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2019 IFPA Pin-Masters Playoffs | Finals

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TL;DR

2019 IFPA Pin-Masters Finals live commentary featuring elite players competing across Tron, Star Wars, and Star Trek.

Summary

Commentary from the 2019 IFPA Pin-Masters Playoffs Finals, a competitive pinball tournament featuring Zach Sharpe, Joe LeMire, Jim Belsito, and Colin McAlpine competing in a match-play format across multiple machines (Tron, Star Wars, Star Trek) for cash prizes and a pinball machine. The footage captures live play-by-play analysis of shots, strategies, and scoring as players attempt to reach target scores on each machine using golf terminology (strokes, holes-in-one, birdies, eagles).

Key Claims

  • Winner receives new pinball machine plus $2,000 cash prize (later clarified as just $2,000)

    high confidence · Commentators discussing prize structure; Josh Sharp confirms $2,000 first place prize

  • Zach Sharpe is attempting 'the Eric Stone miracle' – winning U.S. Nationals, Pin-Masters, and Pinburgh (three major tournaments)

    high confidence · Commentators explicitly reference this narrative for Zach Sharpe's tournament run

  • Three of the final four players (Zach Sharpe, Joe LeMire, Jim Belsito) are previous Pinburgh champions

    high confidence · Commentators state: 'For all the marbles, we're three previous Pinburgh champions'

  • Tron tilt sensitivity was looser on finals day than previous day, allowing more aggressive play without tilting

    high confidence · Commentator: 'The tilt today is quite a bit looser than it was yesterday, where almost anything was a tilt'

  • Star Trek target score for the finals was 35 million points

    high confidence · Commentators state target score at start of Star Trek round

  • Zach Sharpe achieved a 'hole-in-one' (one-stroke score of 35 million) on Star Trek, setting the benchmark for the finals

    high confidence · Play-by-play commentary confirms Zach Sharpe reached 35M target on first ball, commentators call it 'hole-in-one'

  • Josh Sharp is a frequent contributor to TiltForms 2 pinball rules and strategy forum

    medium confidence · Commentator asks Josh: 'You're a frequent visitor there, aren't you?' though Josh describes himself as 'frequent lurker'

  • Zach Sharpe uses Star Trek and Abracadabra as his consistent game picks in tournaments

    medium confidence · Commentators note: 'Zach Sharpe's usual picks... You picked Star Trek second, right? There's been a theme, absolutely'

Notable Quotes

  • “Zach Sharpe is trying to pull off the Eric Stone miracle, isn't he? We're new U.S. Nationals and pin masters. Yeah. Going for the sweep. The double-double.”

    Commentator @ Early in finals — Establishes Zach Sharpe's tournament narrative – attempting to win three major championships in one season

  • “Did I call that hole-in-one or what? ... Just masterful play. Setting the bar for everyone else.”

    Commentator @ After Zach Sharpe completes Star Trek in one ball — Commentary celebrates elite play and establishes high benchmark for remaining competitors

  • “It's all this golf terminology. We're to throw it out for the finals, right?”

    Commentator @ Mid-tournament — Acknowledges the use of golf terminology (strokes, birdies, eagles, holes-in-one) in match-play scoring format

  • “Joe really wants to get into the locker here... and now he's a 20 million shot here to sink it... wow he did it from the other side i haven't seen anybody try it from the other side yet”

    Commentator @ During Tron finals — Notes novel strategy execution (hitting lock from unusual flipper side) during high-pressure tournament play

  • “That would have been gone. Very uncomfortable looking flip followed Barnyard a great save.”

    Commentator @ Colin's Star Trek ball — Commentary on clutch defensive play during critical moments

  • “Every stroke right now as close as this is is gonna be huge.”

    Commentator @ Late in Star Trek round — Emphasizes competitive tightness of finals where single-stroke differences determine positions

  • “He's just going for more. Oh, and he adds a ball. Zach Sharpe was just waiting for applause. He's like, I know I'm done, but come on.”

    Commentator @ After Zach Sharpe's hole-in-one completion — Humorous observation of player psychology and showmanship in competitive play

Entities

Zach SharpepersonJoe LeMirepersonJim BelsitopersonColin McAlpinepersonJosh SharppersonEric StonepersonKylepersonBrian Woodardperson

Signals

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    event_signal: 2019 IFPA Pin-Masters Finals broadcast featured professional videography setup and live commentary, indicating production standards for major tournament coverage

    medium · Reference to Kyle's 'amazing video camera rig' that is 'battery operated, cordless' and 'wireless'; Brian Woodard managing crowd noise with 'quiet' sign

  • ?

    community_signal: Tournament infrastructure included commercial sponsorship integration (Cornuts 'Ketchup only in Kaneda's Pinball Podcast' reference), indicating professionalization of pinball esports

    low · Commentator references: 'Ball also sponsored Barnyard Cornuts? Cool American Pinball flavor. Ketchup only in Kaneda's Pinball Podcast.'

  • ?

    competitive_signal: Tron match-play strategy centers on whirlpool vs middle flipper approaches to multiball, with lock accumulation as critical path to high scores; broadside mode timing impacts risk/reward

    high · Commentators discuss player choices between whirlpool and middle approaches, broadside timing, lock management, and multiball planning

  • ?

    competitive_signal: Star Trek optimal strategy appears to involve prioritizing away team mode for combo multipliers, warp ramp shots, and klingon lock progression; multiple players utilize similar routes though with varying success and risk tolerance

    high · Commentators repeatedly note away team strategy, warp ramp value, and distinction between safe spinner shots vs aggressive ramp attempts

  • ?

    event_signal: 2019 IFPA Pin-Masters Finals featured tight competition among elite players with final standings determined by single-stroke margins across three machines

Transcript

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0:00
Oh for half a second. And then let's transfer it into another double Elway into a double catapult super. What are we witnessing here? Let's flip all of this.
0:48
Oh, great, got it. Clark. Is it Clark? Clark got it first. Oh, what? What? What just happened? Oh, we've got the game going already. Black Bros. This is the finals.
1:09
They're not messing around here, are they? Yeah, everybody's got flights. I do, too. 5.30, I'm out of here. All right, looks like we're doing a little practice here.
1:25
All the players having played Black Bros. And do you have the finals up there, Escher? Second? Oh, yeah. It hasn't been put in yet.
1:35
I'm working on the scores here. Yep. I'm waiting on Josh. Like we all are. Oh, this, yeah. So, Escher, what was the game that did you in in your group? Tron. Yeah, I got a five on Star Wars, but it was kind of over before really and did you pick Star Wars? I did pick Star Wars, huh? Well, I did to flip every ball. I did you did oh, that's good. Good. Good Where are you using the button plunge or did you yes? I was letting the
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high · Scoreboard tracking shows Zach Sharpe and Jim with 3 strokes, Joe and Colin with 2 strokes after Tron and first Star Trek round

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    community_signal: Tournament commentators demonstrate deep rules knowledge and real-time strategic analysis; Josh Sharp engaged as rule authority and official during finals

    high · Commentators provide detailed mode breakdowns, shot value calculations, and strategy commentary; Josh Sharp consulted for prize verification

    • 2:16
    Then I can blame the game and not me right yeah That's important. Yeah, it's important to be able to blame other things. It should be
    2:26
    Here we go. He'll take this as his actual game. Instant multiball in the final four. We've got Zach Sharp, Joe LeMire, Jim Belsito, and Colin McAlpine.
    2:42
    Yep. For all the marbles, is this for a pinball machine? Is that the winner gets a pinball machine here? Yeah, new in the box. Wow. In this final, we've got three previous Pinberg champions. Yeah.
    2:57
    Zach is trying to pull off the Eric Stone miracle, isn't he? We're new U.S. Nationals and pin masters. Yeah. Going for the sweep. The double-double. If he played as well as he did last round, I'm liking his chances. I do, too. He's been playing really well all weekend. Yeah. I want to see another one on Black Rose. I missed the other one. Here is a walk the plank. It's not worth your energy, Jim. Here we go. 500K. Come on. You can do it. Oh, he's not even going to bother. It's not worth the effort. shark loves pin golf he loves the ifpa right in the multi-ball yeah oh ray says no pin as far as i know just twenty five hundred dollars cash is it yes so that's still pretty good pretty good weekend a new in box pinball machine twenty five hundred dollars with the cash i take it absolutely All right. And Colin with player four, he's going to do his practice session, and then we'll be off and running. Yep. So Zach's usual picks is Black Rose.
    4:07
    You picked Star Trek second, right? There's been a theme, absolutely. And then Abracadabra if in the lead by a lot. Yeah. Yes. It's hard to get a ten on it, but it's also very hard to get a one on it. So it's the perfect stabilizer.
    4:24
    Yeah, it's kind of like betting $501 in prices, right? I just want to see Jim try to hit the cannon again, because that was entertaining with the amount of cannon hits that he got. He's got some practice.
    4:42
    If Jim's in a three-way tiebreaker for first, I'm really liking his chances. He's very good at not losing in those tiebreakers.
    4:56
    First place listed at $2,000. It keeps on going down and down here. I think Josh is going hit, and he's changing it on the website by the minute. Under the table, $500. Oh, my brother's about to win.
    5:11
    All right. I don't know if there's been any sort of pot split here, but we're hoping it's winner take all. Yeah, the Cayley split.
    5:19
    Nobody yet to take up that offer, but still hoping one day. We're looking for that $19,000 Pembroke pot. Yes.
    5:29
    Yeah. All right. Josh told me it's $4 for first place. Okay, well, now it's really done. Can't even get a cab ride back to the airport with that one. All right, so here we go. Zach Sharpe up first. So you start with a skill shot or does he power plunge around? Target score, 15 million points. I guess I could do my job here, eh? It's the only one that I have.
    5:59
    Alright. He's not there. Consulting the television. Make sure he's actually in the final four. He's checking. Check in on the basketball game Looks like he is ready To go The finals are about to start Here we go Not to the right out lane Oh here comes the whirlpool Get those locks Let's go Oh, just we're gonna see Zack continue on the world. Oh, and he is human. He is human. He is. Wow. All right, Joe is up now. Joe has played very well today. So the door is now officially open. It's a little bit open. You can see some light coming through the door. Yes. Got to hit 19 in a row. Not worth. No?
    7:10
    I feel like that's not trusting your ability. Yeah. Once you're getting going, just keep on going. Oh, good save there.
    7:22
    And now we're going to see the up-the-middle strategy here. I want to say last... You watched Joe's group earlier, right? On first round?
    7:32
    I don't think we did, if I remember correctly. Maybe. Oh, another nice... That was a nice lap. Very nice. Awesome. He's working for his progress here. I don't think he was originally going for multi-ball, but... I'm not sure what he's doing now. It looks like he is trying for the ramp, right ramp. I think he just wants the ball on the flipper at this point. Good time to get in the lock. The ramp blew up.
    7:57
    There we go. Oh. That looked like it was in. Okay, here he goes. I think he wins the award for most slingshots without an outlay. Absolutely. Black Rose. The tilt today is quite a bit looser than it was yesterday, where almost anything was a tilt. Now you can give it some slaps. I think half those slaps would have been tilts, though. Maybe one of them I tilted through. Josh Sharp has a few pictures of his wonderful abilities in setting up tilts where the bob is essentially resting on the ring.
    8:22
    Yeah. Now you're ramping. Yeah. Or do you get greedy and get double? Nah. Oh. Well, now he's only one letter away. Does it reset? Oh, it does reset. Now he can load. Oh, yeah. He's got some opportunity here. Can load. Left to ramp. Ooh, there it is. Oh, just missed. Gets it back.
    8:50
    I do like that left ramp. It is very smooth. Oh, no. It's a good ball there. He's got a... It's kind of a weird drain. Yeah. He had a big piece of it. Yeah, it was just a... No danger. A little bit of a lost opportunity if he could have hit that ramp and at least got a shot at the cannon. Yeah. Well, if he power plunges, he'll get another cannon shot next ball. So, it's a good chance for a two.
    9:16
    As long as he doesn't pull a Belcedo, he'll be fine. Yeah. Talking about Belcedo. He is up. Wasn't that a nice segue that I gave you there? Yeah. So, skill shots.
    9:32
    And then see if he's a middle or a whirlpool guy. I think Jim's going up the middle. I think he was way too focused on that broadside.
    9:46
    And there he goes. Does he survive it? Yes, he does. Yep. So we'll see right now. Yep. Is it middle or is it ramp? Stick to the plan, Jim. I don't know what your plan is, but... Well, he wants the high score, I think. Jim, double-checking that the glass is on the machine.
    10:06
    Yep, he's middle. Walk the plank. He's like, I didn't time that properly. That was a great brick off the left ramp. Yes.
    10:17
    He's got it. It always looks very close. Yes. The shark looks very hungry every single time. Okay, here comes Broadside. Two million.
    10:29
    He's letting it go down. He doesn't want Broadside, looks like. Just letting it time out. Interesting. So not taking the shot up the middle. Letting it time out. Center cannon, giving the ball a little nudge. Always.
    10:48
    Yeah, that's not sticking. So his mud is not lit. No, so he's going for right ramp, I think. now know that it's not here so about lights or a regular lights the water mode not sure what leads to most of the in the room i thought you'd know that of knowledge much later are not double-draught side now again uh... just missed once that double broadside this is good value if you can hit it four times time sticking yeah start finding it go get saved to get control nope thoroughly worth it now if you can only get to i mean three millions three million but usually on the game it's either okay well there's one nice one million you might be able to quick one There it is. There's two. Wow. That's very nice on the fly shot.
    11:51
    All right. Okay. This mode's still not lit, I think. No. So you're post-passing and wrapping. What is he doing?
    12:03
    Spot lock. Is it the gold? I don't think. It might be. One more in lane. No. I mean, he got it. And now he's got the lock. On the way out. Yep. So he's in pretty good shape for his ball, too. Yep. 6 million on his first ball.
    12:18
    Halfway to his... Well, what? One-third of the way to his target? Yeah, a little bit over that. Alright. Colin's stepping up. Let's see if he's a whirlpool guy or a middle guy. I think he's a whirlpool.
    12:35
    A whirlpool person. Colin, disappointed there's not a family guy in this tournament. I sure am glad there's not a family guy in this tournament, I can tell you that. I was disappointed there wasn't a real attack from Mars in this tournament.
    12:54
    Oh, the bang. Yeah. Yes. It's like that scene from Tommy Boy. Oh, yeah, there it is. We've finally seen one, right? Yeah. Yes. All right, let's see if Zach comes back here and gets a two, or he lost his touch. Target score, 15 million points.
    13:20
    15 million. I'm guessing he's going to keep up the same strategy with the whirlpools. We'll see him, if he's in that whirlpool ramp, I bet we'll see him continue until he misses. Otherwise, take a lock if he's got one left. You think he's just going to ramp out, like, all the way? Is that what he did last time? That was pretty well. He did get the three-ball lock last time, so I think... Oh, no. Huh.
    13:45
    Very interesting. It was a good choice going for the lock, get it lit there. Yep. He's got something, because now he can plunge into the cannon and then shoot into the lock. So as long as he can plunge into the locker, he almost guarantees himself a multi-ball. And he didn't hit the lock. He tried. That was open, yeah. He rejected on him, so it's not a for sure thing. Joe really wants to get into the locker here. Yes, he does. and now he's got a 20 million shot here to sink it yeah this could be it let's see and on the backswing oh one more one more not sure not sure got it wow he did it from the other side i haven't seen anybody try it from the other side yet jim should have tried very good and he is now just achieved the target score and has two strokes on this hole. Yeah. An eagle. Wow. Is that the golf? That is the golf term, yes. The golf term. An eagle.
    14:45
    All right. 5,000 in damage. The eagle has landed. Yeah. See if anyone else can pick up an eagle. Jim's in good shape. He needs to, his lock is ready. His locker is not open, so.
    15:01
    Yeah, this is where you really start thinking about mitigating your damages. How many strokes you're going to be behind, or if you can tie it up. Yes, Joe has set the pace now, right? Yep.
    15:21
    He survived the punch. Oh, that was a bit of a fumble, I think. Yeah. I'm sure Jim would like to have that back. Jim hoping the ball would come back. Yes. Alright Colin See if he Full plunges or power plunges Into the locker here I'm guessing The latter but we'll see Yeah or Skill shot but I think skill shot Did him dirty last time so I think he's uninterested in going back Agreed Yeah We'll lay broadside for him right away as well So, you know, it's a good Good opportunity Hit anything, almost That'll do it Double broadside And there he goes Time for the middle There he goes, there's one One for one Three more to go He's got the time for it Two Oh, off the target. Off the target. This is a...
    16:34
    Here we go. One more. Oh, he's still got time. Still got... Oh, he only needs one more and he's got his target. Yeah. This one will be for eight million if he can hit it. Oh, there he goes.
    16:49
    And he's done. Nice. That is it. And he has achieved the target in two. Wow. Go for the 16. Very well played trapping up there, giving himself the time to aim. Money. Nice and controlled.
    17:04
    Bong. Alright, now there's two twos. Colin and Joe tied with two. Zach and Jim still unknown. Now what does he do here?
    17:22
    Parts it into the lock. Interesting. He's going broadside. Wow okay so he's going the same strategy as Colin just did? Oh okay. He still wants his multi ball. Interesting. Zach getting excited for that balls multi. Yeah. Can you still play double broadside during multi ball or is that gone? It's two. It looks like you can. Looks like he can, I think. Yeah, it looks like it's lit. Double, double broadside.
    17:59
    Oh, yeah. Seen that one coming. He's still going to get some millions. I think he can probably get... It's kind of a neat stack that he did there with the lock. He doesn't need the eight million. There it is. There's just one more. Probably be enough time for it. No, he needs a little bit more, but that'll be very good. He actually has time to hit it if he does on the fly. There's some grace period.
    18:25
    No. Almost, though. Important 500,000, though. Absolutely. Here, the proper thing is to close your eyes and hope. Oh.
    18:38
    Faceplant. Yes. Someone. Fingers crossed he kills Polly for the two million. Someone's failed swing class, unfortunately. Awesome. One five. That should do it. nope always so close any mode said yeah now he's hitting targets interesting like areas I don't think he meant to yeah met this hit the targets there but yes alright really important a try to get that bonus anyway yeah alright very important are me parrot that was better well these guys broadside lit for two million That'll do it. He needs one more. One more.
    19:23
    The gold coin gives it to you as well, right? He's hit a lot of targets. Yeah, he's getting 4,000 per hit. Those adds up after a while. Yeah. He needs 100,000 in bonus. I'm liking his chance. Nice save there. How much is the pirate code? Spot letter. A couple thousand. I'm going to go to Lynn now and say he has it on bonus. Yeah. Oh, just got it. Under over on bonus. Pretty good getting a three there. $330,000 in bonus. He didn't have it after he missed the knife throw. He still had to do some work there. Good job on Zach. That's three strokes. That is what you'd call a birdie in golf land.
    20:05
    It's all this golf terminology. We've got to throw it out for the finals, right? Might as well. We've got Jim Belsito. on the first team who are replay who all right Jim Jim just need to sink this putt yeah Tyzak sharp he wants to go behind plunge he's gonna park it in the lock here and you actually get the video mode as well and he's got the law gives him the video look is it random which one you get oh it's level two level two it's for a million. I want to see this. This should be good. Come on, Jim. Swim. Swim. Swim. Swim. Go. Go. He's got it. Wow. Very good. Spot letter. That's not a million. That's all he gets. Oh, my God. That's a million. That's a lot of effort for a letter. I think his chips... Oh, he needs one more. So if he power plunges around, his sink ship will be ready. But I think he's uninterested in sinking chips now. I think that might be dead. Yeah, Whirlpool looks like it's a really good option here right now. Two more.
    21:24
    Little pass Oh that a nice little tip pass Yep that worked Wow Here we go Whirl whirl No Oh interesting And he got it Oh, side. Yep. Very good. Well, boom goes the dynamite. Wow. I was looking. Well, it goes to show you do the shot that you feel comfortable with, right? Yeah. Excellent. Good job, Jim. All right. Good playing from everyone there. So, Joe Lemire, column McAlpine with two strokes. Yes. Zach Sharp, Jim Belcedo with three. Tight race.
    21:56
    Everybody is still in it. I'm going to guess he picked Star Trek. I think you're right. I think there has been a familiar tone with all the games that he has picked, so it doesn't surprise me. But it will be interesting if he is behind in this round, what that third game will be. Yes. Here we can see Carl's amazing video camera rig. Battery operated, cordless. Yes. Wireless.
    22:31
    Nick's setting up these shots really nice. Jim, they're right behind us. Practicing his away team. Now if someone gets a hole-in-one on this, they're going to be right in the driver's seat for the last... Yeah.
    22:59
    You know, I think that's what you're gunning for right here. This is a very, very doable machine to go ahead and get a hole-in-one on. Yeah, absolutely. This kind of makes or breaks it for everyone. Yes.
    23:13
    Let's turn to Star Trek. Target score is 35 million. Yeah. I haven't seen a lot of ones on this today. Not a lot of ones, but I've seen some twos and threes. That could have been ones. Usually one or two shots away from Klingon. For sure. But, uh... A lot of players trying to get their away team early. Get those extra mode points. Most going for super ramps. Trying to finish off with that. See if anyone else does anything different, but I think it's going to be pretty prime directive to space jump to save the Enterprise.
    23:55
    I've seen a lot of low-value multiballs in the stream last round. Yeah, surprisingly. He's got that shot dialed in. Yeah, you should just go save the Enterprise.
    24:10
    If you can hit three side ramps, you'll be in good shape. All right. Drive back. Oh, you're talking back on my show.
    24:26
    Special shout-out to Tilt Forms 2, the premier place to discuss pinball rules and strategy. You're a frequent visitor there, aren't you?
    24:38
    Absolutely. I'm a frequent lurker. There's the lurkers, and then there's the contributors. I just watch it all happen.
    24:52
    All right. Jim's comboing out. Jim's also practicing. Yeah, I know. He is practicing. Get those power outlings. Yes. He feels pretty good about that. First place, somewhere between $2,000 and $2,500.
    25:09
    I thought it was somewhere between $4 and $2,000. The last time I heard. There might be a pinball machine in it. I'm not sure. We're all confused here. We have no idea.
    25:20
    If you go onto the IFPA website, they are listed on there. I'm going to go ask Josh. He's right there.
    25:28
    What's for first? What is it? Two. It is $2,000. $2,000 a set of pinball machine legs. Yeah. I'd go for that. You can get some gold legs. Yeah. Probably have a hard time getting those through customs. Yeah. Has anybody made a lamp with just a pinball machine leg on it?
    25:54
    No, that would be kind of cool, though, wouldn't it? It seems like some kind of arcade Christmas story crossover. Yeah, that's a good idea. Yeah.
    26:06
    All right. Zach is going first. I bet he's going to start on Prime Directive. Okay, yeah, it's the other three times he's played this. Yeah, I think you're going to see the same strategy. Yeah. Yeah, so the objective here is... Oh, he almost got it. ...plan until you meet the target score of 35 million. Yeah, when you reach that score, the number of balls it has taken will be your number of strokes. Oh, you got it through. Yeah, you don't want a half ramp there. Oh, if you had the upper flip rope, you would have weighed to you. But it worked out. one stroke maximum ten that's more targets there is on the waiting to get that's huge because uh... that shot is very hard to hit from a cradle on either flipper so getting that lock out of the way now very nice yes new dangers and now he's got it will never go and the way team add some time he's only got one more clean on target to go That'll get it. And now he got it. So now two lower scoops will start his Klingon, but he doesn't want to start it yet. No, not until his phone is done. Yeah, his shot percentage is very high right now. Yeah.
    27:22
    It's points per minute. Nice bump off the rail to get the ball the right flipper. Yeah. Still got 15 seconds. Backhand. Oh.
    27:31
    There's a big miss. Excellent shot there. That's one more super lane. Yeah. Gold medal. That's another melee.
    27:42
    Final shots. And there's lock number two. So, we'll probably go straight to Save the Enterprise here with this multiball being ready. Because it's worth more. Space jump you can combo for a lot. But Save the Enterprise is just worth more. Yeah, I agree. So, we'll see what he goes with. Especially with Zek getting dialed in on the warp ramp. Yeah. If he can away team this mode, the ramp's going to be very valuable. There he goes. Left scoop.
    28:12
    Oh, he goes to the middle and he gets it. Very nice. Wow. That's one way to start it, I guess. So now he wants to away team.
    28:24
    He does. So now his warp ramp is huge. Yes. This is going to be huge. Oh, missed a shot at the warp. Another one. Oh, half right. Got a spinner as well after hitting a warp. He's probably really close. Oh, he's still got $26 million. And he's done. With that super, that is over. Wow. Some masterful play by Zach Sharp. Good job, Zach.
    28:50
    You can stop playing now. Zach didn't notice his super happen. Good job. Oh, I'm done. It is over. He hasn't looked up yet. He's still playing. This is the intimidation flip. It is. He's just going for more.
    29:04
    Oh, and he adds a ball. Zach was just waiting for applause. He's like, I know I'm done, but come on. That was just masterful. Just masterful play. Setting the bar for everyone else. Did I call that hole in one or what? I think I did. Brian Woodard walking through the crowd holding the sign that says quiet on it.
    29:24
    So that puts him in really good shape at four strokes. However, Joe and Colin still have an opportunity. Six million bonus. Wow. Some good value. Very good value. All right, let's see if Joe, Colin, and Jim can keep up.
    29:48
    Wow. All right, guys, lock ready. Okay. Now testing the kickback to make sure it works. Settling it down now.
    29:59
    And no, just a little late. Just making sure it's possible to brick that A little early and pays the price Yikes He's only one target away from Having all of his Klingon locks ready So He's got good progress but Probably Not what he wanted there but At minimum Joe's given up his one stroke lead Over Zach Yes With a lot of work to do chat doesn't like the away team plan well you know if he can hit the shot it's worthwhile that's for sure the secondary like besides the points you also get a feed to the upper flipper to shoot your cling on locks i think that's the main reason that people were picking it to start but then i think a lot of people underestimate how much it's actually worth and uh with zach Not only did he get $10 million from his prime directive, he also had a 4x bonus multiplier. Chet notes that if you hit the away team, good stuff happens. If you miss, bad stuff. Yeah. I'm not sure the shot on this play field where you miss and good stuff happens.
    31:11
    Well, you can go spinner all day long if you want to and stay really safe. But if you miss the spinner and brick, does good stuff happen? Well, on the back end, I think it's pretty safe, isn't it? You know? I agree with you, yes. Anytime you miss a shot, you can be in danger. Lots of different opinions on how to play it. Yeah. Oh, that was a save. I would wager a guess that... I'm in his booth right now because I don't know what I'm doing on this mission. Wow. Well, he's also got decent progress. Yeah, just a couple of missed shots there again. But he lost his away team. That mode ends now, so he has... right? Or does he still get to... You might still get it if you didn't have progress enough into it. I think after you away team and you drain, it's gone. Oh, did he away team it? But I could be mistaken. Okay.
    32:05
    You need to do your Cornuts promo? I'm surprised. This ball also sponsored by Cornuts? Cool American flavor.
    32:15
    Ketchup only in Canada. Jump into the crunch. Alright. Looks like another prime directive coming from Colin.
    32:31
    See if he can away team. According to chat, it's worth a lot of points. Yeah, holding on to his lead here for Colin. Very nice. That would be huge. Oh, that's a nice save. That would have been gone. Very uncomfortable looking flip followed by a great save.
    32:55
    Stuck his away team. Nice. So he's got his away team now. He does. He's in good shape right now. He just needs that bottom target.
    33:05
    He's on spinner here. There he goes. And another pot shot. He needs one more lane up top. Let's see if the pops give it to him. They're very active on this game. And very flashy. yes such I you see all the time on this game the right orbit yeah I like the shuttle feels good yeah there's the every day often the law from the brick just like it was planned yeah and back and I we've got lots of time so I'm directed 30 seconds so much value to be had old metal And some more locks.
    33:55
    Oh, yeah, nice. I'm more of a fan of maximizing that time directive right now. But it's certainly working out. Yeah, let's see how much the total was. Has that been two locks by the slings? Yeah, two freebies. Two freebie locks? Yes.
    34:12
    Got to save the Enterprise here? I think so. He needs the middle. Oh, no, he needs the top one. So he got to actually flip that one. Spinner.
    34:25
    That's a second danger. It's alive. Here's a chance. Almost got it. I think he just would have held. He might have got it. He wants his vengeance now.
    34:38
    He punched it. Just missed it there. Again, it's a very difficult shot on this one. Nice shot. Oh, wow. Direct. Very nice. He still needs to away team. He has five seconds to shoot the captured ball in the vengeance.
    35:00
    Starting now. Got one shot here. Oh, just missed. Just barely. So probably going to be a two ball here. Cullen hoping that sling puts it in there. And it's gone.
    35:12
    All that work. And that's why you don't do... Oh, he got it back. Wow. Thanks, Lemon. Yes. Surely we'll get that on an Iron Maiden machine.
    35:24
    Yeah. I think that stack's rolling to the right if it goes anywhere. Yeah. There we go. Almost. Do you try and flick it into a way, team? This one's flicking into the outline, watch. Yeah. Oh, he went high. He knew what was going on. There's the kickback. Two stage ready.
    35:48
    Back to where we started. Now he's one kickback less. There he goes. That's a nice separation. It's a dangerous little slap save there, but it worked out.
    36:04
    This is the perfect position he's in. Now he can take whatever shots that he wants. It's the double final shot. And the stage. Very nice stage there.
    36:14
    Extra ball is lit. You can double it if you hit it on the combo. If I'm not mistaken. And that extra 2.5 million can mean a lot. He's at 21 million right now, so he still has a bit to go. If he gets to the super in vengeance, then we'll have a solid shot at it. Because, again, if you double before it, it'll be worth extra points. Big save. And up the middle. Yeah. Oh, he tried. And he wants his double extra ball.
    36:42
    And up the middle. There it is. So it should be a 5 million extra ball there, I think. Not that we can see it Yep Don't think Oh Almost came back We've seen a few of those You think Colin thought he was on the Final shot of vengeance? Yeah I'm not sure Not sure He was working pretty hard for that double of He was Not much Yeah Oh they don't get doubled on the combo Yeah So maybe he was just working Towards the vengeance I thought he had the last vengeance shot He's very close though but a he's given up his lead to the best you can do is be tied with Zach that's right and every stroke right now as close as this is gonna be huge the ball stuck in the pop there it is There it is.
    37:42
    And down it goes. Okay. Joe's up next. Has a lot of work to do here. 33 million. But... Pretty close on his locks. If he can get to Klingon and have a decent Klingon... He will... Probably get there.
    38:06
    So... Asterix, decent. Yeah, decent. Missed the middle target. Unlike some Star Treks, all the black hole targets are actually hittable. Oh, there he goes. That was nice. Little drop catch up top. Yeah. Torpedo action. Yeah. Punch it.
    38:26
    Goes for the away team. That was a great save. Great save there. He's going to have to do it again. Oh, wow. Gets a danger that time. Vengeance is ready.
    38:36
    but uh garbage mode yeah yeah do you throw away even go vengeance here like uh it's too late now he's already punched it it's blocking his uh cling on lock because it takes precedence you can lock on the left side though again but you'll have to relight the third one because he hasn't yeah he has hit this top two still trying to go for a way team it's out of dangers yeah bring in with uh space jump combo out the ramps or go to save the enterprise and I see no event rise maybe and ignore yeah I think that's the way to go yeah save the enterprise away team and hit a lot of warp ramps you know I do like destroy the drill here because I like getting into super pops but he may not need them anyway yeah destroy the it is everyone can seem to hit it on the fly from the left it is that's amazing because it's not an easy shot yes and here's another one actually and the ball got stuck up top he gets the third ball yeah yeah he's gonna get that one back too which is nice now he kind of wants to away team and on the third one there's actually a ball save as well a generous one which is nice so you're gonna get some action here i'm not going for the way team it's comboing out that's out you got that back Wow how can we get that one no no he's got two buttons so yes to hit the middle before he can relight his ramps do damage it's uninterested in away teaming it looks like. There's his add-a-ball. Very nice. Perfect timing for that add-a-ball. Yeah. He's hitting a lot of safety enterprise shots. Yeah, he's mode and ode here. If only he away teamed.
    40:39
    He's pretty close to... Destroying the ship, too, which is pretty amazing. If you double it, it's 10 million. Yeah. Safety enterprise has ended. He needs one more shot. He's about halfway through.
    40:52
    It's a tough grind to get there on this multiple. I think so, for sure. Especially when it's down to one ball. What do you think?
    40:58
    Yeah. Six shots in half a second. Alright. Away team to finish. There it is. Space jump can be finished in three shots.
    41:17
    yeah and you want to complete right now you want to you want to take that little shot well it's gonna take the lock though is the problem and he's gonna start both space jump and I think the pressures getting to Joe it's a big grumpy walk off yeah a little disappointing for sure
    41:47
    All right. Jim Belsito coming up. Yes. Ball two. And he's close. Yeah. He's got a 29 million here, so he's got a really good opportunity here on this ball to seal it. He really needs to get it done here because he's behind Jim on 2.4 million. Yes. He really wants this right now because, you know, that one stroke could make the difference. Yep. you want to have every out that you can absolutely yeah if jim can get there on this ball he'd still be in it oh no oh all right away team here nope oh boy oh that's such a fortunate opportunity there
    42:37
    people seem uninterested in away teaming in safety enterprise wow all right so colin is very close He hasn has he played Klingon yet I don think he has By the way that was like classic Jim walking away from a game he disappointed with Like you had the full head down the look up at the score the big eye roll the sigh of disappointment and then the floppy arm walk off Sat down. Whoa.
    43:09
    Yep. Yes. so Colin Colin's at 29 million I was mistaken before as Jim was at only at 3 so we've got Colin who's very close to achieving his goal here again if he wants to tie with Zach he gets it here if he wants to probably wants to get it done here
    43:41
    the lead. This is game two of three. This is two of three. We got Escher here, so I don't know if he knows how to change that one or not on there. Oh, is it? I didn't refresh and move it.
    43:54
    There we go. And just like magic, it is game two of three. Thank you very much, chat room. All right, so... Keeping us on our toes all day here, haven't we?
    44:05
    Way team, and then one shot up the middle, and then... Oh, that was nice. Good thing. Good dig, but no dangers. He was really wanting that away team. It was not happening.
    44:16
    He's played a vengeance, right? Wow. Don't succeed. Try, try again. Joe wanting to get to that vengeance, too. Where the big money's at. Yeah. Dozens of points. Yes.
    44:36
    No danger at all on that shot. There we go. One shot. Can I add some time on the black hole? This shot's fool's gold right here. It is. It's a drain city. I'd stay way away from this shot. There it is. Oh the Super Ramps are ready to go next. And you had Super Ramps too. Time that out. Oh boy. I think I'd rather go for Super Ramps in the middle. It's close. Oh, it's actually very close. Yeah, just missed.
    45:15
    Just missed. Just barely. Especially when you're there. I mean, what? Two bonus X maybe? Yeah. Is he done?
    45:23
    He had a million base. So, yeah, he would need two more Xs. All right. Joe's still in this. The curse is strong. Yes. You know it, Jermaine.
    45:38
    All right. Joe needs to get it done here. Still in the sink. How many locks does he have? He has one lock.
    45:48
    What are the jackpots worth? I mean... Jackpots on this are kind of like weird garbage values. Yeah. That build to non-garbage values.
    45:59
    And you know what the funny thing is? All of a sudden, Zach Sharp is in a really good position right now. Yeah, I think we're going to be seeing a glorious game of Abracadabra here. We could be. Yeah.
    46:09
    Wow, he really wants the middle. He's uninterested in the scoop. I think the good bet here is on Jim Belsito for this match. Oh, Belsito's guy's back against the wall. Uh-oh. It's time for him to get a one. He's committed to the middle. He's uninterested in the scoop. Oh, no. It's like a vortex. Yes. That's two people now that have gone for the middle and have been punished.
    46:43
    It's like the siren song up there, you know? Like, oh, man, a lock. Yeah. It's not an easy shot. The left orbit could be anything, but a lock is a lock. Yeah.
    46:54
    All right. Okay, Jim. All right. You got to pick it up now, buddy, because it's a long ways here, 3.1. Yep. Jim's just going to hit 20 warp ramps. Just be done. just right in a row. Just wrap it right out. It's a danger immediately, but just testing the tilt, making sure it's still attached. I've seen him do that on Aerosmith, the pin golf, I believe, when he would ramp in and out strategy. It was pretty impressive.
    47:21
    Again. I think he's also going for the middle here. It would be 3 for 3 on this? 3 for 3, yeah. Oh, very nice. All right, so now if he shoots four or five warp ramps in a row, he's done. Yeah, combo that with a left orbit. Yeah. Good times.
    47:40
    Nice. There he goes. Didn't get the top. I had that orbit on the combos. Good points. That's ball two. Ball two, so... So if he can... Just hit the middle, you know? It's a lock, a multi-ball. He got a good motor on it. Yeah. There it is. He got everything set. Yeah. He's got the table set. He just has to execute now. Yeah.
    48:03
    He has all the things, ladies and gentlemen. Lots of red shots. And lasers. But he hasn't hit much yet. He's got the add-a-ball available, so that's a security blanket.
    48:18
    Yep. That warp ramp is still lit for some good value. There's his add-a-ball. Yep. He's running out of time. He only went from 5 seconds to 25 on his mode. Oh, he just added time on his mode. so he's got plenty of time now.
    48:37
    He's in really good shape right now. If he can just get some shots. A little bit of flailing going on here right now. He's out of multiball. Yes. Oh, no. He's only got five seconds left there, too. He plunges the jackpot. There was not a ton of value in that multiball at all.
    48:55
    And that's his mode ending. Yeah, it is. Wow. Oh, he's got to do it the hard way now. Space jump timeout.
    49:04
    No, you gotta go back to Klingon. Oof, bounced out. And lock. There it is. Alright, so... Could do another three locks here if you wanted to. Jim, contemplating timing out all the way to Kobayashi. Yeah!
    49:23
    Call it the Yorian. But the stop timers now, though, might be a little bit more difficult. shot for the away team there oh god spinner no damn it jim you got to avoid those yeah oh boy i see it avoid those wow yeah how many times have we seen that today it's been wow just deadly up that middle if you miss yeah well he's very close to super ramps which can get him get him there so colin needs to hit one ramp if he goes to a super skill shot be uh he'll be done or he can safely short plunge bump live catch and then shoot the middle ramp so we'll see what his plan is bonus. One million. So he needs to find 200,000.
    50:27
    200k. Might get it out of the pops. Or not. Not quite. Left orbit? Oh, man. That was way too much action. Yes. And one more. One more, just to make sure. Yep.
    50:47
    Now, Kaylee would just drain here because he's very confident on bonus that he'd have it. Of course.
    50:53
    You've got to use all the intimidation you can get, you know? When that EM says you've got $10,000 in bonus and you're down by nine,
    51:02
    just look him right in the eye and dump it, and then it only scores you eight. And then you're like, damn straight, I didn't need that win.
    51:13
    Yeah. man this pops gave him a lot of points yeah there's them points that colin want yeah hey you got it done all right see if joe can uh pull it together here start cling on i'll take him to six he really needs to get it here if he wants to stay with uh i think if i think he really needs to completed here. He's gonna be too far away. The way that these other competitors are playing, being a couple strokes away is not gonna be good enough.
    51:55
    There, he's learned. He's not taking the shot up the middle? Yeah, no, he's gonna post pass here. He's learned.
    52:03
    Afraid it cost him a stroke, though. And there it is. That's a shot he wanted. Yep. Alright. Alright, so as long as you can hit about seven shots. Well, he's got to capitalize here. You know, we've seen Jim here not capitalize on this, so he's got to do some work still.
    52:22
    Just a couple jackpots there. There's his attaball, early. Excellent. Early's better than never. Yep.
    52:29
    Yeah, definitely don't want to play with your food here. There we go. Some more jackpots. Just get it done.
    52:35
    And another jackpot. Excellent. He's getting just a little bit closer to that. Oh, he way teamed. Oh. Oh, that's nice. Now he's got his super ramps. Just ramp it out, do whatever you need to do. Grab that super. He needs one more to light it and one more to collect.
    52:56
    One for the middle. He needs two more jackpots. He's thinking about that left ramp. Yeah, which, why not right ramp? I guess he'll feel more comfortable with the left.
    53:08
    Not back in, Spint. Nice and safe. Oh, good save. And gone. So, multi-ball has now ended. We'll see where he's at. He needs to ramp out. 27, yeah. Or he can go into Klingon here. Shoot the scoop, go to Klingon. You know, Klingon's not bad mode because you're shooting the ramps anyway. Oh, look at this. It's a big shot. Oh, huge.
    53:33
    Good end. That's an excellent end. He doesn't have it. I think that's it. No, he does not. He'll have it in bonus. Might have it in bonus. He played multi-ball. and he had some medals. Yeah, he's got it. No problem. He knew he had it all the way.
    53:57
    Okay, so that was a four for Joe, which takes him to six strokes. All right, Jim. After two games. and I think Jim's in the same situation here where he has to do this on this ball absolutely yeah this Jim's chance to get to a seven it's got 32 seconds to time out so kind of has to away team here. Yeah, that's a great shot. All you have to do is hit the middle. You can finish the mode. Oh, God. Yes. Free points. Uh-oh. On the fly. Punch it. Punch it. Get it. Oh, punch. This ball is like, oh no. Just hit the target, Jim. Looking at that outline.
    54:58
    Yeah, they are hungry. Punch it, Jim. Yeah. And there he goes. Yeah. There it is. Good job, Jim. That's the one he wanted. Okay, so now we've got a multi-ball, plus he has the three in a row, which he should have super ramps. He has his out-of-ball with it. Yes. Right out of the gates. If he can get to a four ball. He does not. So now he just kind of wants to add one ball. No, he got it, though. No, too late. No, too bad. It just kind of sat there. Oh, he did get it. Wow. Look at that, eh? I heard the noise. And then... And plus he's got an added ball in the bank, so he's in really good shape here. Yes. I can foresee this being an end. Very close. And there's the add-a-ball.
    55:46
    Almost a foregone conclusion here, but... I'm liking his chances. But I said that right as he started his Klingon last time. He seems to be hitting a lot more shots now. He's got the super ramps. I think he's got it. Jim's at 33 million. 33 to 7. He's got to hit one more for the guarantee.
    56:05
    And one more. There's no way. He doesn't have it in bonus. There it is. That should be it. and there it is excellent good job the gym alright Jim is still in this but I'm really like in Zach's chances here yes he's in the driver seat now Zach it is going to be interesting with the game choice is going to be Zach wanna pick yeah game and we're correct sir if he's in the lead he's going with the EM Abracadabra Don't think much of a surprise here for anybody Papa's like see There is a place for EM in the final tournament Yes Even with a shirt playing it as well Yes Love you Papa Oh yes The refresh And then Game 3 abracadabra.
    57:08
    So, Zach just needs to get a two. And he wins. Easy as that. Yeah. Very easy on abracadabra. Or not two. He needs... Hole-in-one will guarantee it. Two for a tie if Colin gets a hole-in-one. Hole-in-ones come like every day on this game, right? Yeah.
    57:28
    Go ask Josh for the stats, but it's not very high. But, possible. I want to say there was four yesterday in the 16th hole for this whole entire tournament. So Zach just needs to have an okay game of Abra.
    57:47
    All right. Let's go. Here we go. Jim needs him to take a four. Oh, no. It's in the one. Oh, he got it. Oh, my God. He did get away with it. Is there a magnet on that pop-up? Wow. Or slung it right out of there? Wow. I think there's a few little... Uh-oh. Oh, jeez.
    58:14
    Oh. Interesting. Oh, God. Okay. It's back on the flipper. It's his 1,000th? Or was that 1,000th? Oh, another 1,000th. Excellent. Nice sharpshooting here. He's got the target as well on the right-hand side that he can pick off. Just missed it. Just under. Flippers are a little bit strange on this one. Oh, another one. Best he can do is a three now. Yeah, this is getting tight now. If he gets it here, he's no longer guaranteed the win.
    58:45
    Joe and Colin can now catch him. There's a discussion on tiltforms.com of various streaming rigs. Feel free to ask questions there if you're interested in Carl's setup.
    59:03
    Oh, jeez. Oh, very nice. Good pops action. 1,000 a hit. It's leaning slightly to the right. This game may or may not be leaning very much to the right.
    59:17
    There's the 1,000s. There it is. So there's two. Zach boosting his bonus ladder up one level. He had a target. It's a nice pop-up action. Very good pop-up action. It's almost there. That top target is lit. Target score, 30,000 points. Oh, I know.
    59:34
    Very disappointing there. He's... This is now a four. Yeah, this is trouble. If a player tilts, their score will be five. Jim, you got a chance now. If you get a hole-in-one, you tie.
    59:51
    Did we see any tilts on this this weekend? No, there wasn't much. There was one. It's playing very friendly.
    60:02
    Of course, always worth trying to save a ball on ball five. Absolutely. Oh, jeez. Zach really wants this four. All right, just hit the pop bumper. Oh, interesting. Okay, well, yeah. 500. Did it the hard way. Okay, so he gets a four. Jim is still in this now. Jim has to get a hole-in-one. Joe, if Joe gets a hole-in-one, he wins. Yeah. If Colin gets a one or a two, he wins. The door has been opened by the abracadabra.
    60:36
    Live and die by it. If someone gets a hole in one on this, they deserve to win. That's all I can tell you right now. I still like this choice from Zach. I think the four is reasonable here.
    60:51
    Smart pick. Taking the chance. All right. Joe's gonna practice and we will know this could be it right here I think this is what he's going with it's gonna put a little magnetism on this outline here yeah it's the outline of doom oh boy all right he's he's got one ball to do it now well is he still in practice or not I can't tell I think I can actually refresh.
    61:23
    Nope. Josh has not put it in. Thousands of points. I think he's practicing. Is this like the three-minute long practice? Yes. Oh, let's get a TD in there. Yeah. Shut this down. This is where you should be putting up your hand that I'm ready to play, right? Because you could drain out on that ball.
    61:50
    All right. And here we go. All right. We think so. Trying to get that four. I don't think it's practice anymore. Here we go. The 4-2 combo. There's the one.
    62:10
    And up top again. And nice shot. Goes up the two and down the four. There's even numbers. it there oh very nice good pops action doesn't even need a hole in one but wow you save him a game
    62:34
    oh my goodness it's got some velocity wow he's picking these things off yeah he's halfway there yeah shat's the one here yeah well i think you go up to the one lane i don't think he i don't think that shats is there it has to be part the one from down below oh going for the drop yeah he's only got two yeah two to go two but there's reset just the one to get it i'm not sure as heck don't want to plunge that yeah yeah i think you got to go up to the lane all right yeah he's trying for the one yeah this is best value at this point unless the target is lit okay now paw pumper is lit here This might be an opportunity to start.
    63:19
    Oh, I think he's... He picked up his target there, so now he's got one to go. There's that magnet, right? Yeah. So he can no longer win... Outright. Outright, but he can tie Zach. Yes. If he gets it here. But I think he prefers to plunge the four over the one. Oh, you don't want to do the one here. Uh-oh. Oh, no. Uh-oh. Oh, no. Man, Joe. What was that again? Yep, Joe can no longer win the tournament.
    63:50
    Zach's like, oh yeah. Unhappy. Yeah, give it to me. Now we just gotta survive Colin. See if Joe can... I have their plan for a decent amount of cash and a decent amount of whoppers, so... Still wanna execute well.
    64:16
    This is where you still got to pull it together because you got an opportunity at second So you know you want to make sure to finish it off It got one target and it lit for Oh wait no I saw it wrong. Yeah, no, he's reset them now. Reset them. Yes. That bottom target will... Almost got it. That's trouble. Oh, nice save. Nice save. He only needs one target or one pop. One pop. There it is. Good job. Good finish for Joe. Expectable three. Yeah, absolutely. Good job.
    64:46
    yep that was a heck of a game he almost did it in two I tell ya yeah that was a very strong start on that game so we have Zach Sharp with eight strokes we have Joe Lamar with nine strokes and up on deck is Jim Belsito I gotta say that was a risky plunge from Joe he seemed very well aware of the danger of that given his plunge on ball one plunging very short to get in that four slot. Agreed. And then pushing the envelope to try and get that.
    65:23
    It'll be really interesting to see if he actually was trying to get the one or not. I don't know if he was trying necessarily to get it, and it just landed in there. I don't know. We'll have to ask him. My guess is yes, because why would you plunge anywhere else but four when one's the only lit? Agreed. All right. Jim has to get a one here to have a chance at winning. if anyone can do it Jim Balciato can do it Jim's like look at me nice hits one okay alright jury's out whether this play field is warped or unleveled but play it as it lies Mr. IFPA says it's warped so oh get out of there oh he got lucky and he hit the target too out of that which was excellent value yes and there's a thousand would you go all in here would you start saving moving the game a bunch or do you want to secure your second play for first the ball's draining not going to tilt it if I can but got to try and save it yeah definitely can't let an easy one get by no yeah and he needs a one here he he has the oldest so on home goodness seen that drain 100-1 will ties that sharp say yes who almost can it's one third of the way there you know this you only need a twenty thousand one ball yeah I would have been pretty I feel pretty good about that Give him ball and flipper. That's nice. Absolutely. He's got one target on the right and two on the left. He's going up top.
    67:20
    That's looking a little sketchy. That's okay. He's got one target on both sides. It's warped there. Oh, it is. Look at that thing.
    67:32
    You're fine. The warpedness of the game saved him. It's kind of in points purgatory. Yeah, it almost took that little turn. Not quite hard enough.
    67:47
    Okay. And he's almost halfway there. Lane four. I think he's going for the four here. Or the drop. I think four here. Safer than that bottom target. Oh, he went for the four. Oh, and that is it. Yes. Now he knows. Almost got it. That was his only chance. I guess he should have gone for the target.
    68:14
    Could have, would have, should have, I guess. Could have, would have, should have. But he can still get second here.
    68:20
    Tied Joe at nine. And now he gets the four. Yeah. There is a reason why Zach Sharp picked this game. Oh, without a doubt. It was a very smart move by Zach. And when you're up by two, absolutely. It's his master plan.
    68:40
    Oh. Wow. It's the first time I've seen it go up the two or three lane. Uh-oh. This is trouble. Yeah. Looks good, but none of it doesn't. It's almost like curling. Yes.
    68:59
    All right. So best Jim can do is third now, right? And he got saved out of that one again, which was nice. Yeah. I think he's actually moving it a little bit. Getting some movement on the ball. Baseball bumper action there. Thousands. Yes. Another 1,000. Oh, my goodness. Oh, man. Live and die by the pops. Yes.
    69:24
    Okay. Ball four. Trying to get that three. No. this has not been able to increase that value at all on the bonus, which I think has hurt him a little bit in this.
    69:41
    Struggled with the three. There it is. And he gets a four. Why is that it? Open for an outlay. Yeah, no pops are lit. There's one. And 260 points.
    69:56
    And there it is. Good job, Jim. Jim with a four. Not a bad score on this game, but... Yeah, he's still under par overall. Not enough to put him in first or second. Yeah, unfortunately, the first two games, you know, just did not have that lead or was close to Zach. Really came down to Black Rose, game one. Yes. So we'll see if Colin gets a one or a two, he will win outright. A three to tie. Yes. And a four will secure Zach Sharp.
    70:28
    The target score, 30,000 points. Oh, yes. practice time we all know what the target score is by now don't we? There's also a command in chat which is exclamation point target score. We're curious on some of the other games. There's probably only one game left in the tournament, maybe two,
    70:55
    maybe three, maybe a lot depending on if Colin gets a three. Colin maybe still practicing? Not sure? Yeah, we're not quite sure.
    71:10
    Yeah, he's probably practicing. Yeah, I think so. He wouldn't let it drop like that if it was practicing. If it wasn't. All right.
    71:18
    Looks like he's ready. Okay, this is it for all the marbles. He's got to let the ball drain once. He didn't shoot it on purpose. I did think so her here first Joe did not aim for the one lane no talking about one lane uh oh yeah nice movement that back and forth yeah he saw it coming like it oh and the two look at that alright Colin's excited Yeah, he's in good shape right now. He's going to take his 1,000. He is going to take it, eh? He didn't get it, but... He's got a four lane right now. Can you backhand it? You can, absolutely. I think he just wants targets here. Oh, my God. He almost tilted there. The backhand is available on that four. He's definitely playing for first here. So the four, with it being warped, is the easiest, but you can just kind of drop it. Tilt here would be so epic. Oh, God. There's a four.
    72:35
    Picks up the two. Which is one of the hardest ones. Yes. It's got good value right now. He's got that bottom drop target lit for 2,000 points. Yes. Let's see if it really is. He did hit it. But it was not. I don't think it registered. Well, it registered. But it was already rolling the hundreds. Yes. He did not get credit for it.
    72:58
    Oh. a little out of control. Let's see here if he gets it back. And he won't. Yes, that is the trouble. So he can no longer win outright. He has to do it here, or Zach Sharp is the winner. 13,310. That's what we're looking for.
    73:23
    He's got a decent bonus value. just don't runge the one. Making 30,000 on this ball. We'll tie him with Zach Sharp for a playoff.
    73:41
    Good value off the pops. Live and die by the pops. Alright, he's got a 2,000 target on the middle there. Very important shot. Just barely off.
    73:55
    Uh-oh. He's alright, he's alright. He's alive. That was a nice nudge there. He's very close now. No pop value, actually. He needs 5,000 points. There he goes. He needs 4,000 points. 4,000. 3,000.
    74:13
    Oh, it's going to be really close. Wow. Good save. Only 1,700? 1,600? Alright. Deep breath. He's got no targets available to him. He's got one target.
    74:28
    Well, one target on the side, but none that are lit. Go up the four. Go up the four, I think. Yeah, I think you got it. On the way down, I'm drop target now. You'll get the... And he went for the drop. Going for the pop. The pop is not enough. Oh, it's one. No. Oh, he doesn't have it yet. He's got it. Oh, wow. Good job. We are going to overtime. Holy cow.
    74:54
    Wow. Wow. That is amazing. Big comeback. Huge ball on ball three. We aren't. We have overtime. Where are we going? Extra holes as they would call in golf. Moving over to Tron. Nice. Great choice. Carl Cam. Zach maintaining his choice in his high seat. Yep. Colin played it very well in my group in the semis. Zach wanting to get to the airport, practicing immediately. I wonder what time his blade is. He's going to be running out of here. Oh, yeah. Colin can intentionally shoot for Zach's score. Target score 12 million. Let's see if Josh is updated for the tiebreaker. He has. all right
    75:59
    so 12 million the goal betcha it's a very like plausible just do it in and the lines well this may not really be it because if they tie then we're going to another another game Yeah, we could be here all night. Yeah, it's never really it in this format. Yeah. It's only it when last player, last ball to...
    76:26
    All right. That's why it says finals tiebreaker, not final tiebreaker. All right. You actually have to power cycle again. I tried, Jim. Everyone always tries to...
    76:43
    Good playing, Jim. What'd you end up with? You got to... Good playing, though. Oh. Was that for real? Yes, I think it was. That was for real. So Colin can end the tournament right now.
    77:05
    He can. He's not going to do it. He only... He's going to... He only... That's such a positive attitude, I tell you. He's going to make it interesting for us.
    77:15
    All right. And it is quite difficult to get this on one just because your light cycle doesn't take you there. We want this to come down to the chart. We don't want anybody to hit the target score. Yes. We want to evaluate performance.
    77:29
    Double tens? Go to double, triple overtime? This is double overtime, right? No, this is single overtime. Single overtime. This is the first extra hole if you're talking golf language.
    77:43
    All right. Are you super skill shot? I know Colin's a skill shot person, like the scoop one, but what do you do here? I full plunge and get that lane lit because that's a free. Yeah, that hasn't been. It normally is. My experience was that lane was about one in four that would actually give you that right light cycle. Yeah. Really? I did. I got screwed on it once. I felt like it was bad value. Yes.
    78:10
    I'm going to end a line or bust. Yeah, same here. I like the end of line as well, too. talking about end of line. Oh. That was looking great. Here comes another one. Double Cora to start.
    78:23
    I take it back, Colin. You're going to do great. See if the pops give it to him. It does. Oh, my. It's doing that like half the time. Oh, my. All right. Beautiful feed. He can do it here. If he just end the lines out. He's already got decent value.
    78:37
    And, oh, just missed it there. So he's got two Coras. So he needs three more for Cora, which is nearly a guarantee. But the ball got in the way on that one, unfortunately.
    78:50
    Are you saying it's nearly a guarantee he's going to get three in this multi-ball? Or no, in Cora. Or if you start Cora, I'm liking your chances of getting it as well. Liking your chances of getting in. Yeah.
    79:01
    Oh, and now that's a drain. So now it's a little bit of grinding here. He's already got one danger. Power to the left. You're right.
    79:10
    But a good start. Good start. Good progress. Yes. loses his end of line value which i think is more important than core oh yeah probably anything zach is moving very fast now it's like he probably does have a plane to catch sorry guys he's got his spinner already so laura uh no you gotta go ramp here to get to your flight cycle i'm not liking this time pressure on zach two minute drill there we go oh that guy he's got he's got his He's got it. That counts. He's got it. This is a big shot. Oh, another one. He can still end a line technically, but... Yeah. You can actually... That six-way would have been beautiful. Build again. Yeah. Does that build it? Does it only build on collect?
    79:56
    Oh, I think it does build it on the combos without a collect. He's got a... Wow. He is flying. Yeah, he's looking good now. He just needs some end-alliance here to collect.
    80:08
    I got 7 million, 8 million. Super jackpot. Through the pop bumpers to the ramp is a super. Nice shot. I didn't know that until today. He only got one core on it, unfortunately. There's actually no switch. It's actually the spinner is what gives you the value.
    80:28
    He's not looking for cores at this point. He's looking for end of lines, and that's what he's going for. And some supers on light cycle. That's unfortunate. Through the pop to the ramp, quick.
    80:40
    This is very important he gets to 12 million here. And puts Colin... Yeah, puts all the pressure squarely on Colin if he can end it here. Oh my god. Here we go, here we go. This is it. Oh, just early. Does he go in? No. He has no gems, right? So he has to do it. He got double scoring. He has double bonus. Oh wow. That's gonna be enough. It's gonna be enough. Is Zach trying to get through? No! Oh my, it was double bonus. He got double bonus. Wow. Nice. That's incredible. That's awesome. Holy cow. Because I saw 700,000 and I'm like, oh, there's no way. Unbelievable. Double scoring carries into your bonus if you have time. Yes. Unbelievable. That's why he hurried up his bonus.
    81:27
    Unbelievable. All right. All the calling needs to get done here. He has to do it right here. Oh, that's safe. It's nearly over there.
    81:40
    Oh, he's got to get... Yeah, nice. Zach will be in trouble on his flight if Colin catches him here. Double scoring. Double end of line. Here's the core.
    81:53
    It's easier on the fly than it is from stationary, I've found. There's a million scoop. Double scoring is very valuable. That's gone. Oh, that's it. Bomber. Zach Sharp. is your winner of the 2019 IFPA Pin Masters. Congratulations, Zach Sharp. Zach's sweeping the events of the weekend. Wow, the double-double. North American champion. He's got a flight to catch. He's the pin master champion. And he is gone. Walking out the door at this moment with his backpack.
    82:28
    Yes. Good playing, Zach. Good playing, man. Congratulations. All right, reverse order. First place, $2,000. Go get your lift.
    82:40
    Wow, congratulations man. Alright. Good playing Zach. Fourth place, $560. Where's the Indus mic? It's over there. I got at least an extra 15 minutes. Yeah, you got it.
    83:17
    Do you hear me, Kaylee? Yes, we can hear you. All right, fourth place, taking home something, $560. You win last year? Two years ago. He's won this before.
    83:32
    Great customer of Raw Thrills. Jim Belsita. Third place. He has more pin golf experience than anyone on the planet since he runs it 800 times. One for each dollar he's winning today. Third place, trophy, $800 cash. it's Joe Lemire and we'll never forget it yes second place last year tough shit man sorry taking home $1,200 second place trophy Colin McAlpine back to you Kaylee Escher and Derek thanks to Carl for doing all this thanks to Pin Masters for pushing Carl to do the mobile rig from last year thanks to Adam Barajas and Flipper Spiel Turn, hold on, wait, wait, do it, do it that way. There he is. Wave hi, Adam, to the 240 people watching at home.
    85:07
    Anyone else? Adam Becker, thanks for helping. Brian Woodard, thanks for helping. My brother-in-law is back there. There he is. Dennis. Hey, Dennis.
    85:18
    That's all I got. I got to go catch my flight. Right on. Thanks for watching. Put it back to commentators, I guess. It is uncommentated. That's all we got? That's all we got, guys. Thanks a lot for watching. Pleasure. Right on. Thanks, Ash. Good playing. See you guys. Take care.
    85:41
    And we will see you at the next event. Peace out.