13th Annual Pinhead Cup

We are only 3 days away from the annual Pinhead Cup! This tournament is time flexible.

You are playing games on your own time trying to have the best 5 average games. Play for 30 minutes, 1hour or multiple hours. The decision is up to you!

November 8th (10am-10pm), 9th (1pm-9pm) and 10th (finals A-side) @ THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF DAVE MORRIS!

A-side (top 50%) and B-side (top 8 after A-Cut line) Qualifying Prizes for both Divisions

🔥 Why You Can’t Miss It:

✅Flexible Gameplay: Enjoy a whopping 20 hours of pinball excitement! The best part? You have the freedom to drop in anytime during these 20 hours. Play one card (5 thrilling pinball games), stay for a few hours and play multiple cards, or immerse yourself for the entire 20 hours – the choice is yours! 🕰️🎮

✅ Open to All: Pinhead Cup welcomes players of all levels!

✅ Exciting Card-Based Qualifying: Purchase as many cards as you like during open qualifying. Rack up points with your best scores on multiple machines and secure your spot in the intense match play final rounds! 🃏💪

🎮 How It Works:

🔹 Card-Based Qualifying: Attempt to qualify for finals with as many cards (5 consecutive games) as you desire.

🔹 Point System: Your best score on each machine earns points based on its rank.

🔹 Match Play Finals: The highest-ranking card holders battle it out in the electrifying match play final rounds. Only the best will emerge victorious! 🏅

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Feedback For Fall Flipper Palooza

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Fall Flipper Palooza

It’s that time of year again! Get ready for the Fall Flipper Palooza Weekend Tournament hosted by The Manitoba Pinball League

This year, we’re turning up the excitement with 4 epic tournaments across 3 action-packed days. Whether you’re a seasoned player or a pinball newbie, there’s fun and competition for everyone. Don’t miss out on what’s sure to be our best year yet!

Get your weekend pass now for a chance to win your entry fee back! Secure your spot and get ready to flip your way to victory!

To See the Detailed breakdown Visit the Link Below

https://tinyurl.com/4hh9tdur

Manitoba Pinball Championship Game List

We are Proud to release the Game Lineup for the Manitoba Pinball Championship.

Remember you DO NOT have to attend the whole weekend, you can drop by anytime between the posted hours and submit entries for the main event or you can just attend one of the other tournaments, just show up slight before their start time and pay your separate entry fee. This Weekend is completely flexible. Play as much pinball as you would like!

If you would still like to attend

Cost for the whole weekend will be $60

Pay by Cash, E-transfer or PayPal Dave@manitobapinball.com, you will be paid and registered by completing this process. Please have your name in the notes of the E-transfer

Cross Town

Special Force

Ding Dong

Junk Yard

Hokus Pokus

Pinball Pool

Pyramid

Genie

Spanish Eyes

Big Game

Mars Trek

Mars God of War

Haunted House

Roller Games

Bon Voyage

The Getaway

Panthera

Demolition Man

“300”

The Who’s Tommy

Joker Poker

Terminator 2

Magic City

Flight 2000

Skill Pool (Williams)

Comet

Bowling Queen

Volley

Sky Jump

Surfer

Mr and Mrs Pacman

Flash Gordon

Devils Dare

High Speed

Harlem Globetrotters

Jumping Jack

Nitro Ground shaker

Heavy Metal Meltdown

Dirty Harry

Sorcerer

Stranger Things Pro

Black Night Sword of Rage Pro

MPL Open league Season 7 Starting soon!!!!!

Start Date: April 27, 2024
End Date: July 06, 2024

League Night Saturday April 27th, 2024. This is the first of 6 league sessions. We will have 3 on Saturday’s and 3 on Wednesday’s. Once again they will be every two weeks. It will once again cost $3 per session plus coin drop. And new this year we’re doing multiple leagues per year. This season every session will be every two weeks. The League will consist of 6 total League Nights followed by a League Final Playoff to determine a winner. Each player’s top 4 League Nights will count toward the qualifying standings to determine who will move onto the League Finals. Only players that participate in at least 3 League Nights will be counted as league members for qualifying and IFPA WPPR value purposes.

League Nights:
League nights will be held bi-weekly and will consist of 6 total games played in 4 player groups. Match points will be awarded based on a player’s finishing position on each game they play (7/5/3/1). Players will be placed in new groups after each game.

League Finals:
A League Final Playoff will be held to determine the winner of the league after all 6 league nights have been completed. The format for this playoff will be a best-of-5, head-to-head single elimination bracket. The number of players that qualify will be based on the number of total League Members. The number of players that qualify will be based on the number of total League Members. The top 50% of players (rounded down) will qualify for playoffs to a maximum of 16 players.

League nights will be every 2 weeks

  • 7pm, Saturday April 27th @ Phantom Amusement
  • 7pm Wednesday May 8th @ Phantom Amusement
  • 7pm, Wednesday May 22nn @ Phantom Amusement
  • 7pm, Saturday June 1st @ Phantom Amusement
  • 7pm, Wednesday June 12th @ Phantom Amusement
  • 7pm, Saturday June 29th @ Phantom Amusement

MANITOBA PINBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

We are Proud to Announce the Inaugural Manitoba Pinball Championship this May 24th, 25th & 26th featuring 5 tournaments over the 3 days

The Main Pump and Dump Event will be a CERTIFIED EVENT Valued at 250% WPPR and the Saturday Matchplay event will be valued at 192%

Cost for the whole weekend will be $60 and if you purchase your weekend package before May 1st you will receive 10 FREE ENTRIES for the Main Tournament

Trophies and Cash Prizes can be won for All Tournaments!

Pay by Cash or E-transfer Dave@manitobapinball.com, you will be paid and registered by completing this process. Please have your name in the notes of the E-transfer

If you are outside of Canada Contact Dave Morris for alternative Payment

This is Manitoba’s first tournament weekend with a Mix of Pump and dump (HERB) scoring (Main Event) and Matchplay tournaments (Side Events) run simultaneously!

The Main Event and 3 side Matchplay tournaments will be held at the Iceberg Arcade (Sych Drywall). This facility will be home to 40+ pinball machines ranging from all eras from 1963-modern day.

This facility will hold both the matchplay tournament in one area of the facility with 1400SF of space and the HERB tournament will be held in a 3100sf Lower area of the facility. Only 10 minutes from the Newly Built Best Western Hotel

The Sunday Side tournament will be held at Phantom Amusement only 15 min away from Iceberg Arcade. Home to 15+ New and Mid Pinball Machines

Flights Round trip are $200-$300

Please see link for More detailed information

https://tinyurl.com/mnxxmfj4

Spring Pinball Rumble @ Iceberg Arcade

Spring Pinball Rumble is a tiered-swiss, target matchplay, with playoffs, format tournament @ Sych Drywall (8 Don Valley Parkway, Sunnyside MB)

Doors open at 11am tournament starts at 12 Noon

Dinner Provided

$20 entry or $35 entry for players with an IFPA rank of 1500 or better

Players will be placed into four-player groups (occasionally three-player) to compete on an individual, randomly selected machine. alternating between a Modern era round and a classics round

Points will be awarded based upon performance on that machine (3/2/1/0) and added to a running total for the tournament.

A player qualifies for finals by reaching or passing a target value of 30 points at which point the player no longer competes in the qualification rounds.

Match play will continue until all available finals positions are filled.

Top 12-16 will make it to playoffs depending on attendance

Next 8 will make it to B-side (cannot be ranked 1500 or better to play in B-side)

Substantial ties for qualification will be broken with a 1 game playoff. Position ties will be broken by the number of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places for each of the completed rounds.

Playoffs will then start for A-side and B-side. 3 games per round. 4 player matchplay final with 4/2/1/0 scoring. Top 2 players with the most points at the end of 3 games will move to next round. For final round 4 players on 3 games, final order will be determined by points at the end of 3 games. Tiebreakers will be done on a randomly chosen game. 1st machine is chosen by the highest seed, highest seed then chooses playing position, second seed chooses second, etc. On subsequent games, the person with the lowest score on the previous game gets to choose game/position first. Once a game is chosen, it may not be picked for the remainder of the playoffs

Prize money will be split 50/50 between A-side and B-side

Cash prizes will be given to 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th for both A and B sides.