THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT AND PARTICIPATED! The event seems to have been a great success and everyone had fun, the tournament ran smoothly and we made a lot of new friends!!

2013 PinChurch Open – Tourney Results

Overall Champions:

1. Mike Perry

2. Sven Johnson

3. Kevin Centanni

Cashbox Champion:

Adrienne Black! (destroyed everyone on Theater of Magic with 891,003,940 high score)

EM Division – Top 8 finishers:

Sven Johnson v Adrienne Black on Card Whiz (playing single-player games)



1. Sven Johnson

2. Adrienne Black

3. Bruce Betzer

4. Mike P.

5. Mike Van Etten

6. Kevin Keniston

7. Bob Roth

8. Jeff Ring

Classic Division – Top 8 finishers:

John “Spanky” Weems v Kevin Centanni on Genie: (note upper right flipper disabled intentionally due to coil problem)



1. John Weems

2. Kevin Centanni

3. Bobby Wilson

4. Bob Roth

5. Jeff Ring

6. Kelly Grigg

7. Mike P.

8. Kim Powell

Modern Division – Top 8 finishers:

Mike Perry v Kevin Keniston on Jackbot:



1. Mike P

2. Kevin Keniston

3. Eric Shaffer

4. Scott Hannan

5. Kevin Centanni

6. Stephen Thaxton

7. Kelly Grigg

8. Adrienne Black

Full Results:

PinChurch Open 2013 (May 24, 2013) – Louisiana’s first sanctioned pinball tournament

Final Results

3 class tournaments and 1 overall championship series

Overall Championship – [Louisiana]

Rank, Name

1,Mike Perry

2,Sven Johnson

3,Kevin Centanni

4,Kevin Keniston

5,Adrienne Black

6,Kelly Grigg

7,John Weems

8,Jeff Ring

9,Bruce Betzer

10,Mike Van Etten

11,Kim Powell

12,Gerard Hudson

13,Stephen Thaxton

14,Todd Thompson

15,Greg Garner

16,Lisa Balga

17,Wes Ganucheau

18,Mike Cousins

19,Craig Brumfield

20,Bob Roth

21,Scott Hannan

22,Eric Shaffer

23,Bobby Wilson

24,Max Reese

EM (electro-mechanical) Class

Rank, Player

1,Sven Johnson

2,Andrienne Black

3,Mike Perry

4,Bruce Betzer

5,Mike Van Etten

6,Kevin Keniston

7,Bob Roth

8,Jeff Ring

9,Kevin Centanni

10,Todd Thompson

11,Kelly Grigg

12,Lou Thevenot

13,Greg Garner

14,Max Reese

15,Gerard Hudson

16,Kim Powell

17,Stephen Thaxton

18,Craig Brumfield

19,John Weems

20,Wes Ganucheau

21,Lisa Balga

22,Mike Cousins

Classic (solid state) Class

Rank, Player

1,John Weems

2,Kevin Centanni

3,Bobby Wilson

4,Bob Roth

5,Jeff Ring

6,Kelly Grigg

7,Mike Perry

8,Kim Powell

9,Bruce Betzer

10,Sven Johnson

11,Gerard Hudson

12,Mike Van Etten

13,Mike Cousins

14,Lisa Balga

15,Scott Hannan

16,Greg Garner

17,Kevin Keniston

18,Adrienne Black

19,Stephen Thaxton

20,Wes Ganucheau

21,Craig Brumfield

22,Eric Shaffer

23,Todd Thompson

Modern (DMD) Class

Rank, Player

1,Mike Perry

2,Kevin Keniston

3,Eric Shaffer

4,Scott Hannan

5,Kevin Centanni

6,Stephen Thaxton

7,Kelly Grigg

8,Adrienne Black

9,Gerard Hudson

10,Kim Powell

11,Sven Johnson

12,Flynn Zaiger

13,Mike Van Etten

14,Todd Thompson

15,Jeff Ring

16,Wes Ganucheau

17,Bruce Betzer

18,Craig Brumfield

19,John Weems

20,Greg Garner

21,Lisa Balga

22,Mike Cousins

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On Saturday, May 25, 2013 we will be hosting the first sanctioned pinball competition event in Louisiana, entitled the “PinChurch Open”. Sponsored and supported by Pascal Janin/Association Flipp, Jersey Jack Pinball, and Pinball Ninja!

This will be a double-elimination tournament played on multiple machines. (EM will be single elimination on 5-ball machines)

Tournament Details

Date/Time: SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2013, doors open at 2pm, tournament will start around 4pm and last as long as needed

Location: The “PinChurch” – New Orleans, LA-area. The actual address of the venue will be made directly to all participants who RSVP by pre-registering below. For additional information, you can also contact: mike )at( mystickrewe.com.

Doors will be open from 2pm ’til. THERE WILL BE A QUALIFICATION ROUND from 2pm till 5pm – Participants should show up at least by 4pm to be in the main tourneys – earlier is better. from 2-5pm will be qualifications where 2 games on each machine in each class will be played and top scores recorded. Highest 8 will advance at 6pm.

Some of our members are bringing pot-luck food and snacks. Mike will have his famous crab gumbo & red beans and rice. We also may have a barbecue pit going. It’s BYOB. We will have at least 40 different pinball machines available for play including the six designated for the tournament.

The tournament will be broken down into 3 divisions. There will be two games in each division.

Modern – DMD pinball games

Classic – Solid state, non-DMD

EM – electro-mechanical games

Participants can compete in one or all three division. There will be a separate entry fee for each tournament. $20 to enter if paid in advance via the web site, or $25 on the day of the

tournament/in person.

The tournament will be broken down into two rounds: qualification and the semi-finals (depending upon how many people we have sign up). If we have a lot of people, we may run a qualification round which will involve playing 2-3 games on a machine and posting your highest

score. The top X (where X is either 8 – most likely or 16 depending upon how many people we have and how late we run) qualifiers in each division (indicated by the highest average scores on each game) will advance to the semi-finals. Depending upon interest and sign-ups, we may

offer the option to buy-back-in to qualifications. Once the top X (8) are chosen in each division (Modern, Classic, EM) they will compete either head-to-head in double elimination or 2/3 in single elimination based on class and players. The higher-ranked/winning player (indicated by qualification scores or a coin toss if there is no qualification round initially) has choice of either: game selection or who-goes-first.

The overall champion will be selected based on their standing in each of the three divisions. In order to have a chance to win the overall, a player must compete in all three divisions. Players do not have to compete in all three divisions to be ranked, but people who place in

all three divisions will probably be ranked higher than those who only play one or two division. (The overall ranking will be designated by a “point system” based on their standing in each division). In the event of a tie for first-thru-third, there will be a play off.

Awards!! (really nice custom-plaques) will be awarded to first-thru-third place winners in each division. There may also be a cash prize for first place in each division. There may also be additional prizes for winners TBA.

In addition to this, we will likely have a “winner take all” cash box game where one machine operates on coins, and whoever posts the high score by the end of the event, gets all the money in the coin box.

We could also do some other tournaments like a random-partner team play, but I’m hesitant to have too many things going on – but there are lots of possibilities, including tandom play with 2 people with one each working a flipper.

Everyone who competes whether they play in one division or all three, will get WPPR points and their name entered into the IFPA database and get an international ranking. The top players will also be indicated as the best pinball players in Louisiana on the IFPA web site.

We should have snacks and some drinks at the PinChurch. Although BYOB is strongly encouraged, and perhaps we could even have members bring some pot-luck food/snacks.

Pre Register for the Tournament

Use the Paypal link below to PRE-REGISTER for the tournament and save $5 per division over registration at tournament time! Pre-registered contestants are also eligible for additional special prizes! If you are interested in playing in two divisions, select one, add it to the cart, then click “continue shopping” and add the other division. If you want to compete in all three, select the last option in the pull-down below. Hope to see you there!!

The tournament is going to be lots of fun. We will probably also have live music, special guests and many surprises!

If you have any questions or need additional info, email tournaments@mystickrewe.com.

