09/03/2025
Congrats to Dave Morell - who oddly looks much like Ben Pownall (3rd Place honorable mention and Dave Morell stand-in) - for taking 1st Place at Here's to 10 Years! He's a mysterious man of the night, vanishing quickly after the tournament was over and leaving behind his entire prize package, including his Monster Trophy and cashpot. There were four Last Placers, but kudos to Anthony "Spokanthony" Rice, who defeated them all and won the Last Place title. He earned back his entry fee, a Last Place Fancy Coaster, and hung out so long he was included in the official champion's picture.
We had two side tournaments, the first being a One-Handed Tilt I$ Right on Lady Luck with a set score of 369,420. Traveler Jonathan Zakel won all the fifty cent antes with a score of 348,###, managing to recoup his entry fee as well. Sean Goller (2nd Place honorable mention) won the other side tournament, I Spy Pinball PicTrivia, and ended up taking many prizes of his own.
Many thanks to give...
-all who attended! Thanks for partaking in this tough format.
-C Bar, who let us do this on the actual day of the anniversary;
-Ship Ahoy, for taking care of us after we transferred the tourney there to finish up;
-Death Flip, for donating swag to the prize pool; follow them on Instagram, @.flip;
-and last but not least, a huge, HUGE thank you to Kevin "Keeper" Howell, Matt Fentress, and Matt Peterson for all their help and advice, answering our questions and helping us stay as true as possible to the original Pinbrawl format as we could.
We saw so many players bringing their A-game that night! This tournament was an absolute blast, full of revenge games, close scores, and pinpals. It was exactly what we wanted, long wait times and all. Our next tournament will surely be shorter - stay tuned!
