10th annual FAIRFAX PINBALL OPEN - Pinball Wizards and novices gather to play and compete

Feb 22-23, 2013. Anyone can play pinball for fun or in one of the tournaments. See some of the best pinball players in the world. We also have a B division for novices players. 30 pinball machines from the 70's to the latest 2013 machine.
 
Feb. 6, 2013 - PRLog -- ================================
10th annual FAIRFAX PINBALL OPEN
Fri-Sat, Feb 22-23, 2013
Fairfax, VA - Best Western Hotel
http://www.virginiapinball.com/
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The 10th year of the Fairfax Pinball Open will be moving into a new space - the BEST WESTERN FAIRFAX !! With the loss of John's Place and the scramble to find a new home for FPO10, the details are still being worked out.

However, this is what is being worked on for now:

- $10 daily entry fee, machines on Free Play
- Tournament entries cost extra ($5, $10)
- Upwards of 30 pinball machines
- Some games reserved for tourney, some games available to all
- New Stern Games: Avengers LE & PRO, AC/DC
- Full game list and detailed schedule is Coming Soon
- Earn WPPR points to improve your world ranking

FRIDAY, FEB 22:
- Freeplay pinball on non-tourney games
- Qualifying for Main Tourney starts in afternoon
- Main Tourney entries cost $10 (A div) or $5 (B div) each
- Qualifying for Classics Tourney ($5 entries) starts in afternoon
- Last entry to qualify for Classics is 7pm
- Classics Bracket at 8pm: Top 24 qualifiers with significant seeding advantage to the top 8.
- Play pinball all night into Saturday (overnight qualifying is limited)

SATURDAY, FEB 23:
- Freeplay pinball on non-tourney games
- More qualifying for Main Tourney
- Main Tourney entries cost $10 (A div) or $5 (B div) each
- Finals for Main Tourney to start at 5pm
- Format will be similar to previous years, i.e. similar to the Pittsburgh Pinball Open.
- Games will start leaving as he get deeper into the brackets.
- Close at 10pm

We have recently launched a new web site at http://www.virginiapinball.org, and information will be posted there and on our facebook events page.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu88gBA2dxI

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