Episode 352: So You Wanna Run a Tourney
Pinball Profile
12 min
Summary
TD Debra Tallman discusses organizing 200+ player Chicago Expo tournament with 40+ volunteers and multi-game logistics.
Jeff Teolis interviews Debra Tallman, tournament director of the Chicago Pinball Expo's main Flip Out tournament, about the logistics and challenges of organizing a massive 200+ player double-elimination pinball tournament across multiple divisions. The conversation covers volunteer coordination, venue logistics, sponsorship from manufacturers like Stern, and the broader experience of running elite-level tournaments in the Stern Pro Circuit.
It takes a LOT of work to run a big scale pinball tournament. Deborah Tahlman was the Tournament Director at the Stern Pro Circuit event at Pinball Expo. She discusses what goes into such a huge undertaking…and it paid off!
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