Thanks Ivan -

An official announcement with more Details will be forthcoming next week.

Anybody interested in bringing games to the tournament feel free to contact me.

As a baseline, bringing a game we can use for the tournament gets you in to the show both days, and also free entry into the tournament. That’s a $140 value right there.

We'll need games there on Thursday, which is setup day, and they'll need to stay till around 8pm on Saturday. Myself, I brought a couple games one year and it was rewarding, and it's also nice to have a couple of your own games in a tournament. I think I brought a Flintstones and Transformers LE one year.

As far as games, most of them can be made tournament friendly. We can remove rubber on posts and turn off ball saves, and that works for most games. We aren’t interested in making them ridiculously hard to play, this is a skill tournament. We won't be ripping out posts or putting games on "all rules hard" settings. We'll pay attention to tilts as well, some games "easy" ones will have tighter tilts, others you can probably get away with a double danger on a big nudge.

There really aren't that many "no fly zone" games...but an example would be something like DE Simpsons where there's a "double your score" and "catch up" mystery award, and you can't turn them off in settings. Nobody wants to lose a tournament game on a mystery award.

Cosmetic condition and mods are less Important than reliability and good play - strong flippers, no ball hang ups, etc.

We are looking forward to bringing a world-class tournament event to Allentown.

Announcing the Allentown Certified Stern Pro Circuit Tournament - May 6-7, 2022

Greg “WPPRelli” Poverelli and “Crazy” Levi Nayman are proud to present the 2022 Allentown Pinfest IFPA Tournament, a Stern Pro Circuit and IFPA certified event with the 20 percent WPPR boost that provides the maximum possible competition value for pro pinball players on the circuit. With more WPPRs than ever, and a higher prize pool than ever, this tournament builds upon the successes of previous Pinfest tournaments to make it an even greater event. Pinfest 2022 is shaping up to be the boomiest Pinfest IFPA tournament ever! We are also delighted to announce that Backhand Pinball is on board to stream this event live, so eSports fans across the globe can view this top-level pinball competition as it unfolds.

Tournament format:

A $100 ticket enters competitors into the Main Open tournament and pays for all entries.
Qualifying time is limited to all day Friday, May 6, 12 noon to 9 pm, and it is a limited entry format. All competitors will play 12 entries on 12 different machines in a tournament bank of up to 20 machines, and all entries will count toward qualifying position. Finals, starting at 9:30 am on Saturday, May 7, will consist of the top 24 qualifiers in A Division. There will also be a B Division finals for the next 24 qualifiers ranked outside the top 100 IFPA rankings as of May 6, 2022. Please note, the B finals results will not affect the final IFPA submission and are for prizes and trophies only. All 48 finalists will win a cash payout.
Games will encompass all eras of pinball machines.
Finals will be PAPA style four-player group scoring, 4-2-1-0 scoring. Finals matches will be played on pre-selected banks encompassing all eras, ensuring a diverse and exciting finals experience for players and viewers watching on stream. Highest seed has choice of bank. The same bank cannot be selected twice by the same player, and banks may change between rounds. Payouts will be guaranteed to all finalists.
A guaranteed minimum payout of $1,000 will go to the A Division winner, with amounts for all other finalists to be determined by the total number of players entered into the tournament. A minimum of 60 percent of tournament income in entry fees are dedicated to cash payouts for finalists.
There is no pre-registration, and this event is cash only. Players are encouraged to arrive as close to the 12 pm kickoff as possible, to ensure that all players get their 12 entries in by the 9 pm cutoff.
The main event will also track standings for kids aged 15 and under, who will have a reduced entry fee of $40. The Kid’s finals will award trophies and non-cash prizes.
There will be an IFPA sanctioned Women’s tournament, $25 entry with trophies and full cash payout, with limited entry on a number of games to be determined. The finals for both will also be PAPA format with top 8 qualifiers. Please note due to time restrictions, anyone who qualifies in both the main as well as the women’s or kid’s finals might have to play both concurrently.

The PAPA / IFPA rule set will be in effect. All rulings made and decisions by the tournament directors are final.

Volunteers and Games:

The Tournament Directors are seeking volunteers for desk registration and scorekeeping assistance. There will be an exclusive hour of qualifying time available for these volunteers, 9:15 to 10:15 pm on Friday, May 6. Compensation will also be offered based on the number of hours volunteering.
The Tournament Directors are also seeking tournament-quality games encompassing all eras. Free entry to the show and to the tournament (a $140 value) is offered, along with possible other financial considerations for multiple games or people who aren’t playing in the tournament.
Please contact Greg at [email protected] or Levi at [email protected] for more information or to offer volunteer services, games, or explore sponsorship possibilities.
See more information about the Allentown Pinfest show, one of the Northeast’s longest running and premier pinball events, at http://www.pinfestival.com/

I have a very nice Royal Flush gottlieb backglass for sale. Yes, the same one I mention before every Allentown.
$150

Also, a working clean original Bally Black Jack MPU - works fine, but I replaced it because I wanted free play option for new owner
$100

Working DE Simpsons in absolutely ghastly condition, covered in green battery corrosion. Worked 100 percent when pulled unbelieveably. Anybody want to try cleaning it up?
$20

MPU is sold to a an adventurous pinsider

The royal flush back glass is now sold

Still need a couple more games for the Allentown tournament

We have a ton of classics so looking for DMD / LCD at this point
Tournament ready (reliable, plays nice)
Turn off EBs
Tilt works (we may adjust)
Be able to get there thursday night, leave game till Saturday night around 8 or so

You get into the show both days for free, and free entry to tournament ($140 value)

And your game will be schooled by the GREATS!

Send me a PM, thanks!

Hey I’ve had some questions about the tournament.

It works like this:

You pay $100. You play 12 games, which you pick from a bank of 20. Play any 12 of the 20 in any order. You can’t play some and go eat lunch and come back and play more. Play 12 games between 12-9 pm on Friday.

All games count! Your scores are ranked agonist all the other scores on a game and awarded points based on score.

Top 24 will make finals. Next 24 (top 100 IFPA excluded) will play in B finals for a total of 48 finalists. Finals will be played on Saturday.

It’s a good format for a show like this because it’s not the kind of tournament where you spend all day playing and not doing the show or farmers market. You can bang out 12 games pretty quickly really. There’s lots of classic games.

Good cash payouts and lots of other prizes including a Valhalla playfield and lots of cool Schwag from spooky, stern, Ap, pinballstar, coin taker, pingraffix , comet. Brooklyns jackbar and rock fantasy in Middletown, two of the coolest pinball locations in New York also on board as sponsors. More to come!

Our game bank is pretty much set but we could still use a couple late model LCD sterns. Bringing a game gives you full free entry to the show and tournament ($140 value). And you help support the show. And you get to play your own game in the tournament.

No, you don’t have to pre reg for the tournament or IFPA. If it’s your first tournament we’ll do that for you.

If you have to ask…

I’m looking for a few nice desirable games, but I don’t want to pay anywhere close to market for them.

Please let me know what you’ll be bringing!

Haven’t seen any email from you -

You do not have to sign up or pre register for the tournament as stated in the announcement. Show up on Friday, and register there.

Any other questions feel free to contact me here.

Thanks!

I know a guy on Staten Island who has one of those missle command / centipede/millipede arcade games. He wants $2k for it.

I’m going over there next week to pick up a pac man I could check it out for you.

I’m looking for a 70s Williams drop target. You know one those single drops.

Don’t need the assembly just a drop target.

Lemme know if you got one.

The (broken) one I’m looking to replace for reference:

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Any pics of the advents and how
Much?

Tournament bank is looking very solid, but still have space for 2 more games.

Get into show both days for free, and free entry into tournament ($140 value). Or if you don’t want to do the tournament we’ll give you $100 cash.

Games must be there Thursday (or 9 am on Friday if special arrangements made) and be available for our use till Saturday night 9pm, and must be in great playing shape with working tilt.

PM me if interested. All eras considered!

Latest tournament info:

Allentown Certified Stern Pro Circuit Tournament - May 6-7, 2022: Sponsors and Games Revealed!

Greg “WPPRelli” Poverelli, “Crazy” Levi Nayman, and Tim “Timballs” Sexton are proud to present the 2022 Allentown Pinfest IFPA Tournament, a Stern Pro Circuit and IFPA certified event with the 20 percent WPPR boost that provides the maximum possible competition value for pro pinball players on the circuit. With the top-flight production team complete and full IFPA certification, Pinfest 2022 is shaping up to be the boomiest Pinfest IFPA tournament ever!

2022 Allentown Pinfest IFPA Tournament team:
Greg Poverelli: Tournament Director
Tim Sexton: Tournament Assistant Director
Levi Nayman: Executive Producer
Backhand Pinball: Official Streamer

Tournament format:
A $100 ticket enters competitors into the Main Open tournament and pays for all entries. There is no pre-registration, and this event is cash only. Players are encouraged to arrive as close to the 12 pm kickoff as possible, to ensure that all players get their 12 entries in by the 9 pm cutoff.
Qualifying time is limited to all day Friday, May 6, 12 noon to 9 pm, and it is a limited entry format. All competitors will play 12 entries on 12 different machines in a tournament bank of up to 20 machines, and all entries will count toward qualifying position. Finals, starting at 9:30 am on Saturday, May 7, will consist of the top 24 qualifiers in A Division. There will also be a B Division finals for the next 24 qualifiers ranked outside the top 100 IFPA rankings as of May 6, 2022. Please note, the B finals results will not affect the final IFPA submission and are for prizes and trophies only. All 48 finalists will win a cash payout.
Finals will be PAPA style four-player group scoring, 4-2-1-0 scoring. Finals matches will be played on pre-selected banks encompassing all eras, ensuring a diverse and exciting finals experience for players and viewers watching on stream. Highest seed has choice of bank. The same bank cannot be selected twice by the same player, and banks may change between rounds. Payouts will be guaranteed to all finalists.
A guaranteed minimum payout of $1,000 will go to the A Division winner, with amounts for all other finalists to be determined by the total number of players entered into the tournament. A minimum of 60 percent of tournament income in entry fees are dedicated to cash payouts for finalists.
The main event will also track standings for kids aged 15 and under, who will have a reduced entry fee of $40. The Kid’s finals will award trophies and non-cash prizes.
There will be an IFPA sanctioned Women’s tournament with a dedicated 4-game bank, $25 entry with trophies and full cash payout, with limited entry on a number of games to be determined. The finals for both will also be PAPA format with top 8 qualifiers. Please note due to time restrictions, anyone who qualifies in both the main as well as the women’s or kid’s finals might have to play both concurrently.
The PAPA / IFPA rule set will be in effect. All rulings made and decisions by the tournament directors are final.

Sponsors:
The 2022 Allentown Pinfest IFPA Tournament is proud to announce the following sponsors for their support: Platinum Sponsor Comet Pinball, American Pinball, Stern Pinball, Spooky Pinball, Pinballstar, Cointaker, The World Famous Rock Fantasy Rock and Pinball shop, Brooklyn’s own Jackbar, Pingraffix, Project Pinball, and Backhand Pinball. Thanks to all our awesome sponsors for their support and prize contributions!

T-Shirts:
An awesome original event t-shirt for the tournament has been designed. Shirts will be $20 when purchased along with tournament entry, or $25 when purchased as a standalone item.

Volunteers – Scorekeeping and Pinball Mahcines:
The Tournament Directors are seeking volunteers for desk registration and scorekeeping assistance. There will be an exclusive hour of qualifying time available for these volunteers, 9:15 to 10:15 pm on Friday, May 6. Compensation will also be offered based on the number of hours volunteering.
The Tournament Directors are also seeking a couple more tournament-quality games encompassing all eras. Free entry to the show and to the tournament (a $140 value) is offered, along with possible other financial considerations for multiple games or for people who aren’t playing in the tournament.

Preliminary Game List:
Thanks also to our awesome game volunteers, who are bringing an amazing group of games for our tournaments. List is subject to change, and the final banks (both Main and Women’s) will be announced closer to the event.

Dolly Parton
Whirlwind
Space Station
Shadow
Count-Down
Star Trek Pro
Walking Dead Pro
X Men Pro
Game of Thrones pro
Stern Galaxy
Aztec
WWF Royal Rumble
Gottlieb’s 300
Harlem Globetrotters
Flash Gordon
Dragonfist
Star Wars Pro
Gottlieb’s Volley
Avengers Infinity Quest Pro
BK Sword of Rage Pro
Led Zeppelin Pro

I see a ton of random parts and neon signs and not a lot of games.

Have a feeling it's gonna be slim, slim pickings if you are looking to buy a pinball machine. I'm sure there will be plenty to play at least!

I have a working, nice condition Bally Black Jack MPU. Works fine, I replaced it with an alltek as customer needed free play.

$80.

BOOOOOOOOM!

That’s a great deal if the foam is in nice shape. How’s it look under there? I have a pair of these inherited from my parents and refoamed and they are awesome rock speakers…trying to figure out if I can fit a pair in my shop.

I think I paid a pro $250 to refoam them here in NYC….

Somebody should seriously grab these if they want to rock their collection of neon bar signs and vintage soda billboards!!

There’s like one vintage audio repair shop here. They are good but the only option. And as a pinball repair guy I understand their pricing.

I also paid them $300 to fix my Yamaha turntable, which had developed a flutter and the auto features no longer worked.

Trust me, I took it apart, and I was baffled by the auto system.

Greg Poverelli and I are doing the Loserkids podcast tonight to plug/hype Allentown and the Pinfest IFPA Tournament.

So set your VCRs.

I think you are about 15 years late on this one.

Were you unsure about playing in the Pinfest IFPA Pinball Tournament?

Wary about the format, or concerned that you won't stack up to the best players in the world?

Allow Greg and I to allay your misplaced fears, as we commit to the hard sell on the Loserkids' podcast!

Allentown shilling begins at about 42 minutes in:
https://soundcloud.com/loserkidpinballpodcast/ep-84-rushing-for-whoppers?fbclid=IwAR2YgVP2tXYPuHrixK7xrBFR8jGhPlzY4mI8f0svoWRLJNVodjyGWmdKbys

It's exactly the same as the main tournament, on the same games, except it cost $40 instead of $100, and there's no cash prizes, there's trophies and cool schwag prizes. Limited entry, 12 games, qualifying friday 12-9, finals on Saturday morning. I would expect kid's finals will be over pretty early, by 12 pm or so on Saturday.

WFMZ Lehigh Valley and news babe Ali Reid ae going to be doing a series of live spots early Friday morning, so those in the area throw on the morning news May 6 for some hot pinball action. We'll be teaching Ali how to play pinball, and discussing the Pinfest show and the tournament. Should be fun, and you get to see how I look at 7 in the morning!

I try not to get too hung up on weather reports a week out.

But yes, it always rains. Good thing the show is indoors (not sure why the rain always bugs everybody!)

Rain has never stopped me from drinking in the Allentown parking lot!

(discretely of course)

Tournament Tees are in!

Available to all.

Limited quantities so come by the tournament area early

$25 standalone
$20 when purchased along with a tournament entry

Hot t shirt model not included
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This thing is AWESOME. Picked mine up a week ago. Cabaret model Great for smaller spaces. 19 inch just like the original you played 40 years ago. Real quality build exactly like an arcade game except for the no coin door (the decal may fool you in pics)!

Game gets an A+ from me. always wanted one of these but the full size arcade cab is just huge. Also plays original pac-man which is a nice touch.

Why get some arcade 1up garbage that’s gonna be landfill in 2 years when you can get this?

They also made the same cabaret for locations with a coin door.

Somebody alert Otaku!

Check out this boomy fuckin' preliminary game list for the Pinfest tournament!!!

Also, we are working on a way to make the Kids' tournament more palatable. Shorter entry, with earlier finals so people coming on Friday can make this work (so they don't have to come back saturday morning). If you have little ones who want to play (Ages 6-13) come on by the tournament area and check it out!

Algar
Whirlwind
Space Station
Shadow
Count-Down
Star Trek Pro
Walking Dead Pro
guardians pro
GOT pro
Galaxy
Aztec
Royal Rumble
Jungle Princess
Frankenstein
300
Harlem
Tron Pro
Dragonfist
Star Wars pro
Volley-
Avengers pro
BK pro
Zep Pro
Blackout
Viking

He will have to pass a carefully curated test of his wits and reflexes!!!

(I would think he'll be ok!)

Yeah it’s a two day commitment for sure, at least if you plan on playing in the finals. Doing it all in one day wouldn’t be possible with our time constraints.

You could also play your qualifying ticket, and then you only have to return the next morning if you qualify.

Show was absolutely killer and had a real pre-Covid vibe to it.

The only Allentown in recent memory where I didn’t feel like it was getting busted down in the early afternoon. If you paid to get in around 3 on Saturday I still think you’d have gotten your money’s worth.

I wasn’t buying / selling this time but it did seem like there were a lot of older games that were good value. I was told by a few that Saturday hardly anything moved. Maybe people were just beat down by the rain and didn’t want to move stuff around in it.

Free play was healthy and robust the entire weekend. Seemed like many great games across 70 years to try out. Tons of new games in the vendor bootHs for people looking for that stuff. I didn’t play any of the free play games but I toured many times.

Big ups to Cointaker and Mellisa for hooking the stern pro circuit Allentown tournament with a new in box avengers. It was rock solid out of the box. In two days of intense and heavy use, literally the only time we opened the glass was when I dropped the balls in. I was so impressed that I bought it.

The tournament was a huge success, we had tons of great feedback (and a little constructive criticism that we can consider at a later date) and it seems like we won many people over on the format. $1,000 prize went to defending Allentown champ Jason Zahler, with Levi Nayman taking a close 2nd (one Aztec spinner rip away from victory?), seemingly everything champion Eric Stone in 3rd, and pinball logics wiz Zach Frey scoring 4th.

It was nice meeting and talking with the many people who came back to introduce themselves to me.

I would encourage everyone to come to the show next year, and consider trying the tournament and/or bringing a game.

I would say about half the game bringers were not people who had played in a circuit tournament but most of them did decide to play and had fun.

Also, did anybody catch the spots on Channel 69 on Friday morning? Newsbabe Ali Reid learned about pinball and pinball Tournaments, got a pinball lesson from pinball software engineer and tournament assistant director Tim Sexton, and interviewed defending Allentown ladies champ Julie Dorssers

I’ll dig up the link later

These are all tournament area pics
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Yes eric took 3rd and Zach 4th.

Zahler
Nayman
Stone
Frey

Anna wolk ladies champ

Her daughter Olympia Bruce (6 years old) took kids!

B division champ NYC’s own Adam Robinson!

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Man I just needed another spinner rip or two !!!

Thanks! Was nice to meet you and the family. Just for clarification Ivan runs the show, we were running the tournament.

I think seminars would be tough there as it’s one giant room and it’s pretty loud! And we don’t have enough time to do anything besides starting the tournament as soon as the snow opens. But you should check out pintastic or other shows held in hotels / convention centers like Expo.

We will try to figure out something for kids tournament next year, I agree it doesn’t make much sense to do it on Friday. We have some ideas.

Allentown Pinfest tournament makes the news down in Florida!

Sorry don’t think there’s a non Facebook link

https://www.facebook.com/1508080873/posts/10227116259401533/?d=n

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Yeah good stuff

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I am also of the belief that the majority of the “crop dusting” was actually a septic issue. I’m sure the 3 straight days of torrential rain didn’t help matters.

The good news? Most of us still have masks we can use for extreme circumstances!

I know we joke about it raining at Allentown every year but this one had to take the cake. And of course it was absolutely gorgeous on the ride home yesterday. Hoping for sunnier days next year!

Nice roundup!

Maybe you'll consider bringing one of your games to the tournament next year. Free entry into the tournament, plus you get to play a game you are exceedingly familiar with (though sometimes that's a curse!)

That Nine-Ball would look great in the tourney bank!

It’s really not worth discussing. Past years have been way worse and absolutely ridiculous with the early removals. I don’t think Ivan has any choice but to keep the fee in place and I think it’s clear it’s working to it’s intended effect.

The next stop on the too-many-pins retirement tour!

This is going on longer than Elton John's and that started in 2017!

It was a beautiful row of wood rails.

Anybody see the lightning Ball for $1200? It was really nice. If I had room I may have grabbed it.

I was there all week, didn't wear a mask, came in 2nd in the tournament, and I feel fuckin' great!

Good luck to everybody else, I was curious about it. I had to miss Pinfest last summer due to COVID which sucked.

Most of those games were in the flea market. A friend of mine picked up a Gold Strike, and also a really nice used Gold Strike playfield to replace the trashed one he got.

There were two Gold Strikes I believe...the one my friend didn't buy was in worse shape.

We don’t need a lock we just need to throw out an activist who just made 5 consecutive posts trying to start a fight.

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with these post show examinations of if anybody got sick or not. It’s useful info people want to know.

The cable news talking points and tired attempts to turn this into The Five aren’t necessary.

Well played, right ForceFlow ?

Hey guys I'm gonna be a total piece of shit and threaten to beat up a Mod over absolutely nothing...but hey let's just get back on topic and talk about woodrails!

Seeya dude. Enjoy your vacation.

Everybody knows what I look like, and exactly where I was for about 20 total hours last weekend and, and I'm a "spineless coward."

Not the anonymous "peace" of shit threatening to beat people up for absolutely no good reason without any provocation from behind a keyboard.

Ain't that funny?

This hobby attracts some absolute lunatics. But Hey who wants to talk about EMs? Let's get this back on topic!

And yes, we know the dates for next year. It's the same goddamn weekend every year, the first weekend in May.

Our Streamer Marc P of Backhand Pinball pulled that off, amazingly getting us a pallet of that product to share with the entire show. We of course greased all neighboring booths with a couple cases immediately, you always want friendly neighbors especially when they have hand trucks, tools, and segways with giant tires.

Some were worried we wouldn't be able to "get rid of it all" but come Saturday morning it was all gone. I secured a couple case to bring home for the memories!

No, like I said we wanted it all gone and wanted to share the product. We did keep some cases under the desk / in the car for booth / TD use.

Just want to point out there was neither a state nor show mandate to wear masks, so I think everybody knew going in that most people wouldn't be. I didn't wear a mask but some did and that was everybody's choice and I support anybody who did. Going on two plus years of this we are at a point where we know what to expect I think, and have enough info on deciding which events we want to attend and which precautions we want to take. The fact is, the only way to ensure you don't catch COVID at a pinball show is to not attend a pinball show.

As far as I know, nobody involved in the tournament (playing or producing) has reporting getting COVID so far so that's good news. Maybe our proximity to the bathroom somehow rendered us immune!!

For folks coming in from Canada, I totally understand extra precautions and care, as I think you are still required to get a test to return, right?