The Maryland Pinball Championship will take place at 1:30 p.m. on
January 19, 2013.

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Entry fees: $15 for main tournament, optional $30 main tournament side
pot, optional $60 main tournament side pot. Side tournament fee $3 per
entry. You can sign up at the door.

Likely lineup: The Shadow, Doctor Who, Attack From Mars, World Poker
Tour, Twilight Zone, Jackbot, Whirlwind, Harlem Globetrotters, Fish
Tales and Funhouse.
Coin drop is $.75 for WPT, $.50 for all other games.

All monies collected for entry fees (minus money spent for awards for
the top finishers) will be given out as prizes to the top finishers.
Side pots will be paid out as follows:
1 - 3 side pot players - 100% to the winner
4 - 6 side pot players - 70% to first place, 30% to second place
7 - 10 side pot players - 50/30/20
10+ side pot players - 45/30/15/10

There will be a main tournament and a side tournament.
The main tournament will be a Pinburgh-style tournament similar to the
tournaments that Scot Charles, Gregg Giblin, and Rick Prince conducted
last year.
The main tournament will begin at 1:30 p.m.

There will be a few differences; however, as the intent is to have
everyone play every other player during the seeding portion of the
tournament.

This may not happen if the turnout is >~28 players.
About eight rounds of four player games will take place during the
seeding portion of the tournament.
The double elimination portion (broken into A and B divisions) of the
tournament will take place after the seeding portion.
The top half of the field from the seeding portion will play in the A
division and the remaining players will play in B division.

WPPR points will be awarded.

Extra balls will be disabled. Death saves and Bang Backs will not be
allowed.
Tilts will be tight. Physical abuse of the pinball machines such as
kicking, lifting and then dropping, or punching the glass, will not be
tolerated and may be cause for elimination from the tournament.

There will be a classics tournament held on Harlem Globetrotters. This
will begin at noon. Each entry will cost three dollars and will
consist of one game. Players may only purchase one entry at a time,
but are allowed to enter the Classics tournament multiple times.
The four players with the highest scores recorded by 8:30 p.m. will
play one final game to determine the winner. During the qualifying
from noon to 8:30 p.m., only the player's highest score will be
recorded.

I will not be playing in either tournament.

Beverages are available at the bar. There are many food options within
walking distance, and outside food is allowed inside the bar.

There is a TOPS tournament running on WPT that ends on the day of the
tournament. I believe that it ends at 9 p.m.

Check back soon for more details.

If you have any questions about the tournaments, post them here or
send me an email.

I hope to see you there!

Chris Newsom

$.75 is default for WPT with the newest code.

And yes, I realize that $.50 is not default for Harlem, but I am not going to have games set at a quarter a play. Well, when I had Love Bug on location it was a quarter a play, but that was because I could not figure out how to set it to $.50.

I have the games set up pretty tough, so $.50 seems about right.

When WOZ comes it will be more than $.75.

I agree.
$.50 is way cheap for a game of pin nowadays. But I know that to go over $.50 is a barrier for some people.
I told people at my location that any newer Stern that I brought in would be at $.75.
I also intend to price WOZ at >$1 when it is new. Probably $1.25, 5/$5.

I am putting up some pictures of the prizes for the tournament.
1 - 4 place in A and B will win an engraved mug. First and second place in Classics will win engraved pilsner glasses.

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More info to come soon.

Tournament rules have been updated:

http://www.facebook.com/events/314006628700465/

Breaking MPC News. A package from Jersey Jack Pinball has arrived in NoVA. JJP swag will be given away as prizes at the MPC.
Thanks JJP!!

Tournament info:

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Here are the results of the Maryland Pinball Championship:

Main Tournament

1 – Steve Bowden

2 – Steve Zahler

3 – Al Thomka

4 – Fred Cochran

5 – Charlie Bucks

5 – Francesco La Rocca

7 – Joe Said

7 – Joe Kosack

9 – Paul McGlone

9 – Pete Hendricks

9 – Sergio Johnson

9 – Frank Romero

13 – Rob Wintler-Cox

13 – Jody Jodon

13 – Brian Leonard

13 – Ed Zeltmann

17 – Mahesh Murthy

17 – Bob S Johnson

17 – David Horner

17 – Kevin Stone

17 – Mike McGann

17 – Amy Covell

17 – Nick Jaquay

17 – Aiton Goldman

25 – Rebecca Schleider

25 – Chas Gantz

27 – Brian Mendelssohn

28 – David Riel

29 – Brian Teyssier

30 – Justin Bath

31 – Jake Peterson

31 – Josh Wilson

33 – Doug Polka

33 – Phil Hering

35 – Ken Rossi

35 – Dan Cotter

35 – LJ Wallace

35 – Gregg Giblin

39 – Terri Sawyer

39 – Jon Horner

39 – Priyanka Kochhar

39 – John Locke

43 – Andy Osburn

43 – Susan Owens

43 – William Wulf

43 – Phil Pinette

43 – Sarah Clarke

43 – Angela Drobka

43 – Mike Strickland

43 – Cristin Gasson

51 – Pete Vallone

51 – James Daley

Classics

1 – Steve Zahler

2 – Fred Cochran

3 – Kevin Stone

4 – Paul McGlone

5 – Steve Bowden

6 – Al Thomka

7 – Angela Drobka

8 – Bob S Johnson

9 – Frank Romero

10 – Nick Jaquay

11 – Joe Said

12 – Ed Zeltmann

13 – Joe Kosack

14 – Mahesh Murthy

15 – Rob Wintler-Cox

16 – David Riel

17 – Francesco La Rocca

18 – Gregg Giblin

19 – Brian Mendelssohn

20 – Doug Polka

21 – Phil Hering

22 – Aiton Goldman

23 – Pete Hendricks

24 – Ken Rossi

25 – Brian Teyssier

26 – Jake Peterson

27 – Jody Jodon

28 – Brian Leonard

29 – Rebecca Schleider

30 – Priyanka Kochhar

31 – Rob Thomas

32 – Cristin Gasson

33 – James Daley

34 – David Horner

34 – Jon Horner

34 – Justin Bath

34 – Sergio Johnson

Standings after 8 rounds of round robin play:

Overall Standings as of 8 Rounds,

Pos Player Name POINTS
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1 Al Thomka 65
2 Fred Cochran 64
3 Steve Zahler 63
4 Steve Bowden 61
5 Sergio Johnson 60
6 Frank Romero 58
7 Charlie Bucks 54
8 Paul McGlone 53
9 Francesco La Rocca 53
10 Amy Covell 53
11 Aiton Goldman 53
12 Joe Kosack 52
13 Ed Zeltmann 51
14 Joe Said 50
15 Pete Hendricks 49
16 Mahesh Murthy 48
17 Brian Leonard 47
18 Mike McGann 46
19 Nick Jaquay 46
20 David Horner 45
21 Jody Jodon 45
22 Kevin Stone 45
23 Rob Wintler-Cox 45
24 Bob Johnson 44
25 Rebecca Schleider 43
26 Chas Gantz 41
27 Daniel Cotter 40
28 Doug Polka 40
29 William Wulf 40
30 Josh Wilson 39
31 Justin Bath 38
32 Phil Pinette 37
33 DJ Riel 37
34 Brian Mendelssohn 37
35 Ken Rossi 34
36 Susan Owens 34
37 Brian Teyssier 31
38 John Locke 30
39 LJ Wallace 26
40 Gregg Giblin 24
41 Jake Peterson 23
42 Priyanka Kodahar 22
43 Andy Osburn 21
44 Sarah Anne Clarke 20
45 Mike Strickland 19
46 Phil Hering 19
47 Jon Horner 19
48 Cristin Gasson 17
49 Angela Drobka 17
50 Pete Vallone 14
51 Terri Sawyer 12