{"id":724,"date":"2017-05-05T16:26:12","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T15:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/?p=724"},"modified":"2017-08-26T00:02:16","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T23:02:16","slug":"dutch-pinball-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/2017\/05\/05\/dutch-pinball-masters\/","title":{"rendered":"DUTCH PINBALL MASTERS"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dutch Pinball Masters<\/a> is one of the major European tournaments and can generally expect a healthy turnout from many of the continent’s top players.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This year there was a slight diminution due to a clash of dates with the German Pinball Association’s convention in Potsdam, but competition was still fierce at the Dutch Pinball Association’s (NFV’s) clubhouse in Veenendaal in the centre of the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

\"The
\n The NFV’s clubhouse in Veenendaal<\/em><\/p>\n

The location was the same as it had been for the past few years, a light-industrial unit on a commercial park on the outskirts of the town. There’s are no catering or hotel facilities close-by, so a car or taxi was a must to get here. Vacant spaces outside the unit, on the street and in front of adjacent buildings meant there was no problem parking.<\/p>\n

Once inside the door, there was an arrangement of plants, flowers and copies of the NFV’s Spinner<\/em> magazine, as well as a wall showing supporters’ logos.<\/p>\n

\"The
\n The table in the lobby<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Supporters
\n Supporters of the NFV<\/em><\/p>\n

Once fully inside the building, the first section is the cafe and seating area.<\/p>\n

\"The
\n The cafe area<\/em><\/p>\n

The cafe had a full kitchen and prepared a range of hot food items, including fries, burgers, chicken sate, sausages, mini-snack selections and salads. The prices for all these were very reasonable, with a burger costing \u20ac2 ($2.17\/\u00a31.68) and a chicken meal with fries and salad at \u20ac6.50 ($7.07 \/\u00a35.56).<\/p>\n

\"Part
\n Part of the menu<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Part
\n Part of a meal<\/em><\/p>\n

Soup was also available, while soft drinks, beer and wine could also be purchased.<\/p>\n

\"Soup
\n Soup in front, beers and sodas behind<\/em><\/p>\n

Although there was a demand for quality craft or abbey ales, only Heineken or Bavaria beers were available for \u20ac2 a bottle. Those looking for something a little better had to either go elsewhere or bring their own.<\/p>\n

Seating was available for those enjoying their meals or drinks, as well as those resting from the pinball. Alternatively, the weather outside was good enough to enjoy your purchases alfresco.<\/p>\n

\"Indoor
\n Indoor seating<\/em><\/p>\n

At the very front of the building were several small rooms either containing games to play or used for game repair.<\/p>\n

\"A
\n A selection of EMs<\/em><\/p>\n

\"When
\n When it’s too much pinball, enjoy darts, video games<\/em>
\n or table football\/foosball\/babyfoot<\/em><\/p>\n

The main selection of pinballs was located in the back two-thirds of the hall. The two rows on the left were the main tournament machines, bolstered by a group on the back wall which were used as back-up machines in case of failure by any of those in the main tournament.<\/p>\n

\"Machines
\n Machines and players in the main tournament<\/em><\/p>\n

Those tournament machines were:<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n
Main Dutch Pinball Masters Machines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/td>\nTommy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nJunkyard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nFish Tales<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nAvatar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nSpider-Man<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nScared Stiff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nDirty Harry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nIndianapolis 500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nRoadshow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nStar Trek: The Next Generation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nJackbot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nPirates of the Caribbean<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nWorld Cup Soccer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
14<\/td>\nDemolition Man<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nFunhouse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nGoldeneye<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nDoctor Who<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nAttack from Mars<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nMonopoly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nMedieval Madness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nThe Lord of the Rings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nWhirlwind<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\nCongo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\nCreature from the Black Lagoon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nWhitewater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\nHoops<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

The back-up machines were: The Sopranos, High Speed 2: The Getaway, Terminator 2 and Corvette.<\/p>\n

On the right side of the hall were the free-play machines, while on the back wall was a row of eight machines used for the classics tournament.<\/p>\n

\"Free-play
\n Free-play machines<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Free-play
\n Free-play machines<\/em><\/p>\n

\"There
\n There were nicely-decorated table on which to put your drinks<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Free-play
\n Free-play machines<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Ad
\n Ad Jonker’s Captain Nemo machine was also here to play<\/em><\/p>\n

The eight classics tournament machines were:<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n
Main Dutch Pinball Masters Machines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/td>\nCapt. Fantastic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nBobby Orr Power Play<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nGorgar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nCharlie’s Angels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n
5<\/td>\nDealer’s Choice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nParagon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nHarlem Globetrotters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nViking<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

The back-up machine was Mata Hari.<\/p>\n

\"The
\n The classics tournament<\/em><\/p>\n

In addition to these tournaments, there was also a team competition held on Friday night.<\/p>\n

\"Trophies
\n Trophies for the tournaments<\/em><\/p>\n

The team tournament saw eight teams of four split into two groups. The teams and groups were:<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n
Team Tournament Groups<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Group A<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dutch Pinball Team<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Team Slovenia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oslo Tiltboys<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Team Delta<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Group B<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pinball DNA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Archiball Team<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Team Ro-Me<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oslo Pinball Casuals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Each team played a match against each of the other three teams in their group. A match consisted of each player playing a member of the opposing team on a machine to win 1 point per game, and a pair of split-flipper games for two points each.<\/p>\n

The two teams with the most points in each group went into the semi-finals. Here the winner of Group A played second place in Group B and vice-versa in the same style of match as in the first round.<\/p>\n

The winners from the first round were Dutch Pinball Team and Pinball DNA, while second place qualifiers were Team Delta and Team Ro-Me.<\/p>\n

Dutch Pinball Team and Pinball DNA won the semi-final matches, setting them up for a final match held in the same format.<\/p>\n

In the final, the Dutch Pinball Team won three of the four individual matches to lead 3-1, meaning Pinball DNA needed to win both split-flipper games. They won one of them, but that was not enough, meaning the Dutch Pinball Team of Albert Nomden, Paul Jongma, Mark van der Gugten and Joska Keunekamp won 5-3.<\/p>\n

\"The
\n The victorious Dutch Pinball Team: <\/em>
\n Paul Jongma, Albert Nomden and Mark van der Gugten<\/em>
\n (absent: Joska Keunekamp)<\/em><\/p>\n

In the play-off, Team Ro-Me beat Team Delta for third place.<\/p>\n

\"Third
\n Third place, Team Ro-Me<\/em><\/p>\n

The main Dutch Pinball Masters tournament began on Saturday with a qualifying round for all 141 players. Tournament entry cost \u20ac15 in addition to the daily \u20ac7.50 fee for entry to the clubhouse, meaning a \u20ac30 total price for entry if you played on both days. As a bonus, all competitors received a 10% discount off products from playfield-protectors.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There were three qualifying periods starting at 09:30, 13:15 and 17:00, each one lasting around three-and-a-half hours.<\/p>\n

In each period, players were split into four groups (A-D, E-H and J-M) with around twelve players in each group. Every competitor played a single three-ball game against each other player in their group, in a predetermined order and on preselected machines. A win in a game earned one point, a loss scored a zero.<\/p>\n

\"Players
\n Players in the qualifying round<\/em><\/p>\n

When a game was over, the winner would come to a terminal and register their win.<\/p>\n

\"Tournament
\n Tournament systems head Ad Jonker at the results terminal<\/em><\/p>\n

\"The
\n The current matches on the results terminal<\/em><\/p>\n

As each result was recorded, the overall picture emerged on a large screen.<\/p>\n

\"The
\n The overall group standings<\/em><\/p>\n

\"The
\n The group scores<\/em><\/p>\n

For all groups, a score of eight wins or more would guarantee you a place in Sunday’s second round. If you got seven wins it was a toss-up whether that would be enough, or if you would end up in a tie-breaker. With six wins you would be lucky to progress. It wasn’t impossible, but unlikely, and a tie-breaker was an almost certainty.<\/p>\n

\"It
\n It wasn’t how you won, but how many you won<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Head-to-head
\n Head-to-head games were the order of the day<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Every
\n Every win was a step closer to qualification<\/em><\/p>\n

Those who did progress needed to be back at the venue at 9:40 on Sunday morning for the start of the second round. For everyone else, their Dutch Pinball Masters was over, and just the classic tournament remained.<\/p>\n

\"Just
\n Just a few points could be the difference between progressing and going home<\/em><\/p>\n

The classic tournament cost an additional \u20ac10 to enter and was held on the eight machines we listed above, with competitors given ten games spread across the eight machines in order to qualify. No machine could be played more than twice and all ten scores were ranked, with the top 24 players progressing to the play-offs and the top players receiving a bye through the first round.<\/p>\n

\"Classic
\n Classic tournament score cards<\/em><\/p>\n

Players were issued with a score card for the classic tournament, but in truth all scores were recorded electronically on tablets or phones. with the current standings shown on a terminal.<\/p>\n

\"Checking
\n Checking the current classic tournament standings<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Current
\n Current standings and games in progress<\/em><\/p>\n

Qualifying continued until 8:30pm on Saturday, with the play-offs beginning at 9pm once the main DPM rounds had finished and all players were free to take part.<\/p>\n

Matches in the play-offs were head-to-head best-of-five games on machines drawn at random.<\/p>\n

\"The
\n The play-offs schedule<\/em><\/p>\n

\"The
\n The classic tournament play-offs<\/em><\/p>\n

\"The
\n The classic tournament play-offs<\/em><\/p>\n

\"The
\n The classic tournament play-offs<\/em><\/p>\n

\"DPM
\n DPM tournament directors Albert Nomden and Paul Jongma<\/em><\/p>\n

The final came down to a battle between Gabriele Tedeschi from Italy and Rich Mallett from the UK.<\/p>\n

\"Gabriel
\n Gabriel on Mata Hari in the final<\/em><\/p>\n

After some exciting games, Mata Hari was the decider, and with Gabriel going first but failing to score much Rich just had to hold his nerve, which he did very successfully to win the game and the final.<\/p>\n

\"Rich
\n Rich prepares to plunge his winning final ball<\/em><\/p>\n

So, Rich was the winner, Gabriel second, while in the play-off it was Jochen Krieger Germany who took third place ahead of Frenchman Sebastien Puertas in fourth.<\/p>\n

\"Dutch
\n Dutch Pinball Masters Classic Tournament winner, Rich Mallett<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Second
\n Second place, Gabriele Tedeschi<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Third
\n Third place, Jochen Krieger<\/em><\/p>\n

Here are all the placings in the DPM classic tournament:<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n
DPM Classic Tournamenti 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Pos<\/td>\nName<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
1<\/strong><\/td>\nRich Mallett<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nGabriele Tedeschi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nJochen Krieger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nSebastien Puertas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nMarco Suvanto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nJan Anders Nilsson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nDavid Deturck<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nLieven Engelbeen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nJo\u00ebl Wozniak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nArjan Neet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nPhilippe Bocquet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nDavid Mainwaring<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nMathias Leurs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nFredrik Mellberg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nPerttu Pes\u00e4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nEko Elens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nEvert Brochez<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nAndreas Hedstr\u00f6m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nAd Jonker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nKirsten Adam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nIvan Geentjens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nJonas Valstr\u00f6m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nOllivier Francq<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nAnders Carlsson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nCayle George<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\nMartijn Van Amsterdam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\nMartin Ayub<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nHeinz Berges<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\nHelen de Haan-Verbeek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\nAlbert Nomden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\nRobert Lau<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nJuha Viitanen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nFabrizio Amiconi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\nAlysa Parks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\nFlorian Thomas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nRob Fransen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nRob Overdijk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>\nJohn van der Wulp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\n\u017deljko Vasic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\nPaul Jongma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>\nArtur Natorski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\nVin Jauhal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\nPeter Franck<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/td>\nBart Volman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\nVincent Chardome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/td>\nKevin Roelants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nMattias Jeppsson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nFrank Wolthers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>\nWolfgang Haid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>\nBenjamin Gr\u00e4beldinger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
51<\/td>\nPittchen M\u00fcller<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
52<\/td>\nErno Lahdenper\u00e4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
53<\/td>\nThomas Van Clapdorp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
54<\/td>\nAndrej Ri\u017ener<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
54<\/td>\nCarlo Vijn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56<\/td>\nMatt Vince<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56<\/td>\nTormod Pettersen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
58<\/td>\nMario Schr\u00f6der<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
59<\/td>\nDidier Dujardin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
59<\/td>\nRamon Richard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nLaurence Boulieu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62<\/td>\nSimo Rimmi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63<\/td>\nJani Saari<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63<\/td>\nAles Rebec<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
65<\/td>\nMichel Lanters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\nJules Reivers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
67<\/td>\nDaniel Bertilsson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
67<\/td>\nTom-Andre Andersen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
69<\/td>\nStan Simpson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70<\/td>\nDominique De Cock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70<\/td>\nArchibald Lefevre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
72<\/td>\nNorman Heikamp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
73<\/td>\nPontus Qvarfordh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
73<\/td>\nEvelyne Desot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
75<\/td>\nGlenn Verhoosele<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
76<\/td>\nMark van der Gugten<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
77<\/td>\nAlain Boulieu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
78<\/td>\nLaurent Mahe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
79<\/td>\nThomas Reichenstein<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
79<\/td>\nNorbert Broman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
81<\/td>\nSven Kirmes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
81<\/td>\nMichel Rorive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
83<\/td>\nAdam Lundquist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nSt\u00e9phane Swaenepoel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
85<\/td>\nJ\u00fcrgen Schmitz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
86<\/td>\nOlav Hjelmstadstuen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
87<\/td>\nErol Saydam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
88<\/td>\nVid Kuklec<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
89<\/td>\nGerard Vos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
90<\/td>\nEmma Berlin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
91<\/td>\nFredrik Lekander<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
92<\/td>\nTom Geneyn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
92<\/td>\nThomas Doepelheuer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
94<\/td>\nMirko Bogic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
95<\/td>\nAndreas Thors\u00e9n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
95<\/td>\nKelly Lembrechts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
97<\/td>\nOlivier Renders<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
98<\/td>\nOyvind Winther<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
99<\/td>\nSvein Tjeldfl\u00e5t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100<\/td>\nNeil Fellender<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100<\/td>\nNils de Kleine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
102<\/td>\nFred Van Den Bosch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
103<\/td>\nEric Andries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
104<\/td>\nBj\u00f8rn Erlend Hellem<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
105<\/td>\nDaniela Oymann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
106<\/td>\nGerard Poelwijk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nDaniel Bradford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
108<\/td>\nRalf Wittwer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
109<\/td>\nMorten S\u00f8byskogen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
110<\/td>\nRob Breyne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
111<\/td>\nKevin Sultana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
112<\/td>\nManuela Krieger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
113<\/td>\nBjorn Brand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
114<\/td>\nAndrej Demsar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
115<\/td>\nJohan Bernhardtson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
116<\/td>\nElin Wilhelmsen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
117<\/td>\nTorstein Bj\u00f8rnstad<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
118<\/td>\nBabs Negelen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
119<\/td>\nJasmijn de Jong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
120<\/td>\nStanislas Chabior<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
121<\/td>\nJoeri Stroobants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
122<\/td>\nKyoo Barbaix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
123<\/td>\nKarin Eisenstecken<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
124<\/td>\nralf de kleine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
125<\/td>\nSandra S\u00f8byskogen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Sunday morning rolled around with the main DPM tournament left to decide.<\/p>\n

\"Only
\n Only the DPM trophies remain<\/em><\/p>\n

The top four from each of the four groups in each of the three qualifying sessions meant (4 x 4) x 3 = 48 players progressed to the second round which began at 10am on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"Sunday's
\n Sunday’s second round<\/em><\/p>\n

The format was the same as Saturday – four groups of twelve players, with everyone playing one head-to-head game against everyone else in their group (11 games). The four players with the most wins in each group would move on to the quarter finals.<\/p>\n

\"The
\n The second round of the Dutch Pinball Masters<\/em><\/p>\n

The sixteen who made it into the quarter-finals were:<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Tormod Pettersen<\/td>\nRoger Wijnands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kirsten Adam<\/td>\nTaco Wouters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Deturck<\/td>\nJules Reivers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Philippe Bocquet<\/td>\nS\u00e9bastien Puertas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benjamin Gr\u00e4beldinger<\/td>\nCayle George<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ivan Geentjens<\/td>\nBart Volman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fredrik Lekander<\/td>\nJohn van der Wulp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan Anders Nilsson<\/td>\nBjorn Brand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

The quarter-finals paired up players in a best-of-five match on randomly-drawn machines. The first to win three games moved on to the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

Kirsten Adam had three straight wins to progress, as did Ivan Geentjens, S\u00e9bastien Puertas and Cayle George. David Deturck took four games to win, the same as Jan Anders Nilsson and John van der Wulp, while Roger Wijnands took all five games to win and move on to the semis.<\/p>\n

The semi-final was the same as the quarters – best-of-five on random machines.<\/p>\n

This time David Deturck beat Kirsten Adam 3-2, Jan Anders Nilsson did the same against Ivan Geentjens, as did Roger Wijnands against S\u00e9bastien Puertas. Only Cayle George had an easier 3-0 win against John van der Wulp.<\/p>\n

In the four-player four-game final, each competitor got to choose a machine to play with 9-5-2-0 scoring used for first to fourth places.<\/p>\n

Jan Anders Nilsson began by choosing Congo, but the game didn’t co-operate with him this time. His first ball scored 100M to put him in third place, while balls two and three only lifted that to 380M which was last place.<\/p>\n

Cayle George had the best first ball with 215M, boosted to 800M on his second and 1.067B on his third to win. David Deturck recovered from a bad 79M start to end on 932M for second, while Roger Wijnands’s 744M total was only good enough for third.<\/p>\n

David chose Star Trek: The Next Generation for game two but once again the curse of machine choice struck as his 1.2B was the lowest of the four scores. Jan had a great last ball, scoring 2.3B to end up on 3.1B, taking first place. Cayle’s 2.6B might normally be enough to win but only gave him second here, with Roger’s 1.8B good for third.<\/p>\n

Cayle’s choice of Scared Stiff broke the chooser’s curse with his ball one score of 16M being enough to win the game. In the end, he totalled 79M – way ahead of David in second on 9.8M, Jan on 2.7M and Roger who never got started and ended on just 0.8M.<\/p>\n

With game four still to play, Cayle’s 23 points was already enough to win the final, with Jan closest behind on 11 points, David in third on 10, and Roger on 4. But Roger could still get into a tie-breaker for second place if the other places worked out for him, while Jan and David were battling it out.<\/p>\n

Roger chose Whirlwind, but was blown away by three quick drains to end up on just 309K. The battle for second was thus between Jan and David, and it was David who stormed his way to the win with 9.5M, ahead of Cayle’s 7M and Jan’s 4.5M.<\/p>\n

So the result was, Cayle in first place, David second, Jan third and Roger fourth.<\/p>\n

\"Dutch
\n Dutch Pinball Masters 2017 winner, Cayle George<\/em>
\n (picture: Ad Jonker)<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Second
\n Second place, David Deturck<\/em>
\n (picture: Ad Jonker)<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Third
\n Third place, Jan Anders Nilsson<\/em>
\n (picture: Ad Jonker)<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Fourth
\n Fourth place, Roger Wijnands<\/em>
\n (picture: Ad Jonker)<\/em><\/p>\n

Here are the full results:<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n
Dutch Pinball Masters 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Pos<\/td>\nName<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/strong><\/td>\nCayle George<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nDavid Deturck<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nJan Anders Nilsson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nRoger Wijnands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nKirsten Adam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nIvan Geentjens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nSebastien Puertas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nJohn van der Wulp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nTormod Pettersen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nPhilippe Bocquet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nBenjamin Gr\u00e4beldinger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nFredrik Lekander<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nTaco Wouters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nJules Reivers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nBart Volman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nBjorn Brand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nJonas Johansson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nAlbert Nomden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nEvert Brochez<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nSylvain Grevin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nMichel Rorive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nMartin Ayub<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nOlivier Renders<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nThomas van Clapdorp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nAnthony Rorive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nJani Saari<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nEvelyne Desot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nSt\u00e9phane Swaenepoel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nRamon Richard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nMarco Suvanto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nJohan Bernhardtson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nJonas Valstr\u00f6m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nArchibald Lefevre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nJuha Viitanen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nMattias Jeppsson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nAndreas Thors\u00e9n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nFlorian Thomas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nMartijn van Amsterdam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nAndrej Demsar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nLaurence Boulieu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nNorbert Broman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\nS\u00e9bastien Muller<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\nPaul Jongma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\nErno Lahdenper\u00e4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\nAndrej Ri\u017ener<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/td>\nDidier Dujardin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/td>\nEko Elens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nJo\u00ebl Wozniak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>\nMark van der Gugten<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>\nAnders Carlsson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nDominique de Cock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nRalf Wittwer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nThomas Reichenstein<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nStanislas Chabior<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nRich Mallett<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nMatt Vince<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nMartijn van Aken<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nSven Kirmes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nMathias Leurs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nPeter Franck<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nNorman Heikamp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nPontus Qvarfordh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nBj\u00f8rn Erlend Hellem<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nHelen de Haan-Verbeek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nNeil Fellender<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nLieven Engelbeen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nHeinz Berges<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nJeroen Wieringa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nFabrizio Amiconi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nVincent Chardome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nRalf de Kleine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nAndreas Hedstr\u00f6m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nEric Andries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nJochen Krieger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nOlav Hjelmstadstuen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nGerard Poelwijk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nMichel Lanters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nSvein Tjeldfl\u00e5t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nMirko Bogic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nDaniel Bertilsson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nLaurent Mahe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nMorten S\u00f8byskogen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nJasper van Embden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nVid Kuklec<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nOllivier Francq<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nRobert Lau<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nTom Geneyn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nGabriele Tedeschi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nArjan Neet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nDavid Mainwaring<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nJoeri Stroobants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nKevin Roelants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nPerttu Pes\u00e4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nRob Fransen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nAlysa Parks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nAdam Lundquist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nFred van den Bosch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nSimo Rimmi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nFrank Wolthers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nRob Overdijk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nOyvind Winther<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nBas van Embden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nDaniel Bradford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nNils de Kleine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nAlain Boulieu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nJeremy Dorling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nErol Saydam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nBabs Negelen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nFredrik Mellberg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nArtur Natorski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nJ\u00fcrgen Schmitz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nJeroen Boiten<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nElin Wilhelmsen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nTom Loomans<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nRonald Klappe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nPittchen M\u00fcller<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nGerard Vos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nAles Rebec<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\nSteven van der Staaij<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\nKarin Eisenstecken<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\nVin Jauhal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\nRob Breyne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\nJasmijn de Jong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\nTorstein Bj\u00f8rnstad<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\nMario Schr\u00f6der<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\nKyoo Barbaix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\nRonald Oenema<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\nThomas Doepelheuer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\nOlivier Calimet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\nKelly Lembrechts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\nWolfgang Haid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\nJustin van Schooneveld<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\nCarlo Vijn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\nGlenn Verhoosele<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\nTom-Andre Andersen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\nAlicia Juniet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
140<\/td>\nDaniela Oymann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
140<\/td>\nManuela Krieger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
140<\/td>\nMachteld Decloedt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
140<\/td>\n\u017deljko Vasic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
140<\/td>\nEmma Berlin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
140<\/td>\nKevin Sultana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
140<\/td>\nArno Punt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
140<\/td>\nSandra S\u00f8byskogen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

And so we come to the end of this report from the Dutch Pinball Masters 2017.<\/p>\n

\"The
\nThe top four in the Dutch Pinball Masters 2017
\n(picture: Ad Jonker)<\/p>\n

The DPM is a well-established and well-supported international tournament, one which guarantees all players at least eleven games even if they don’t progress beyond the qualification round.<\/p>\n

There were clear improvements to the match result reporting system, allowing players to record their own results and providing instant standings which made life easier for competitors and organisers. The timings all went to plan and any technical issues were resolved quickly and amicably.<\/p>\n

The only real negative was the quality of the free-play machines, although even there the addition of Ad Jonker’s The Matrix and Capt. Nemo games helped made up for any shortcomings or unavailabilties.<\/p>\n

Hopefully next year the dates for the DPM won’t clash with another major European tournament and players can get to enjoy two top-flight Spring tournaments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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