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The 2025 Delaware Pinball Open will take place September 12th, 13th, and 14th.
500% WPPR weekend.
Full details will be released over the next couple of days.
The 2025 Delaware Pinball Open brings you 2 CERTIFIED events across 3 days plus 2 bonus events! Double the pleasure, double the fun and WPPRS galore! We are bringing you a Double Mega Matchplay weekend! If we have 80 players, we should have over 260 total WPPRS to hand out!
Certified Event #1 will be a Classics Only Mega Matchplay event with finals taking place Saturday morning at 10AM (Yay for 10am start time!)
Certified Event #2 will be a standard Mega Matchplay event (alternating between moderns and classics), with finals taking place Sunday morning at 11AM (Yay for 11am start time!)
Bonus Event #1 - Sunday Consolation Split Flipper Tournament. Non-IFPA sanctioned, $10 a team, 100% payouts to First, Second and Third. 50%/30%/20%.
Bonus Event #2 - Will also be hosting a ‘warm up’ IFPA sanctioned tournament on Thursday, September 11th and this event will have a separate entry fee along with a separate registration link.
All top 24 players in “A” and top 4 in “B” will receive payouts for each event!!!
Where: Delaware Pinball Collective1100 First State Blvd, Suite 200 (upstairs) Wilmington, DE 19804
When: September 12-14th, 2025.
Registration for the 2025 Mid-Atlantic Pinball Open will go live on Eventbrite on Sunday, July 13th, at 8PM eastern. This event requires pre-registration ** You can register up to 3 players at once. NOTE - Registration for the Thursday night tournament will use a separate Eventbrite link and will have a separate entry fee.
NO WALK-INS ALLOWED. OPEN TO ALL PLAYERS. CAPPED AT 80 PLAYERS***
The Delaware Pinball Collective is a non-profit organization, and this tournament will act as a fund raiser to help generate funds to support the Collective as we enter our 5th year of operation in 2026! We want to thank everyone up front for their support!
REGISTRATION URL: https://2025DPO.eventbrite.com
Cost: MEMBERS $125 ($40 will go to the Delaware Pinball Collective for tournament expenses. $85 will cover all of the tournament entry fees with 100% payouts). NOTE - this price is reserved for members who have an active membership as of 6/30/25.
Cost: NON-MEMBERS $200 ($115 will go to the Delaware Pinball Collective for tournament expenses. $85 will cover all of the tournament entry fees with 100% payouts)
ALL PAYMENTS WILL BE HANDLED THROUGH THE DELAWARE PINBALL COLLECTIVE’S PAYAPAL ACCOUNT - delawarepinballcollective@gmail.com
Payments must be received within 48 hours. If not, you will be removed from the list and if we have a waitlist, the first person on the waitlist will take your spot.
Cost Breakdown – Your entry fee pays for both IFPA Certified tournaments being held from Friday to Sunday. All expenses, IFPA fees, trophies, etc out will come out of the Delaware Pinball Collective tournament expenses. 100% of prize pool money will be returned to the players in the form of a check (over $500) or PayPal. This Entry Fee is PAID IN ADVANCE WHEN YOU REGISTER, NOT at the door when you arrive. If you pay and then cancel you WILL NOT get 100% of your money back. See full refund policy at the bottom of this page.
Admission/Expense Fees to the Delaware Pinball Collective for all 3 days is $40 (members) or $115 (non-members)
Admission costs go directly to the Delaware Pinball Collective to help support our non-profit organization and includes all games on free play, IFPA endorsement fees, and fees for trophies/plaques/medals. We will not be open to the public or to our members during this event.
Total Prize Pool Money is $85 per person or $6800 based on 80 players.
Each event will have $3400 in prize pool money.
80% will go to “A” division and 20% will go to “B” division.
Event #1 - Classics Only Mega Matchplay Certified Tournament
Please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the start of each tournament. If you have not checked in by the start of the tournament and haven’t communicated that you will be late, you may be removed from tournament.
Friday 9am to 5pm (9/12) - Qualifying starts with 20 Rounds of pinball using only the “classics”. Classics will be any game made prior to 1991. Each round will consist of one game. Balanced pairings for rounds 1-17. Rounds 18-20 will use Swiss pairings. Random draw to start the tournament. 7/5/3/1 scoring per game. All 80 players against each other.
After all 20 rounds are complete the top 32 will advance to the Finals on Saturday morning. Top 24 will make “A” division and next 8 will make “B” division.
NOTE - If you do not make the finals for Event #1, you don’t need to show up on Saturday until 2:30pm to check in for Event #2, which starts around 3pm.
We will have payouts for all 24 finalists in the “A” Division and the Top 4 in “B” Division will also receive payouts.
Top 24 Players make the A Division Finals. Automatic Tiebreakers are turned on and will be used to seed the field. Exception will be for 8th and 24th place and will not use the Automatic Tiebreakers. All players tied with the same number of accumulated points for the 8th and 24th positions will have a 1 GAME tiebreaker to determine who gets a bye and/or who gets into the finals, and who doesn’t. This 1 GAME tiebreaker is significant and will result in the final placing for all players who finish 25th or worse in the tournament. The game used for the tiebreaker will be Stars/Eight Ball/Nine Ball/Harlem and the order of play will use the automatic tiebreaker finishing position with the higher seed getting last available order spot. Example: If we have 10 players with the same number of points who finish from 21st-30th in qualifying. They all get to play a 1 GAME tiebreaker. The order of play will be 30th goes first, 29th goes 2nd, 28th goes 3rd, etc. The highest score in the tiebreaker gets 21st seed & moves onto finals, 2nd highest gets 22nd seed & moves on, 3rd highest 23rd seed, 4th highest 24th seed. Then the rest of the group is out of the tournament with their final finishing position being determined by that tiebreaker. 5th highest would be 25th place, 6th highest would be 26th place, etc. all the way to 30th place. This tiebreaker will also be significant for the 8th place position . For example, if we have a 6-way tie for 8th place (8,9,10,11,12,13), based on the Tiebreaker game the winner would get the 1st round bye, 2nd/3rd/4th/5th would be seeded 9th/10th/11th/12th in round 1. The person that finished 6th in this example tiebreak would be seeded 13th in the main final.
“B” division tiebreaker will only be for 32nd place and will follow the same guidelines listed above.
Saturday 10am to 2pm (9/13) - Finals for the Classics Mega Matchplay Event. Modified PAPA format. No points carry over from qualifying. Top 8 qualifiers get a 1st round bye. Top 2 from each group will advance to next round. 4/2/1/0 scoring. Top seed will drive the bus by picking either game or position. Each group will play 3 games. No player can pick the same game(s) in back to back rounds. For example, in round 1 of the finals if a player picks Stars, that same player CANNOT pick Stars in round 2, but they can pick it in round 3. Also, no player can pick a game that was already picked by a previous group to avoid waiting for a game to finish. For example, if a player in group 1 picks Stars, the other 3 groups cannot pick Stars and wait for it to finish. Once the “A” finals begin, the “B” finals will start and will get to pick from games that are not being used by the “A” groups. Ties will not be broken for players eliminated from the Finals.
NOTE – once the finals start, the only practice allowed is on games labeled “NOT IN TOURNAMENT”
Event #2 - Mega Matchplay Certified Tournament
Please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the start of each tournament. If you have not checked in by the start of the tournament and haven’t communicated that you will be late, you may be removed from tournament.
Friday 6pm to 11:30pm (9/12) - Qualifying for Event 2 will start around 6pm on Friday night and we will play as many rounds as possible up until 11-11:30pm. The goal is to be wrapped up before midnight. We will alternate between classics and moderns. Each round will consist of one game. Balanced pairings for rounds 1-17. Rounds 18-20 will use Swiss pairings. Random draw to start the tournament. 7/5/3/1 scoring per game. All 80 players against each other.
Saturday 3pm to Midnight (9/13 ) - We will resume qualifying on Saturday around 3pm and will continue until we hit 20 total rounds of pinball. We will alternate between classics and moderns. Each round will consist of one game. Balanced pairings for rounds 1-17. Rounds 18-20 will use Swiss pairings. Random draw to start the tournament. 7/5/3/1 scoring per game. All 80 players against each other.
After all 20 rounds are complete the top 32 will advance to the Finals on Sunday morning. Top 24 will make “A” division and next 8 will make “B” division.
NOTE - If you do not make the finals for Event #2, we are offering a consolation Split Flipper tournament on Sunday.
We will have payouts for all 24 finalists in the “A” Division and the Top 4 in “B” Division will also receive payouts.
Top 24 Players make the A Division Finals. Automatic Tiebreakers are turned on and will be used to seed the field. Exception will be for 8th and 24th place and will not use the Automatic Tiebreakers. All players tied with the same number of accumulated points for the 8th and 24th positions will have a 1 GAME tiebreaker to determine who gets a bye and/or who gets into the finals, and who doesn’t. This 1 GAME tiebreaker is significant and will result in the final placing for all players who finish 25th or worse in the tournament. The game used for the tiebreaker will be Stars/Eight Ball/Nine Ball/Harlem and the order of play will use the automatic tiebreaker finishing position with the higher seed getting last available order spot. Example: If we have 10 players with the same number of points who finish from 21st-30th in qualifying. They all get to play a 1 GAME tiebreaker. The order of play will be 30th goes first, 29th goes 2nd, 28th goes 3rd, etc. The highest score in the tiebreaker gets 21st seed & moves onto finals, 2nd highest gets 22nd seed & moves on, 3rd highest 23rd seed, 4th highest 24th seed. Then the rest of the group is out of the tournament with their final finishing position being determined by that tiebreaker. 5th highest would be 25th place, 6th highest would be 26th place, etc. all the way to 30th place. This tiebreaker will also be significant for the 8th place position . For example, if we have a 6-way tie for 8th place (8,9,10,11,12,13), based on the Tiebreaker game the winner would get the 1st round bye, 2nd/3rd/4th/5th would be seeded 9th/10th/11th/12th in round 1. The person that finished 6th in this example tiebreak would be seeded 13th in the main final.
“B” division tiebreaker will only be for 32nd place and will follow the same guidelines listed above.
Sunday 11am to 7pm (9/14) - Finals for the Mega Matchplay Event. Modified PAPA format. No points carry over from qualifying. Top 8 qualifiers get a 1st round bye. Top 2 from each group will advance to next round. 4/2/1/0 scoring. Top seed will drive the bus by picking either game or position. Each group will play 3 games derived from one game from each category of Old/Mid/New. No player can pick the same game(s) in back to back rounds. For example, in round 1 of the finals if a player picks Foo Figthers, that same player CANNOT pick Foo Fighters in round 2, but they can pick it in round 3. Also, no player can pick a game that was already picked by a previous group to avoid waiting for a game to finish. For example, if a player in group 1 picks Stars, the other 3 groups cannot pick Stars and wait for it to finish. Once the “A” finals begin, the “B” finals will start and will get to pick from games that are not being used by the “A” groups. Ties will not be broken for players eliminated from the Finals.
NOTE – once the finals start, the only practice allowed is on games labeled “NOT IN TOURNAMENT”
We will not be offering individual tournament registrations on these tournaments.
Full Schedule of Events for September 11th-14th, 2025
Thursday September 11th BONUS WARM UP EVENT – This is an extra day of pinball and is separate from the 2025 DPO events. This event has a separate registration and a separate entry fee. More details for this event will be sent out in the next few weeks.
Thursday 6PM – Doors Open
Thursday 7PM – Kickoff Tournament Starts – IFPA sanctioned, format TBD
Thursday 10PM to Midnight – Top 8 finals, format TBD
———–2025 DPO Schedule———-
Friday September 12th:
8AM – Doors Open for check in and practice starts. Practice ends at 8:45am for announcements.
9AM-5PM – Classics Mega Matchplay Qualifying
12:30PM (ESTIMATE) – We will take a short 30-minute break
5PM-6PM - Dinner Break
6PM to Midnight – Qualifying for Event 2 Mega Matchplay starts.
Saturday September 13th
9:30AM – Doors Open for check in and practice starts. Practice ends at 9:45am for announcements.
10AM-2PM – Finals begin for the Classics Mega Matchplay Event
2:30PM - Check in for Event 2 begins
3PM-Midnight - Event 2 Mega Matchplay qualifying resumes
6PM-7PM - Dinner Break
7PM-Midnight - Event 2 Mega Matchplay qualifying resumes until all 20 rounds are completed
Sunday September 14th
10:30AM – Doors Open for check in and practice starts. Practice ends at 10:45am for announcements.
11AM-7PM – Finals for “A” and “B” division begin for the Mega Matchplay Event 2
12PM – Consolation Split Flipper begins
7PM-7:30PM – Awards ceremony
Prizes:
Trophies or medals for top 4 in “A” division for each IFPA tournament. Trophy or medal for winner of “B” division for each IFPA tournament.
Main Event pays all 24 players advancing to the “A” finals and the top 4 players in the “B” finals. All prizes will be paid out in the form of a check or via PayPal. NO CASH PRIZES.
Double Mega Matchplay Payouts PER EVENT (based on 80 players)
Prize Pool of $3200 will be split between “A” & “B” Divisions
A Division = 80% ($2720)
B Division = 20% ($680)
Prize Money % for 1st-24th in “A” Division (assuming 80 players)
- 1st 28% - $761
- 2nd 17% - $462
- 3rd 9% - $244
- 4th 6% - $163
- 5th-8th 4% each - $108 each ($432 total) 16%
- 9th-16th 2% each - $54 each ($432 total) 16%
- 17th-24th 1% each - $27 each ($216) 8%
Prize Money % for 1st-4th in “B” Division
- 1st 40% - $272
- 2nd 30% - $204
- 3rd 20% - $136
- 4th 10% - $68
Tournaments will be IFPA approved and will be submitted ASAP after each tournament.
The prize money awarded at the tournaments are final. All prize money will be paid out in the form of a check or PayPal. The tournament directors’ decisions on rulings are final. You agree to these terms by signing up. You can’t come back after the tournaments are finalized and dispute your finishing position or prize payout for any reason. Any discrepancies need to be brought up immediately to tournament director, at and during, the tournaments themselves. All rules and formats are subject to change without notice.
All players with winnings of $600 or more will be required to complete a W-9 or W8-BEN form prior to prize disbursement. Any fees incurred for receiving of funds are the responsibility of the receiving party.
Overall IFPA Position in Tournament
Your overall position in the tournament will be dependent on your final’s performance too.
A Division: You are playing for 1st-24th in the overall tournament
B Division: You are playing for 25th-32nd in the overall tournament
GAMES:
If a game goes down and cannot be repaired quickly you will be given a replacement game from the same era to keep the tournament moving along during qualifying.
The game list is subject to change at any time.
Refund Policy:
You cannot ‘sell’ your tournament registration to another person. If you cancel your registration by the following dates, we will send you back a refund based on the conditions below. Make sure you can attend this event before you send payment. The amounts are listed below. Anyone from the waitlist who gets in will still have to abide by the below refund dates so please make sure you want to attend before you send me your money.
Registration Cancellation Dates & Refunds:
Before Thursday July 31st, 2025, 5PM EST - Full Refund
Before Thursday August 21st, 2025, 5PM EST – 75% Refund
Before Thursday September 4th, 2025, 5PM EST – 50% Refund
NO REFUNDS AFTER SEPTEMBER 4TH DEADLINE
After September 4th, 2025,5PM EST, No Refunds of any amount. If you participate in only part of the tournaments or can’t continue, no refunds or credit to future events will be given either.
HOTELS NEARBY (within 2-3 miles of DPC):
Red Roof PLUS+ Wilmington (2 star hotel) - 415 Stanton Christiana Rd, Newark, DE 19713 - (302) 292-2870
Days Inn by Wyndham Newark Wilmington (2 star hotel) - 900 Churchmans Rd, Newark, DE 19713 - (302) 368-2400
Hilton Wilmington/Christiana (4 star hotel) - 100 Continental Dr, Newark, DE 19713 - (302) 454-1500
Extended Stay America - Newark - Christiana - Wilmington (2 star hotel) - 333 Continental Dr, Newark, DE 19713 - (302) 283-0800
Sonesta Select Newark (3 star hotel) - 48 Geoffrey Dr, Newark, DE 19713 - (302) 456-3800
Quality Inn (2 Star Hotel) - 65 Geoffrey Dr, Newark, DE 19713 - (302) 292-1500
TENTATIVE GAME LIST (always subject to change):
Alien - If you trap up for 60 seconds, flippers will die.
Argosy (5 Balls) - Play Extra Balls
Attack From Mars (Remake)
Bank Shot (5 Balls) - Game can be rolled.
Big Hit - 3 balls.
Black Jack
Bobby Orr’s Power Play
Cactus Canyon (Remake Special)
Cirqus Voltaire
Comet
Deadpool (Premium)
Dealer’s Choice (5 Balls) - Play Extra Balls
Demolition Man - Tournament ROM - Unable to repeat claw awards. Secrets OFF
Dialed In! (LE) - Tilt warnings per ball. Virtual Kick Back
Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant’s Eye (Pro) - NO INSIDER CONNECTED
Eight Ball
Godzilla (Prem) Skill shot ball save, secrets & Oxy destroyer OFF.
Guardians of the Galaxy (Pro) - Virtual Locks on. Groot Mouth ball save off
Harlem Globetrotters
Iron Maiden (Pro) - Secrets disabled. Skill shot ball save off
James Bond 007 (PRO)
JAWS (Premium)
Jokerz
Laser War - Targets set to Hard, have to hit in order. Play EBS
Magic Castle - Play as 2 player only
Mandalorian (Pro)
Meteor
Night Moves - Tournament ROM - Mystery always 500K. Play Extra Balls
Nine Ball - Tournament ROM
No Fear: Dangerous Sports
Pro-Football (5 Balls) - Game can be rolled. Tilt ends game.
Quicksilver
Sinbadder
Sorcerer - center post removed. Locks set to hard, clear drops to light lock
Space Shuttle - right gate NOT OPEN at start
Space Time (5 balls) - Play extra balls
Spiderman - No center post. Doc Ock set to hard.
Spirit of 76 (5 Balls) - Play extra balls
Stars
Stranger Things (Premium) - Virtual Locks ON
Surf 'n Safari - Has Tournament ROM for balanced mysteries
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Pro) - Virtual Locks On. Insider Connected Disabled
The Addams Family - No Ball Save. Power Magnets DISABLED
The Shadow
The Uncanny X-Men (Pro)
Theatre of Magic - Tournament ROM requires extra shot to light left orbit
Torpedo Alley
Wild Fyre - Play Extra Balls.
NOTE - The format and rules are subject to change.
Entire event will also be live streamed on Twitch at our Twitch Channel. By participating in this tournament you agree to be filmed for the Delaware Pinball Collective. This can include moving the camera rig onto your game in-between balls. By signing up for this tournament you agree to this. If there is a safety issue with you being on film please inform a TD prior to the event.
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