Petty Thieves Freezeasy Bash Main Game Tournament (And More!)

Name: Petty Thieves Freezeasy Bash Main Game Tournament (And More!)
Start: 2026-01-30T09:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-01T18:00:00-05:00
Location: Petty Thieves Brewing Co.

Schedule

Fri, 30 Jan, 2026 at 09:00 am to Sun, 01 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Petty Thieves Brewing Co. | Charlotte, NC

Petty Thieves and KAMP Pinball are bringing you the biggest tournament weekend here to date! 3 days of Pinball, Craft Beer, and good times! Featuring the Drain Club, lets all get together and have a blast!
Start Date: January 30, 2026
End Date: February 01, 2026
4 Big Tournaments, Main Best Game with Finals, OPEN group knockout, OPEN Target Matchplay and Women’s group knockout!!

Main Event
-Entry Fee: $10 (in addition to coin drop)
Qualifying Schedule:
-Friday, 1/30: 9am to 10pm (last games started by 9:50pm)
-Saturday, 1/31: 9am to 8pm (last games started by 7:50pm)
Format: Best Game-
-10 qualifying games, top 8 machine scores used for player’s total score. Only highest score per machine is retained for each player
Finals
Schedule: Sunday, 2/1 12pm
-(Check-in required by 11:30am, bye players may text or call TD)
Format:
-PAPA Style Group Elimination Finals
4 players, 3 games per round, top 2 advance. 4-2-1-0 scoring.
Top 24 players qualify for finals, Top 8 receive first round bye
Tiebreakers use one game playoff for 8th seed, 24th spot
Remaining tiebreakers use random game’s scores to determine higher seed
-Seeding for Finals will be Slaughter Pairing, Group 1: 9-16-17-24, etc.
Top seed in each group will drive the bus. This means picking game or position for each game played. Players will not be able to repeat game picks until they have picked every game.
Prizes:
The prize pool will be comprised of all entry fees plus 25% of all coin drops for qualifying.
Prizes out of prize pool: 1st – 35%, 2nd – 22%, 3rd – 15%, 4th – 8%, 5th to 8th – 5% each
Trophies and prizes for top 8 players

Friday Group Knockout Fair Strikes
-Schedule: Friday, 1/30 @ 5:00pm.
-Entry Fee: $10 (in addition to coin drop)
-Format is a Group Knockout, 7 strike, Fair Strike Format, 4 player groups. Strikes are awarded:
4 player groups: 1st – 0, 2nd – 1, 3rd – 1, 4th – 2
3 player groups: 1st – 0, 2nd – 1, 3rd – 2
2 player groups: 1st – 0, 2nd – 2
-Game order based on order as listed in Match Play display
Prizes: Top 4 will get trophies & cash prizes

Saturday Target Matchplay Tournament.
-Schedule: Saturday, 1/31 @ 10:00am.
-Entry Fee: $10 (with coin drop).
Format is a Group Target Matchplay, 4 player games
Target score is 65 Points. Scoring is 7-5-3-1 IFPA Scoring.
Game order based on order as listed in Match Play display
Prizes: Top 4 will get trophies & cash prizes

Women’s 3 Strike Knockout will be 1/31 @ 5:00pm.
***Right after our Matchplay Tournament or starting at 5:00 pm, whichever comes second.***
-Entry fee: $5 (with coin drop)
-Format is 3 strike Group Knockout, traditional strikes.
4 Player Groups: 0-0-1-1
3 Player Groups: 0-0-1
2 Player Groups: 0-1
Top 4 get trophies and cash prizes.
*** If players are still playing in Target Matchplay they will be allowed to play both tournaments without time penalty for plunging their ball.***

If you have any questions please reach out to the tournament director, Matthew Loof.