# Concord Open 2026 Main: Semi game 1/3 on Stern John Wick Pro. Streamed from The Flipper Room.

**Source:** DRI374  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2026-05-01  
**Duration:** 35m 59s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_dijNKB81Q

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## Analysis

Broadcast of Concord Open 2026 tournament semi-final match (game 1 of 3) featuring eight competitive players on Stern John Wick Pro at The Flipper Room. Commentators provide detailed play-by-play analysis of mode progression, shot sequences, and scoring, highlighting the game's challenging outlanes and complex rule set. Notable performances include strong scoring in the 250M+ range and discussion of specific modes like the Deconsecrated Multiball and Car Multiball.

### Key Claims

- [MEDIUM] John Wick Pro games streamed twice previously saw scores reach the 300s — _Commentator observing gameplay patterns based on prior broadcasts_
- [MEDIUM] The right outlane on John Wick Pro is particularly difficult and shows no mercy — _Commentator observation during gameplay about outlane difficulty_
- [HIGH] The escape value award in John Wick mode progression can reach 50+ million points — _Explicit on-screen display during gameplay: 'Cash escape value is 50 mil'_
- [HIGH] The Heist is described as a big-paying mode in John Wick — _Commentator describing Ruska Roma heist mode during gameplay_
- [HIGH] The Deconsecrated Multiball requires hitting Winston at the captive ball — _Player attempted 'consecrated multiball' by hitting Winston_

### Notable Quotes

> "The outlines on this game, they have they show no mercy ever. The right one is just the worst."
> — **Commentator**, ~06:00
> _Assessment of John Wick Pro's outlane difficulty as a notable challenge_

> "so he wants to get the consecrated multiball out"
> — **Commentator**, ~12:30
> _Reference to the Deconsecrated Multiball mechanic being a strategic goal_

> "That's a pretty juicy mode that you ideally want to have running with something else."
> — **Commentator**, ~18:00
> _Commentary on mode stacking strategy in John Wick_

> "How does he know the shots are sitting there? ... Oh no. It's lit now. Cash escape value is 50 mil."
> — **Commentator**, ~24:45
> _Highlighting difficulty of 'lights out' mode where players must hit shots without visual indicators_

> "We're on ball two. Oh, that was on ball two. We're in ball three now... Half a billion."
> — **Commentator**, ~22:00
> _Acknowledging the high scoring potential of the game (500M+ reached)_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| The Flipper Room | venue | Tournament venue hosting Concord Open 2026 |
| Stern John Wick Pro | game | Pinball machine used for tournament play |
| Concord Open 2026 | event | Tournament event with semi-final matches being broadcast |
| Dustin | person | Player in tournament match, had mode ready at start of game |
| Gabe | person | Tournament player with strong performance noted by commentators |
| Dan | person | Tournament player attempting strategic play on Winston |
| Matt | person | Tournament player, frequenter of The Flipper Room |
| Dirty Pool Pinball | organization | Content creator/streamer who provided raid to broadcast |
| Stern Pinball | company | Manufacturer of John Wick Pro |

### Signals

- **[gameplay_signal]** John Wick Pro features complex mode stacking mechanics and lights-out challenges; players strategically choose which modes to activate and stack together for maximum scoring (confidence: high) — Repeated commentary about mode readiness indicators, stacking strategies, and lights-out mode difficulty
- **[gameplay_signal]** Right outlane presents significant difficulty; commentator notes it 'shows no mercy ever' and causes frequent unexpected drains (confidence: high) — Multiple references to outlane challenges and near-misses on the right side throughout broadcast
- **[competitive_signal]** Tournament scoring suggests John Wick Pro is producing competitive differentiation; prior games reached 300M+, current performances in 250M-500M range (confidence: high) — Commentator notes prior scores in 300s, current game exceeded 500M on ball 2, demonstrating skill variance
- **[venue_signal]** The Flipper Room hosts streamed tournament play with professional commentary and is established as a competitive venue (confidence: high) — Broadcast infrastructure with detailed play-by-play commentary and multiple simultaneous player tracking
- **[content_signal]** Tournament stream generates community engagement including raids and chat participation; referred to as established content channel (confidence: high) — Commentator acknowledges raid from Dirty Pool Pinball and references previous broadcast history
- **[gameplay_signal]** John Wick Pro has substantial rules depth with multiple named modes (Deconsecrated Multiball, Car Multiball, Heist, Assassination, etc.) and secondary mechanics like escape value collection (confidence: high) — Constant reference to mode names, progressive mechanics, and strategic shot selection throughout play

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## Transcript

We're going to play John Wick here first and then the shadow again and then we're going to see some Iron Man. All right, let's see what we're going for here. Uh Dustin got a mode ready. Definitely want to have some company in that mode. Hitting the Winston. back and into the scoop. I don't know if that was intentional or not, but here we are. All right, we Oh, need do we still need one? Yeah, I mean his locks should be ready here because you can see the Winston is pulsating here. Uh, but I can't see any locks up there. And I think that's what's kind of puzzling in here a little bit. Yeah. I don't know what Okay, there we go. Now Oh, that was uh what we call [] in pinball. Um, but I guess you need uh you need a a last firm hit on Winston to kind of get the thing going. Uh, we've seen some pretty decent games on John Wick here. only streamed it twice here. One tiebreaker and one game there and scores went up to the 300s in one game, right? So, we'll probably um see something similar here hopefully. How you doing in chat, folks? So much for professional kiss. That's a warning. Okay, so car is ready. God damn it. Here we come. And he went for the car and I was just think Yeah, he is in a mode actually. Okay. And now he tacked on some time on that mode. Triple jack. Somebody give me a gun. A gun. Yeah. I mean, the thing is that these they're starting to pay out these shots now. Look at this. All right. So, he's Oh, nice ball save there. 4. All right, we're down to one ball play there. And this is kind of paid out a pretty decent amount of uh pocket change. Two. Yeah, the the outlines on this game, they have they show no mercy ever. The right one is just the worst. We're down to uh the remaining eight players. This is the first round of first game for this group. We're going to follow them through this game and two more and then we're down to the final four. All right, the car is ready. Oh, he was going for the backhand there. We have rules here. Follow them. All right, we're on one warning. Uh, now we're going to see some uh points pouring in here. All right, the shots are stacked to the ceiling here, so just get something going. Oh, we got some traffic there. Oh my god, what a sliced salami that was. Jesus, that was just like that was almost like magic how those balls disappeared. Welcome to the chat. Dirty pool pinball. Thank you for the raid last night. That was nice. Very, very nice of you. Yeah, Matt comes up here a lot. played pinball with us. So, he's no stranger up here. Oh, so he's sort of like greeting it up here a little bit. So his car is ready, his motor is ready, but he want he's going for Winston. It looks like he wanted con the consecrated multiball out. Oh my god, what happened there? I didn't even uh zone in. Kick goes out to you, player two. Ooh, that was a loop pass that went down the drain. Sorry, I need to get some food ordered. In Osaka are skilled players. Take care that you play by the rules. Heat. Uh yeah, they got a decent pizza place on GrubHub here. But anyhow, so there was an unfortunate uh drain for just in there. And Gab's ball didn't last very long either. And Matt is not having a whole lot of luck either. So let's see what we're down to here. Okay, so Gabe is still on top. And Dan was doing something I couldn't quite read out. He was trying to make progress on Winston when he had both mode and core ready. So, let's see what happens next. The continent will appreciate your accuracy. All right. More progress there. Play wisely. So, what is he aiming for on the fly there? warning has been issued. Oh no, it did come out, but Oh, so he's going in dry here with a with a car multiball. I couldn't quite read out which one it was, but all right, shoot everything that's lit. Uh, get your lights out. There's a lot of uh in Oh, you had it ready. I didn't see the button was lit. Okay, so this is paying out. There's a ball save there. Oh, might have had uh the main ball save ready there or available. All right, 30 mil for that mode on its own. That's pretty good actually. 5 4 3 2 All right, let's uh go for some Winston hits. I think he only needs two or three maybe. The monkey is kindly inspecting the high table. The rules. Gather intel. This is a pretty juicy mode uh that you ideally want to have running with something else. We got an O. That's why I'm not the one telling you that certain extra. Okay, the locks are lit. I say we got VGO ready as [] broke the moment. Ball two locked. Yeah, we table that for later. Come on. Oh my god, that was so lucky. Wow. Or skillfully done. Maybe he moved it last second. I don't know. All right, backhand. Nope. Yeah, that center ramp when when you need it as desperately as it does now right now is Yeah, there we go. Oh yeah, he he pressed the button. Nothing happened. But now here we are. So I wonder if he might want to get the uh the extra ball. Yeah, this is running away now. We're at 160. I think he already collected this extra ball. Oh, that was a shitty drink. All right, super there. I believe. Oh, yeah. That's right. He had VGO. Oh, so he isn't this very difficult to play with the lights out because he don't know where the shots move or do they move in a distinct pattern? That's the question. But it's consequences. 10 9 8 7 6 5 Yeah, it's very long ball save on the assassination modes or whatever they're called. So the escape value is currently sitting at 32 mil Not sure what that pays out. Oh, the bash award is just 4 mil sitting there. Yeah, seems he wants to have back in his scoop. I think he's kind of ready to cash it out. Yeah, the game is not letting it have that. But he got plenty of time. So the question is if Yeah, it's a riskreward kind of scenario in here. You can hit that ramp. Oh, so consistently I was going to say, but then I missed. So I'm not going to say anything what I think they're going to do. Oh, look at that. Look at that. He wants to Oh, he wants that bad 2x. Oh, [] Oh, rejected. Remaining less than one minute. Okay, so now is VGO timer. Oh, that isn't The thing is like shooting that scoop on a full roll. Oh my god, he's just so close now. Yeah, look at that. 254 mil. You completed the task. Sweet. Good job. 5 4 3 2 1 Big collector. Yeah, very nicely done. 86 million bonus. Wow. Look at that. Half a billion. We're on ball two. Oh, that was on ball two. We're in ball three now. But yeah. Excellent job. Yeah, Dustin have a pretty big hole here that kind of needs to be filled. And once it's been filled, we need to build on top of that hole. So shitty. Yeah. Oh, you had a good mode running there as well. Ruskar Roma the heist pays out a lot. Yeah, that's a rough one. Yeah. I'm trying to figure out what he's thinking here. Uh So, it looked a little bit like the car was ready. But that might have been an optical illusion. Oh, task crew. Look at that. Look at that spinner go. That is paying out. Yeah. And you only got 20 seconds left on that mode. So I don't know like he needs to somehow build up some time for that to be able to collect anything significantly. Target expiration Guys, he's up there now. So, this is paying out. Oh, that is going to cost him. Oh, the extra ball is flashing. Get the 2x ball there. And I wonder if this is going to start up his leg. Yeah, he's in he's in it now already. Yeah, this going to be huge. Clock status ticking very fast. This is going to be big. 4 3 2 one. Yeah, this the thing. You don't know where where the shots are. Okay, there. There it was. No. Oh, and there was a ball save there. Ah, Gabe read the playfield. All right, that was just a single warning, thankfully. Yeah, we need to keep building. All right, here he goes. Lights out. How did he How does he know the shots are sitting there? 10. So, how do you know how many shots? Or do you have to work down the entire timer? Oh, no. It's lit now. Cash escape value is 50 mil. And he's probably going to wait until he's got lights out to get that out. Oh, he dodges it out. Not quite as big as uh Dan, but um pull ahead. So, back to uh chopping wood here. Um what do we have here? Yeah, that's the box lit there. Need one more for a mode start. Mode is ready. Right job. All right. Yeah, that's it for game. Great ball by Gabe. That is a very juicy bonus. I like that. 765. I mean, that's not to spit at, right? I mean, catching up catching that up from being in the state that the game is in, right? Everything is kind of far off, you know? It's going to be it's going to be an interesting uh ball three here for for Dan. Matt has at least secured one point already, but he wants to get into the fight here. Oh, a bit of a fumble there. And uh we're up to Danny. You're testing the faces of the high table. All right. What What do you What does he got going here? All right, we got a we got a ride lit here on the taxi. the left orbit. All right, we got the next job going there. All right, the job is on Ruska Roma. Oh, this this is this is so if he gets the the car out here now, this is not to frown at because the heist is a big mode. Yeah. So, you just need to nail that shot. Oh my god. Why is it so difficult? No. Don't do this. Oh my god. Ski pass. Oh, like take a deep breath now. Breathe. Beautiful. All right. Yeah. Lights out and uh hit the road. Yeah. Look, look at those gold coins collecting here now. Lo market. What's that going to be? Oh, only 10 million. Okay, he's got about 170 to go or or reduct. No, we're still playing. We're in We're in the mode. We got more time on the mode. So, there's definitely room to uh do a big collect at the end here. Triple jackpot. Oh no, did he Oh, it moved. Oh [] No. Oh, so close. Oh man. Yeah, there. There we go. There was a tilt. Yeah, exciting uh ball three there for sure. Good game.

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