Sean Grant The Storm wins the Pingolf League at Modern Pinball NYC

DSCF2435blog post courtesy of Francesco La Rocca

After couple of months, from January 13th until March 11th , the 1st League of Pingolf run by Francesco La Rocca ended on Tuesday at Modern Pinball NYC the HQ of the IFPA. During qualification 27 players played on a scorecard of 5 chosen machines ( out of 11) and 130 entries were played to get to a pot of $650. The top 9 players made it to the final day .Alberto Santana was the leader with 7, follow by Sean Grant 8, Francesco 11 and Steve Zahler 12. For the final, 5 games randomly picked ( Metallica,Family Guy, Fish Tales, World Poker Tour and Addams Family) were played by all. Sean Grant, the NY State Champion, with 18 passed Alberto (22) and won the league. Steve Zahler also with 18 was able to pass Francesco(22) ending up in 3rd place. On 5th position Steve Epstein was able to come back from 6th place also passing Mike Pantino. Chris Nosiglia finish 7th, Josh Boerman and Mikey Gabbard tied for 8th place.  Top 4 won money and from 5th to 8th place Modern Pinball offer 3 hours pass as prizes to the place.Great Job everyone!

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