RLM Amusements 4th Annual Win A Pinball Machine Tournament!
Schedule
Sat, 05 Dec, 2026 at 11:00 am to Sun, 06 Dec, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
4318 Plainfield Ave Suite K, Grand Rapids, MI, United States, Michigan 49525 | Grand Rapids, MI
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RLM Amusements is hosting our 4th annual Win A Pinball Machine tournament on Saturday, December 5th 2026 with a top 24 finals on Sunday, December 6th 2026. Players of all skill levels are welcome! The tournament is limited to 64 players. The cost to play in the tournament is $90 per player and all the games are on free play. This is a special event and we will be closed for public play that weekend.The grand prize will be a working 1979 Stern Meteor pinball machine! The pinball machine will be given away in a random drawing to one of the players! You could come in last place in the tournament and still win the pinball machine. How cool is that???
The tournament will be 10 rounds of group matchplay on Saturday with 2 matches per round with IFPA scoring (7/5/3/1) and tiered swiss pairing. On Sunday the top 24 players will face off in the PAPA style finals to determine the winner. The top 8 players will get a first round bye.
The drawing for the Meteor pinball machine will be done on Saturday night right before we start the last round of qualifying. Each player will get 1 entry into the drawing so if we get 64 players your chances of winning are 1 in 64. The player who wins can take it home that night!
On Saturday the doors will open at 11am for practice and the tournament will start at 12pm. On Sunday for finals the doors will open at 10:30am and the tournament will start at 11am. We will be using all the pinball machines that are on the arcade floor except for Baby Pac-Man.
Players will be allowed to play the pinball machines between rounds as long as they do not play next to a machine that is being played in an active match. We also have a variety of arcade games that can be played in between rounds.
There will be payouts for the top 12 players with $30 from each players tournament fee going into the pot. If the tournament sells out at 64 players, there will be $1920 total that will be payed out to the top 12 players.
The payout percentages are as follows:
1st place - 23%
2nd place - 18%
3rd place - 14%
4th place - 9%
5th thru 8th place - 6%
9th thru 12th place - 3%
This is an official IFPA sanctioned certified event worth 200% TGP and an event booster of 128%. It will be a great opportunity to get some good points to qualify or increase your rank for the IFPA Michigan state championship in January. We will stream the finals on Sunday on our Twitch channel at https://twitch.tv/rlmamusements. Outside food and beverages are allowed.
Tickets will go on sale on Saturday, November 7th at 1pm on our website at https://rlmamusements.com/win-a-pinball-machine. You can also purchase tickets using cash, check or credit card in person at RLM Amusements on Fridays from 5pm-1am and Saturdays from 12pm-10pm.
Tickets are not refundable tho they can be transferred to another player if you purchase a ticket and are unable to attend.
We look forward to seeing you here!
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Where is it happening?
4318 Plainfield Ave Suite K, Grand Rapids, MI, United States, Michigan 49525Event Location & Nearby Stays:
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