# Concord Open 2026 Classics: Quarter game 4/4 on Gottlieb Sinbad. Streamed from The Flipper Room. **Source:** DRI374 **Type:** video **Published:** 2026-05-02 **Duration:** 16m 27s **Beat:** Pinball **URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lowEouY8HqY --- ## Analysis Live tournament commentary from Concord Open 2026 Classics quarter-finals at The Flipper Room, featuring gameplay on Gottlieb Sinbad. The commentators discuss the game's mechanics (standups with 2x-5x multipliers, spinner scoring, tight playfield design) while tracking multiple competitive groups advancing through bracket play. Dan Dempsey and David Oliver advance from group 1; Tom Isaac and Tony Levvenia from group 2; Tim Hansen and Scott Makias from group 4; group 3 awaits resolution on Joker Poker with a potential three-way tiebreaker. ### Key Claims - [HIGH] Gottlieb Sinbad standups map to 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x multipliers requiring sequential activation — _Commentators explaining playfield rules during live gameplay analysis_ - [HIGH] Game is set to five balls for tournament play — _Commentator noting 'this game is set to five ball' during mid-match analysis_ - [HIGH] Scoring remains very close across all competitors on Sinbad (described as 'very even Steven scoring') — _Commentator observation during final balls: 'everyone is still in play' and 'very even Steven scoring on this game'_ - [HIGH] A three-way tiebreaker is possible in group 3 on Joker Poker — _Commentator closing remarks: 'there's a weird kind of three-way tiebreaker that could happen on Joker Poker'_ ### Notable Quotes > "The thing is that you can knock down the targets in any given order. Uh but uh you have to have the ones prior to actually get the multiplier, right?" > — **Tournament commentator**, early > _Explains core Sinbad mechanic — sequential multiplier activation requirement_ > "This game is just it plays like so evil, right? So, you kind of want to get you you're happy about the small potatoes that you get, right?" > — **Tournament commentator**, early-mid > _Character assessment of Sinbad's difficulty and reward structure_ > "There's like a really super annoying little post that sits there, right? Right there that will just give you a good bounce on that." > — **Tournament commentator**, mid > _Identifies specific playfield hazard causing unpredictable ball behavior_ > "It's just so weird. Like, how how does the ball even find that little hole? It's not like it's big or anything." > — **Tournament commentator**, mid > _Commentary on Sinbad's precision geometry and ball physics_ > "Very even Steven scoring on this game. It's just very hard to kind of build separation." > — **Tournament commentator**, late > _Observation that Sinbad produces tight, competitive scoring_ ### Entities | Name | Type | Context | |------|------|---------| | Concord Open 2026 Classics | event | Tournament event at The Flipper Room; quarter-final matches in progress | | The Flipper Room | venue | Tournament venue hosting Concord Open 2026 Classics | | Gottlieb Sinbad | game | Classic Gottlieb machine used in quarter-final group play; standups, spinners, scissor flippers, gravity well | | Dan Dempsey | person | Tournament player; advanced from group 1 with David Oliver | | David Oliver | person | Tournament player; advanced from group 1 with Dan Dempsey | | Tom Isaac | person | Tournament player; advanced from group 2 with Tony Levvenia | | Tony Levvenia | person | Tournament player; advanced from group 2 with Tom Isaac | | Quang Chong | person | Tournament player; eliminated in group 2 | | Scott Burgess | person | Tournament player; eliminated in group 2 | | Tim Hansen | person | Tournament player; advanced from group 4 with Scott Makias | | Scott Makias | person | Tournament player; advanced from group 4 with Tim Hansen | | Tony Frioro | person | Tournament player; eliminated in group 4 | | Joker Poker | game | Machine used for group 3 finals; pending result with potential three-way tiebreaker | ### Signals - **[gameplay_signal]** Detailed breakdown of Gottlieb Sinbad mechanics: standups with sequential 2x-5x multipliers, spinner scoring, tight playfield geometry with scissor flippers, gravity well drain, punishing ball physics (confidence: high) — Commentators explain target mapping, multiplier sequencing, post placement hazards, and playfield design throughout match - **[gameplay_signal]** Sinbad characterized as extremely challenging ('plays like so evil'), with tight margins for error and difficult separation scoring (confidence: high) — Commentator: 'This game is just it plays like so evil' and 'very hard to kind of build separation' - **[competitive_signal]** Concord Open 2026 Classics quarter-finals bracket progression tracked; group 1, 2, 4 concluded; group 3 (Joker Poker) pending with potential three-way tiebreaker (confidence: high) — Commentator updates: 'group two is done', 'group four is done', 'group three we're still waiting for Joker Poker' - **[competitive_signal]** All competitors remaining in Sinbad group match have similar scores, creating close bracket advancement situation; potential for tiebreaker scenarios (confidence: high) — Commentator: 'everyone is still in play', 'very even Steven scoring on this game', 'very hard to kind of build separation' - **[venue_signal]** The Flipper Room hosting Concord Open 2026 Classics with live streaming capability; food vendor (taco truck) on-site (confidence: high) — Stream commentary references The Flipper Room location and taco truck food service --- ## Transcript All right, David Oliver is through. Um, Dan is sitting pretty nice where he is at the moment, but this could turn into a ugly tiebreaker situation. Um, if one of the two two points players wins and uh, Dan gets a last. That's an outcome. Nice. Yeah. So, the name of the game here, there's standups here, right? And uh these all map to 2x, 3x, 4x. No, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x. Yes. And as you can see, 1x maps to the one target. That one there maps to this one here. Right? And then you have the next one there mapped to the next bank there. Right? And the thing is that you can knock down the targets in any given order. Uh but uh you have to have the ones prior to actually get the multiplier, right? So say that you get these four first. uh you won't get the multiplier until all the the other standups are down, right? So, you kind of want to you kind of want to do the one and two. You want Yeah. I mean, at the end of the day, like this this game is just it plays like so evil, right? So, you kind of want to get you you're happy about the small potatoes that you get, right? So, if you get a 2x 3x kind of multiplier, get a good rip rip on the spinner, right? That's a good ball. All right. Thank you, Weaves Loves Fire, and thank you for the sub. It's always appreciated. This is not my full-time job, so it's it's all fun. He's definitely massaging those top lanes. So, where is that going? All right. Yeah, up on top. It's just, you know, Oh, that is so nasty. It's so nasty. The thing is like I've se Yeah. And that can happen. This wasn't just a fluke, right? There's like a really super annoying little post that sits there, right? Right there that will just give you a good bounce on that. Right. And I guess if you remove the pose, it goes straight down the middle. So, you definitely want to be uh be on the nudge there a little bit, I think, just to kind of overshoot it a little bit. Oh, what the hell happened there? What the actual I need to get that on the replay. I couldn't quite figure out what happened. Did we get a Lazarus or was that just a dig? Oh, it was just Oh, he he nearly scissored himself as well, right? Yeah, it was just all right. He stayed alive for a bit and get got some points. Yeah, there's just those arcy bounces just so much wood on this game. It's just it's so ugly and I don't like it. Well, I wouldn't say it's ugly, but it's just like the design is not very it's not very interesting, right? You you have these two scissoring flippers right on each side and then you have all these like really tight targets there and there's like nothing in between. It's just it's just murder. Thanks for following Wiggles 78. Tell all your friends trying to hit 2,000 followers or yeah uh before this end of the year and I think there's just a 100 or something left. Oh, nice. There he knows just knock it out. All right. So far, we only hit rubber. There's something something that scores. Oh, that outline. I It's just It's just so weird. Like, how how does the ball even find that little hole? It's not like it's big or anything. It's just like but it just absolutely per perfect finds it way way just exactly in between those two. Yeah. Thank you for following GM multiballer. Yeah, one good rip there, but uh that was cut short. Oh, nice back hand there. It was just like and it kind of felt a little bit late in a way. It's just like [] that. I'm not going to let that that dead bounce. You know, he's doing good work on the drops now, right? So, there we go. Let's Oh, [] Yeah. Okay. He got the 3x, but there was huge potential there to to get the uh the full enchilada. Yeah. So, this is this game is set to five ball. So, we still got ways to go. There is a gravity well there. Yeah. I mean like I'm I'm just like I'm amazed every time how the ball just perfectly arcs itself like from anywhere on the playfield. would just like arc like and it just like perfect. It doesn't hit any rubber, no nothing. It's just like said goodbye. Oh, nice spin out of the bumper. Oh, that's crazy. All right. So, nobody's really uh running away with it and and doing a chunky kind of 50k bonus and ripping it. No. Oh, yeah. We all know that feeling. It's just like don't even try. Don't fight it. You had a really nice, speaking of enchilada, I had a nice burrito from the taco truck outside here today. No food truck tomorrow, though. Well, he's up at 4x now. And full bonus. Oh, one little nasty drop left there. Yeah. Is this going to happen? Ah! Oh my god. Nearly scissored. Oh, that was so close. Let's have a look at it. Ah. Oh, no. Yeah. Let's I I I was just watching his gameplay and I forgot about his near sister experience there. But he's got his 5k leaving and still got another ball to play. So sack is very much in that it was your near scissor thing you did there was just Oh, we're in ball four. I mean, I don't know. Yeah, I must have missed something. I thought this would be the last ball, but we've been seeing some good play. kind of follow the bonus inserts straight down drain. All right, I bumped my elbow. Well, somebody else did just now. And I just put a bet on myself that I would bump my elbow when I'm not supposed to. All right. Damn. Yeah, everyone is still in play, right? I mean, it's very even Steven scoring on this game. It's just very hard to kind of Oops. What happened there? A bit of a rubber band. building building some bonus there. Got 3x and got an opportunity for the 4x there. Just one little annoying target left. Yeah, this is going south. Oh my god. It was basically in the in lane. It was the ball was nearly drained, right? That was that was sick. And it just somehow the ball must have had spin there. Oh, and it went out anyway. Yeah, that was just like the ball basically. I'm I'm going to drain now and uh yeah, you saved it, but you're not going to get it back. You're not going to get any play on it. You're at So that's even like less bad than the story he told me. Like I All right, we got a post bump there. It was skillfully done, I'd say. Oh, he's kind of open up the scissor there just to kind of tease us a little bit. A [***] Yeah. I mean, still sitting in the lead, so All right. Yeah, that's it. And now Dan has a point. Put him at six. And the game is basically over. Dan Dempsey and David Oliver advances. Uh we have one more group done. Uh group two is done. Uh Tom Isac and Tony Levvenia advances. Quang Chong and Scott Burgess goes home. Oh, actually we just have another group done. Group four is done. Uh Tim Hansen and Scott Makias advances. Tony Frioro and suppressed player goes home. And group three, we're still waiting for Joker poker. Yeah, there's a weird kind of three-way tiebreaker that could happen on Joker Poker. So, uh I'm going to move over and see if we can get any um over the shoulder action there. All right. Good run, folks. 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