Here's a list of the upcoming pinball events in the Chicago, IL area.
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General
Free play Thursdays in the Volcano Room at Bottom Lounge!
The IFPA, Gameworks and the Chicago Pinball League are pleased to announce the start of a new monthly tournament at the Schaumburg Gameworks location. The tournament will take place on the first Tuesday of each month at 7pm, starting on December 6th. Entry fee is $5 plus the cost of games. Tournament format is a best of 3, single elimination head-to-head bracket. Games and seeding will be chosen at random. All cash from entry fees will be paid out to the top 4 finishers each month, with additional prizes like Gameworks game cards and Stern goodies available as well. World Pinball Player Rankings points will also be awarded for all participants. Pre-registration is encouraged so we can prepare for how many players to expect. Please contact the IFPA at 'ifpapinball at gmail dot com' for any questions, and to sign up for December’s tournament if you’re interest.
PAPA Circuit Event! The IFPA is proud to announce it will be teaming up with GameWorks once again for the 8th Chicago Pinball Tournament of Champions the weekend of May 4th-6th at the Schaumburg location (Streets of Woodfield). We would normally be announcing a $2000 prize pool, but this edition of the tournament is the 2nd tournament included on the 2012 PAPA Circuit. With that comes an increase of the prize pool to $3500!! SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: Fri 5/4: 6-11pm --> OPEN QUALIFYING Sat 5/5: noon to 11pm --> OPEN QUALIFYING Sun 5/6: 10am-12pm --> LAST CHANCE OPEN QUALIFYING Sun 5/6: noon - 5pm --> TOURNAMENT FINALS AND AWARDS OPEN QUALIFYING: Players will qualify on the (4) four pinball machines that are chosen for this tournament. Players do not have to play all four if they feel their point total will get them into the top (16) sixteen players on Sunday. Points will distributed 100/90/85/84/83/etc. depending on finishing position for each game. TOURNAMENT GAMES (subject to change): AC/DC Pro, Tron, Ironman, Transformers COST OF PLAY: Players will purchase game tickets to play in the tournament at the tournament location. Each ticket will let you play (1) one game of your choice. 1 Ticket = $4.00 3 Tickets = $10.00 (value price) ** Tickets are Non-Transferable, and may not be used outside of Tournament ** Ticket sales will stop approximately 45 minutes before the end of Open Tournament Play on Sunday to ensure all players holding tickets will have time to use them in the tournament. PRIZES: 1st place - $1000 2nd place - $600 3rd place - $400 4th place - $300 5th through 8th place - $150each 9th through12th place - $100each 13th through 16th place - $50 each TOURNAMENT FINALS: Finals will consist of a head-to-head best 2 out of 3 single elimination tournament. Players seeded 5th through 8th will receive a bye through the first round, while players seeded 1st through 4th will receive a bye through the first two rounds. Players seeded 9th through 16th will play in the first round, with those winners advancing to play against those players seeded 5th through 8th. Higher seed gets choice of game or position for the first game. Loser of each subsequent game gets choose of game or position. You cannot play the same game twice in the same match.