Day 1 in the books.
The Finals for the epic 2023 Mid-Atlantic Pinball Open being held at the lavish Delaware Pinball Collective are being streamed live!!! Tune in to watch all the action!! 1st place is taking home $3100!!!
Tournament Link - https://www.neverdrains.com/mapo2023/
Streaming Link - https://www.twitch.tv/delawarepinballcollective
What a weekend at the lavish Delaware Pinball Collective! The 2023 CERTIFIED+ Mid-Atlantic Pinball Open was the first time we ever ran a “pump and dump” tournament, and I must say the players came, they pumped, and they dumped, all weekend long, to the tune of $16,000!!! 97 players battled it out across 2 days of qualifying in 3 different divisions (MAIN, CLASSICS, WOMENS). Once again we had players fly in from all across the U.S. to get a taste of competitive pinball in the First State.
The action was non-stop and fierce all weekend and the entire event ran with no major issues. We did lose a game in the first 20 minutes of qualifying, but we quickly replaced it and had no more game issues for the remainder of the weekend minus a few simple game repairs that were fixed in under 10 minutes. We over-staffed on scorekeepers, one scorekeeper per 3 games, and this made a HUGE difference in keeping the queues moving all weekend long with game queues averaging 2-3 players MAX including during the final 2 hours when the pumping intensifies! Only once did I see 4 players in queue and that was on Godzilla during the final hour.
Thanks to all the players for attending and a big thanks to all the volunteer scorekeepers who helped make this event such a huge success as well as our awesome techs who kept the games chugging along! We also have to give a big shout out to the Board of Directors of the Delaware Pinball Collective, without them there simply is no “lavish”.
Full results can be found here: https://neverdrains.com/mapo2023
Results have already been submitted to the IFPA as well.
Here is a quick recap of the 3 divisions.
MAIN “A” DIVISION
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Jason Zahler
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Matthew Richardson
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Raymond Davidson
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Steven Bowden
MAIN “B” DIVISION
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Bryan Henson
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Kevin Stone
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Scott Searcy
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Jim Pergini
CLASSICS DIVISION
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Alberto Santana (won in a playoff)
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Raymond Davidson
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Jerry Bernard
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Bob Choate
WOMENS DIVISION
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Kaite Martin
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Stephanie Traub
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Marianne Pangia
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Juana Summers
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