Keith Elwin repeats as PAPA World Pinball Champion!

Players of all skill, from all over the globe, came to compete at the 12th PAPA Pinball World Championships this weekend. Three days of qualifying in 7 available divisions, the biggest of which being the battle for the title of PAPA 12 Pinball World Champion in Division A, where 75 players, from 7 countries, fought for 16 spots to qualify for the Quarterfinal rounds. From there, the field then went down to 8 players in the Semifinals, where a 4-player tie-breaker occurred involving Bowen Kerins, Keith Elwin, Martin Hotze, and Eden Stamm for 1 last spot in the PAPA Finals. Keith won the game, and moved on to then SWEEP the Final Round with 3 first place games on Dirty Harry, Taxi, and The Shadow, making him the first EVER back to back PAPA Champion!! Jorian Engelbrektsson finished 2nd overall, Paul Madison in 3rd, and Sean Grant came in 4th. This Year’s Classics 1 Champion is Bowen Kerins, with 2nd place going to Keith Elwin, 3rd to Koi Morris, and 4th to Kevin McCarthy. The Classics 2 Champion for PAPA 12 is Keith Johnson, with 2nd place, again, going to Keith Elwin. Robert Gagno came in 3rd, while Todd MacCulloch finished 4th.
Keith’s Championship win, along with his second place achievements in Classics 1 & 2, earned him 125.25 WPPR points, the most ever accumulated at 1 event in the history of the World Pinball Player Rankings system.