Winter Bash 2024 - Stern Pro Circuit Pinball Tournament

WINTER BASH 2024 - Year End Pinball Tournament

@ Atomic Pinball Arcade :: 102 Whitelaw Ave Wood River, IL

*Apart of the 2024 Stern Pro Circuit*

Saturday, December 14th - Qualifying

Sunday, December 15th - Finals

Certified IFPA Sanctioned and played for world, state, and pro circuit ranking points. Will be IFPA Certifed+ if reaching 128 players or more.

Entry Fee: $80- to be paid upon arrival to the Atomic Pinball Arcade on the morning of December 14th.

Limited to 140 entrants.

All games in the Atomic Arcade are on FREE PLAY. No coin drop required.

To register, please secure ticket via Eventbrite (tinyurl.com/Winter-Bash-2024). Walk-ins will be allowed, however walk-ins are not guaranteed a spot if we happen to reach the player cap. Registration is allowed beginning on October 26th - 8 spots have been reserved for players assisting in the running of the tournament, making for 132 registration spots available.

Please direct any questions to Tyler via email ([email protected]).

The entry fee is broken down as $24 of each player’s entry fee goes directly to cash pot to be distributed to top finishers in Main Finals. $1 toward IFPA Fee. $5 toward SPC Fee. The rest going serving as full weekend admission to Atomic Arcade.

Cash payouts to the Top 16 players in Winter Bash (5-8 and 9-16 get equal payouts respectively, while 1-4 get increased payout by finishing order). Exact payouts will be dependent on total turnout, and posted that weekend.

:FORMAT:

Qualifying: 7 Rounds of 3-Game Banks(21 Games Total). Tiered Swiss Pairings. IFPA (7,5,3,1 Scoring). At conclusion of 7 Rounds, the top 40 players advance to Finals on Sunday. Insignificant Ties to be settled by strength-of-schedule tiebreaker. Tiebreakers for final playoff spot and cutoff spots that receive a Bye to be settled by a chosen classic game.

Finals: 40 Player Finals Bracket. PAPA Style Group Matchplay (Groups of 4 players - 3 Games - PAPA(4,2,1,0) Scoring - 2 Advance from each group). The Top 16 players from qualifying receive a BYE to the round of 28. The Top 4 Players from qualifying receive two BYEs into the round of 16. When reaching the Final Four, it is the final group as positions 1-4 are determined based on that group's results. Player's finishing results(if eliminated in same round) will be compared across groups, and be based on points acquired in that round. The top seed in the given group will have choice of game bank from the finals bank section, no repeat choices of bank made be made by the same player throughout bracket.

-Schedule-

:Saturday December 14th:

9:30am: Doors Open/Check-in Begins

11:00am: Roll Call/Introductions

11:05am: Winter Bash Round 1 Begins

5:00pm(approx): One hour dinner break begins after round 4

6:00pm(approx): Return from Dinner Break, Round 5 begins

10:30pm(approx): End of last qualifying round (round 7). Tiebreakers then take place on chosen classic game.

10:35(approx): After-party lasts til 11 or later.

:Sunday December 15th:

8:15am: Doors Open (practice allowed on non-finals games, no practice allowed on finals games)

9:15am: Roll Call for seeds 17-40 in Finals Bracket

9:20am: Round 1 of Finals Bracket Begins

10:30am: Roll Call for seeds 5-16 in Finals Bracket

11:50am: Roll Call for seeds 1-8 in Finals Bracket

5:00pm(approx): End of Winter Bash Finals Bracket

5:05pm(approx): Trophy Presentation / Doors Close

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There will also be a B division Finals for the Top 12 Players from Qualifying who don’t make main finals. (B Division is capped to players ranked below 500 in most current (as of Dec 14th) IFPA World Rankings. More Info Incoming

Please feel free to email Tyler ([email protected]) with any questions!!

Join us at the Atomic Pinball Arcade for the annual Winter Bash!!!

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Past Winter Bash Grand Champions

2018: Chuck Sanderson

2019: Brian Bannon

2020: Rick Knopik

2021: Steve Rolsing

2022: Travis Murie

2023: Carlos Delaserda

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