While the pinball season still has 5 months left, with PAPA 13 approaching, we couldn’t help but do a quick analysis on the race for #1 on the World Pinball Player Rankings. Similar to last year, the race is extremely tight with Keith Elwin and Jorian Engelbrektsson seemingly hopping eachother following every tournament result that gets uploaded into the system.

Accounting for future decay between now and the end of the year, Keith currently has a slight edge over Jorian (582.14 to 563.16). This does not include Keith’s recent performance at California Extreme in which he captured the Modern Division title. This will surely replace the lowest event currently on his ‘Top 15 resume’ which was previously 22.44 points.

With one of the major championships in IFPA7 now out of the way, it is clear that the year’s second major championship PAPA13 could be a huge factor in deciding who finishes on top. Fortunately for Jorian, he also has the third leg of competitive pinball’s Triple Crown later this year when Switzerland hosts the European Pinball Championship.

Best of luck to both Keith and Jorian on the second half of 2010! Who will finish #1 and wear the coveted Whopper crown?

Thanks to Gary Stern of Stern Pinball and Mauro Zaccaria of Tecnoplay out in Italy, we’re pleased to announce that newly crowned IFPA World Champion Daniele Celestino Acciari just received his grand prize for finishing in the top spot amongst the toughest field of participants in competitive pinball history. His prize was a brand new Stern Spider-Man, to go along with the $1000 in cash he took home back in May. Join us in once again congratulating Daniele on his phenomenal achievement!

“Special When Lit” will be closing the film festival showing at 7pm on Monday, August 2nd

Circle Cinema
12 South Lewis Avenue
Tulsa, OK 74104
Monday, August 2nd @ 7PM

Anyone ranked in the top 500 looking for something to do the weekend of July 8th-11th, the Michigan Pinball Expo will be hosting the 3rd Michigan Pinball Championships. With over $1000 up for grabs, it’s a can’t miss! For anyone ranked in the top 500 going into that weekend, the MPE staff will give you a VIP armband for the entire weekend (a $40 value). Check out www.mipinball.com for more details!