growing pinball community in Wichita!

You are responsible for your own quarter drop $.50 per game.

Tournament is sanctioned by the IFPA and will award WPPR points!

There is no cover charge to The Arcade if you are there to ONLY play pinball.

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