WPPR Chopper 2026 Pinball Tournament

Tickets go on sale January 18th at noon.

There will be a 20% discount for all tickets purchased on January 18th.

The offer is only valid on January 18th (No exceptions)

The Event has 30 hours of Qualifying plus a day and a half of finals.
Start Date: May 28th, 2026
End Date: May 31st, 2026


Location:
Lumberjack Johnny’s – APPLETON, WI
2701 N. Oneida Street
Appleton, WI 54911

Format: Hybrid Best Game qualifying on 12 machines - total of 48 entries
Each participant must play each of the 12 games at least once.
30 Hours of qualifying, need not be present for the entire time of qualifying.
Limited to 100 people.
Entry fee $150

Top 24 making playoffs with 48-79 people
Top 40 making playoffs with 80-100 people

Playoffs will be papa style three (3) games 4-2-1-0 in groups of 4 with The top Two (2) advancing from each group.
Highest seed will pick all three (3) games in each group.
Available games based on game position (1st, 2nd, 3rd), therefore, a game can only be picked Three (3) times each round by all groups. Aka once a game is picked three (3) times in a round it is no longer available to picked by the remaining groups.

Qualifying times:
Thursday Noon – 10pm (10 Hours)
Friday noon-11pm (11 hours)
Saturday 9am-6pm (9hours)
Tiebreakers Saturday 6pm-7pm if necessary.

Playoffs Saturday first round 7pm, Saturday second round 9pm. Sunday 10am completion of remaining rounds.

Payouts 1st place 17% 2nd Place 9% 3rd Place 7% 4th Place 5% 5th – 8th Place 2% 9th - 16th Place 0.5%

New in box pinball machine to given away at the tournament.
Earned raffle ticket format. Ticket must be present to win, player must enter the tournament to qualify for raffle game.
Ticket Earning opportunities:
One ticket with each tournament entry
One additional ticket for GC score on tournament games (As recorded at end of qualifying)
One additional ticket for advancing to finals.
One additional ticket for finishing in the top 8 in finals
One additional ticket for advancing to the top 4 in finals
Two additional tickets for taking first place in finals
$100 buy in for extra tickets.

Registration opens January 18th at noon.
$150 registration fee

REFUND POLICY – Registration can be refunded minus a $10 service fee up to one week before the event start, no refunds within one week of event start. For more information please e-mail ZGF2ZSB8IGVzY2FwZXJvb213aXNjb25zaW4gISBjb20=


---------------- Secondary Tournament -----------------

Little Chopper
This will be listed as a separate IFPA event and will be available as an add on in the shopping cart upon check out.
You do not need to register for the main event to participate in the secondary event.
8 Games to qualify on.
These games are different games from the primary tournament.
Qualifying is all day Thursday and Friday.
Top 24 contestants make the playoffs which will be held 9AM Saturday.

Format: Hybrid Best Game qualifying on 8 machines - total of 32 entries Each participant must play each of the 8 games at least once. 20 Hours of qualifying, need not be present for the entire time of qualifying.
Entry fee $50
Prize Pool is sperate from the main tournament
No new in box game tickets are earned in this secondary tournament
Top 16 making playoffs with 32-47 people Top 24 making playoffs with 48+
Limited to a max of 24 players in the finals

Playoffs will be papa style three (3) games 4-2-1-0 in groups of 4 with The top Two (2) advancing from each group. Highest seed will pick all three (3) games in each group.
Available games based on game position (1st, 2nd, 3rd), therefore, a game can only be picked Three (3) times each round by all groups. Aka once a game is picked three (3) times in a round it is no longer available to picked by the remaining groups.

Qualifying times:
Thursday Noon – 10pm (10 Hours)
Friday noon-11pm (11 hours)
Finals: Saturday 9am-5pm



Lumberjack Johnny's will have special hours for this event.
Registration desk will be open when the doors open.
Thursday 11am – 10pm
Friday 11am-11pm
Saturday 9am-6pm

Game Failure Policy.

If a game goes down before 1PM on Friday it will be replaced. Game scores for this game will be deleted and games returned to the players. If a game goes down after 1PM Friday the scores stay active and there will be one less game in the tournament.

Info: The 3rd round of finals for the Main Tournament starts at 10:00am on Sunday and additional rounds will follow as needed until we have a winner. All prizes, games, and trophies will be awarded at this time.

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