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

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TL;DR

Concord Open 2026 R1 John Wick Pro tournament play with commentary on mechanics and advancement.

Summary

Live tournament commentary from the Concord Open 2026 Main tournament, Round 1 Game 3 on Stern John Wick Pro at The Flipper Room. Commentators discuss gameplay mechanics, mode stacking, qualifying scores (possibly reaching billions), and tournament progression. Nick Stein and Adam advance; Ryan Dunn and John Tracy are eliminated; tiebreakers are occurring in other groups.

Key Claims

  • There were at least two billion-point games in qualifying

    medium confidence · Commentators discussing qualifying scores early in the broadcast, saying 'a couple billion possibly' and 'at least two'

  • Top eight players received a bye into later rounds

    high confidence · Commentators explicitly state 'The top eight did get a bye, yes' and reference Scott Messiah starting at 10 AM due to the bye

  • On some John Wick Pro copies, there is no ball save on the scoop eject

    high confidence · Commentator states: 'So on this one, there is no ball save on the the scoop eject that we've seen on other copies'

  • The spinner must be hit before starting car-bashing mode on John Wick Pro

    high confidence · Commentator explains: 'You have to rev up the car first, I guess, by hitting the spinner and then you can start bashing the car. You have to hit the spinner first.'

  • Nick Stein advanced to the next round

    high confidence · Commentators state 'Nick is through' and later 'congrats to Nick Stein and Adam, we got the the top eight buys coming in here for the next round'

  • Adam also advanced to the next round

    high confidence · Commentators confirm Adam's advancement alongside Nick Stein

  • Ball save duration in John Wick Pro's Lights Out mode is approximately 200 seconds

    high confidence · Commentator states: 'It's a long 200 seconds' regarding ball save timing

Notable Quotes

  • “The top eight did get a bye, yes.”

    Commentator (unidentified)@ 5:37 — Confirms tournament structure with bye rounds for seeded players

  • “So on this one, there is no ball save on the the scoop eject that we've seen on other copies.”

    Commentator (unidentified)@ 14:59 — Indicates potential manufacturing variance or wear differences on John Wick Pro machines

  • “You have to rev up the car first, I guess, by hitting the spinner and then you can start bashing the car.”

    Commentator (unidentified)@ 22:51 — Explains John Wick Pro rule depth regarding mode sequencing

  • “It's a long 200 seconds, so Oh, wow. So you can really take your time.”

    Commentator (unidentified)@ 19:30 — Describes ball save duration allowing strategic play in extended modes

  • “Congrats to Nick Stein and Adam, we got the the top eight buys coming in here for the next round.”

    Commentator (unidentified)@ 24:05 — Announces round 1 winners advancing to next bracket phase

Entities

Nick SteinpersonAdampersonRyan DunnpersonJohn TracypersonScott MessiahpersonStern John Wick ProgameConcord Open 2026eventThe Flipper RoomvenueTompersonPhilpersonSterlingperson

Signals

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: John Wick Pro features mode stacking with seven modes tied to seven specific playfield shots; commentators discuss strategic mode qualification and sequencing

    high · Commentators explain: 'So, there's like the major shots around the playfield. Yeah. They will qualify whichever mode here' and 'So, yeah, so there's okay, seven modes, seven shots'

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: John Wick Pro has complex rule interactions including ball save mechanics, mode prerequisites (spinner must be hit before car-bashing), multiball sequencing, and shot progression management

    high · Multiple rule discussions throughout transcript regarding mode starts, shot requirements, and ball save conditions

  • ?

    product_concern: At least one copy of John Wick Pro at The Flipper Room lacks ball save on scoop eject that exists on other copies, suggesting inconsistency in manufacturing or wear/modification differences

    high · Commentator: 'So on this one, there is no ball save on the the scoop eject that we've seen on other copies'

  • ?

    competitive_signal: Concord Open 2026 uses group play format with top eight bye; tiebreakers are employed to resolve equal scores; players mentioned advancing or being eliminated based on round results

    high · Tournament structure discussed throughout with references to byes, group advancement, and tiebreakers

  • ?

    event_signal: Concord Open 2026 Main tournament actively in progress at The Flipper Room; Round 1 play being streamed with multiple groups competing simultaneously

    high · Live commentary of Game 3 with references to other groups' results and ongoing tiebreakers

Transcript

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0:07
Not sure myself, but we'll we'll see what uh we see some crazy we see some crazy scores on this with qualifying. Oh, yeah. Yeah.
0:21
There was a couple billion possibly, I think. How much? Billion? A bill- a billion game in qualifying, wow. I think at least two, I don't know. I'm not going to pull it right now.
0:35
All right, we got some cars and we got some hotels. Lock is lit. All right. Nick's got his Ooh, Nick's like I don't want the mode start right now. I don't want it. Okay. The Bowery.
1:03
Nick's Bowery. Maybe he should go blocks in the middle of the consecutive.
1:14
Almost has his ball save and he's got to hit those blood marker
1:20
Louisa
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Cainperson
Goran Loncarperson
Jared Gerbiperson
  • ?

    venue_signal: The Flipper Room is equipped with John Wick Pro and is hosting the Concord Open 2026 tournament, indicating active pinball venue with tournament infrastructure

    high · Video title indicates content 'Streamed from The Flipper Room'

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: John Wick Pro qualifying rounds saw billion-point games; round play shows competitive scoring in the range discussed (scores in 30-40 million range visible during main tournament play)

    medium · Commentators mention 'a couple billion possibly' in qualifying; during main play, scores appear lower in multi-million range

    • a little bit more times. Ball two lock. All right, Nick's making some yada progress. Ooh, great read. Okay.
    1:31
    And did he get them and got three locks and we've got yada ready. Did he get them double danger or was that a single? I'm not sure. Are we playing with pinkies or not?
    1:46
    Uh but we got lights out. We got the Bowery mode running too still. Got his ball save lit.
    2:02
    We're going to be hearing this song all day. Oh, yeah. Okay, lights out over. Going to backhand and spell it again.
    2:18
    Oh, look at that. Ooh, tipped it a little bit too much. Okay. Look at this exploits. Wow. Oh, no. Yeah, but I mean that shot is so easy to make. Oh, awesome. Okay, yeah, I had it but oh, his ball save is on the other side. Starting light show, blocking that. Still in Bowery night watch.
    2:52
    Okay, nice. Rejecting the ramp. It's like I'm going to spell that again. Just keep on doing center ramp locks.
    3:18
    Okay, mode's going to time out right now. Let me see what we work on.
    3:32
    Okay, going to take that ball lock. There's a short plunge so you can get more letters. And hit the trunk. No.
    4:05
    Oh, such a fast crazy path. That was a fast drain. Very difficult to read that feed. But it was a clean sling to drain, right? Or was it a flip? Let's see if he catches it. Yeah. It was the slingshot. Yeah.
    4:29
    You love the spinner, yes. People love the spinner mode. It's going to be that right ramp shot to light this circle. And that's going to be the the crazy spinner mode. Oh, so you were saying that you can lock in the modes now or So, there's like the major shots around the playfield. Yeah. They will qualify whichever mode here. So, it's like lined up perfectly. So, the purple mode is this shot.
    5:02
    I had no idea. Is it has it always been like that? I just thought it was It's been that way for a while. I don't know how long it's been implemented.
    5:10
    So, yeah, so there's okay, seven modes, seven shots, [music] yeah. So, right now he's got his mode qualified. And he's on the green, the left ramp mode. So,
    5:37
    The top eight did get a bye, yes. All right, our locks are ready in the middle ramp. Ball two smooth. Skip past over and one more. Okay. Here we go.
    5:55
    It's a lot of short slings if you kind of want to get to right? Yes. Get some points on the board. Got to really manage your your lanes on the bottom.
    6:11
    So, in ball save, I like to just keep short plunging and Oh, yeah, yeah, so you get the nice feed. Just use the ball save drain. Short plunge into it. He's getting some good bonus acts. He's just like one little shift away from getting yada but Okay, getting good mode points here. And
    6:39
    Okay, he's got a ball save ready. He's going to take that. Finish out this mode. If he wants to relight that ball save, he'll have to do an adversary battle. Oh. Oh, that was [ __ ] Yeah, just go came in on [music] borrowed time there.
    6:57
    I think he got at least two acts. Yeah, three, nice. Feel like neck and neck with Nick Berry. Yeah, right [music] there, 39 and 40.
    7:26
    Yeah, I've seen a couple people from top eight trickling in now. Scott Messiah was like, starting at 11, right? I was like, no, they started at 10. You would have been late if you had not had a bye. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
    7:46
    Okay, so he's done the spinner already to qualify the car bashing stage.
    7:57
    Yeah, these slings are brutal. Brutal, brutal. Yeah, so we're in a situation here where actually the one point players can advance if Yes, any any of those two wins and Adam gets [music] the last. Last or third? Then we have a tiebreaker. There could be a tie, yeah. Yeah, could definitely be a tiebreaker. Possibilities. No one is out yet. Nick is through, but it's the other three fighting over one spot.
    8:32
    Now, if he gets the super skill shot here, he would automatically start his mode. He's I think he's trying to do that. Looks like. Nope, too many switches. So, he's going to get a decent skill shot but not the Baba Yaga whatever it's called skill shot. All right, get some spinner progress.
    9:02
    Oh, that was What happened there? Um it looked like something blocked his orbit shot. Um don't know. It's odd. Did the ball levitate up in the wire form or something? Yeah, that was just very strange.
    9:18
    Yeah, you can get some really fancy air balls on this game. For sure. Ooh, okay.
    9:29
    Okay, his mode smacked that down. But his mode is ready if he wants to plunge into it but depending on what he's on, he might not want it.
    9:44
    Yeah, our classics you said it ran till 1:30? 12:30? Yeah, 12:30 it ran to, I think. I I don't think I left here like
    9:55
    Yeah, 1 12:45 or something like that. I am impressed.
    10:06
    See what Nick wants to shoot for next. We've already done one multi-ball mode. Going to get some more Winston progress.
    10:20
    I don't know. Catch you. He's got the spinner mode qualified. He could just hit the trunk and start it. Okay. Goes for that.
    10:38
    Oh, nice. Okay, so his He needs one more hit to the car. Yeah, to start a >> Lock is lit. No, got the tower instead.
    10:45
    Lock is lit. No, got the tower instead.
    10:45
    Lock is lit. No, got the tower instead. Sometimes you get two for one up there. Car? Car hit then orbit? Nice dead bounce.
    11:00
    Swings be nice. We want to see the stack. That score is not having it. No. >> [singing]
    11:07
    [singing]
    11:07
    [singing] >> Mode wasted.
    11:09
    Mode wasted.
    11:09
    Mode wasted. But it's okay. He's through to the next round, but Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's a very lucrative mode fortunately to to lose. Yeah, players are allowed to pick the same games across rounds, right? So >> I don't know. Mhm.
    11:24
    I don't know. Mhm.
    11:24
    I don't know. Mhm. >> Um Can you pick the same games in later rounds or are you burning them? Yeah, that's a later round problem. Yeah. Your aim must hinder picking No, no, no, for this tournament, can you pick the same games in other rounds? I don't know.
    12:04
    Okay, nice dead >> Yeah,
    12:05
    Yeah,
    12:05
    Yeah, yeah. I mean, that's that outlane. And somehow like the ball was sort of, you know, got caught on the the lip there right on the chest. So we have a tilt here, so let's just
    12:22
    We'll see if Ryan waits or just plunges in. Yeah, just goes for it.
    12:33
    Yeah, I did not consult the Jared Gerbi rulebook enough this morning to see what the the deal is.
    12:43
    Okay. So he's already hit the spinner. Short punch, yeah, okay. Oh, not quite enough. So he has his multi-ball ready on the left orbit. But he wants the mode first. He's still in ball save. Mhm. >> Short punch into the mode.
    13:04
    Saka, okay. So his car is ready now. Yeah, yeah. So he can hit the left orbit and start it. Nice backhand. [music]
    13:15
    Okay. Oh, he got a warning on that now. Crazy, yeah. Yeah, he didn't wait, did he?
    13:26
    Okay, he's not Change your lane. Change your lane. No. He's focused. He wants that multi-ball start. Yeah. I don't think the game is doesn't look like the game is willing to give it up. Okay, nice dead end shot. Now he's like orbit. Nope.
    13:50
    No. Okay, he's getting both sexes. It's fine. It's fine. He'll get Yaga eventually.
    13:58
    Okay, okay. Rats. Good job. All right, so he has the red shots for his mode, purple for his multi-ball.
    14:21
    He's still in ball save. We're fine. It's going to come back. Drain faster. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Get away. Get away. Get away.
    14:42
    It's just killing me when he's like one away from the Yaga spelling. It's okay. He's making good progress on everything else. Extra ball collects. That's Oh, that's there. No, no. So on this one, there is no ball save on the the scoop eject that we've seen on other copies. And he's in multi-ball mode. You can do it. >> But that won't apply to multi-ball.
    15:06
    But that won't apply to multi-ball.
    15:06
    But that won't apply to multi-ball. >> It would not. But if we If someone
    15:08
    It would not. But if we If someone
    15:08
    It would not. But if we If someone ejects there later, there's no ball save. >> Oh, wow.
    15:12
    Oh, wow.
    15:12
    Oh, wow. Okay, so players one, two, three all neck and neck.
    15:21
    Um Adam can plunge into this mode if he wants to. We'll see what he wants to do. If he full plunges, he's going to try to avoid the mode start. Yeah, he's like, I don't want that mode. I don't want the mode mode. Yeah, I want that mode. No.
    15:49
    That bounce, perfect. Okay. So now his car is ready. Yes, it is. He's like, I want that right ramp.
    16:03
    Oh, so he goes in dry. Take a dry, get points. Yeah, he cannot start a mode now unfortunately, but
    16:23
    Nice. Okay, he's spelling it. Nice. Perfect. Okay, he has it available if he wants to hit the red button. Here we go. Lights out.
    16:38
    Adam's trying to lock in. Not going to tiebreaker for this round. If he gets a second, he is secured for next round, but if he gets third, could be a tiebreaker. Mhm. Yeah, he needs to catch the rest of the group there, right? And Yeah. Get some comfort points, right? And >> Comfort points, yes.
    17:07
    Okay, fancy tipping. >> That was a double.
    17:08
    That was a double.
    17:08
    That was a double. >> No, not a double though. Okay, his enemies have spawned. Some brave nudging there. Okay. He has a mode qualified.
    17:34
    Let's see. Not quite the ramp. But he has his ball save lit for the outlanes now.
    17:55
    So much fun. Ring them. If he batches the car twice, he can go back into multi-ball.
    18:11
    But he hasn't played his sacred continental or deconsecrated, right? I don't think he has. No, and there's He's only have two hits on that. And yeah, and then you need locks as well, so yeah. Good bonus. 33. >> not far behind. Yeah.
    18:34
    Nick could play spoiler and just have a crazy last ball and block out >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just ruin it for
    18:38
    Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just ruin it for
    18:38
    Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just ruin it for everyone, right? I mean, that's Oh, Vigo's ready. Okay, [music] do we take Vigo? So how valuable are these these days, this phone? Nice, nice. That was a double. Okay, he's got extra ball ready, too. Yeah, I would go for the scoop. Get that scoop. Get that extra ball.
    19:13
    Um they can be great. Yeah. Depends on how You got to really build the escape value though. It's like how far do you take it? You have a long ball save, too, so
    19:30
    It's a long 200 seconds, so Oh, wow. So you can really take your time. So if you're hitting your shots here, you can kind of go go big and collect, right?
    19:40
    All right, he's making his Yaga progress. Maybe a dead end shot here. No, backhand, beautiful. Okay.
    19:54
    This might ultimately be your downfall. Be >> Patience.
    20:08
    I wonder if Does draining do anything? Does it decrease your timing? I don't think it does, right? Oh, I don't know. You must be There must be some penalty to it. I don't know. But we got Yaga spelled.
    20:26
    He might save it for the cash out phase cuz we've got a long time on this side myself.
    20:39
    what do you do? Still hitting shots. Yeah.
    20:46
    I was trying to find that center ramp. >> Yeah, it's so narrow. Here we go. Go.
    20:51
    Yeah, it's so narrow. Here we go. Go.
    20:51
    Yeah, it's so narrow. Here we go. Go. The shots will move it over. He's getting good progress.
    21:08
    Okay, we're on two dangers. Remember that. >> Mhm. Oh, what What was that shoot? That was Oh, my >> That was rude. So, so rude.
    21:18
    That was rude. So, so rude.
    21:18
    That was rude. So, so rude. That was rude. That's the right word for it. The sling. >> Yeah, it was the sling that didn't fire.
    21:31
    Yeah, it was the sling that didn't fire.
    21:31
    Yeah, it was the sling that didn't fire. It did did It did fire. Yeah, it just went uh But it was a slight misfire. Terrible. Oh, my bad.
    21:48
    All right, John Tracy, there's the number. He's got mode. >> He's got a mode ready. He takes it.
    21:56
    He's got a mode ready. He takes it.
    21:56
    He's got a mode ready. He takes it. Your aim was impeccable, Jonathan. He doesn't have the consecrated or um car ready to No, he No, yeah, he needs to start chopping wood there.
    22:24
    When this is pulsing white, you have to hit that before you can start bashing the car. Oh, no. Is that Oh, wow, it's not making progress.
    22:40
    I wonder if he knows that. Yeah, is that a new That must be a new thing. It's It's just um the pro Oh. order you have to do. You have to rev up the car first, I guess, by hitting the spinner and then you can start hitting the car.
    23:03
    You have to hit the spinner first. Yeah. You got to It was pulsing white. Yeah, okay. Oh, yeah, he's pulsing the light on the left door.
    23:20
    All right, John Tracy is going home. Uh Ryan Dunn has still got a chance to stay in. Yeah, so white circle. Now his car's ready to bash.
    23:34
    Ryan. Oh, no. All right, we are done. No, yeah, we are. All right, [music] so that's going to be the end of the road for Ryan and John. Adam can play this in practice or save his energy. Yeah. I would play it out. Play it out, yeah. Yes, the guy might mean he got scores to chase, so he's It's fully legal to play play it out.
    24:05
    All right, congrats to Nick Stein and Adam, we got the the top eight buys coming in here for the next round. Do we want to >> There is some tiebreakers happening, it
    24:14
    There is some tiebreakers happening, it
    24:14
    There is some tiebreakers happening, it sounds like. Oh, it is. So, maybe we can >> It'll still be a
    24:23
    There's going to be a tie between Tom and Phil. Understood. And looks like uh Tom and
    24:36
    Sterling are out. Louisa and Cain advanced in their group. Uh Goran and Loncar have advanced. And we've got a tiebreaker for that group with Tom and Phil. Uh where are we at with Adam? I missed it. We're draining. Okay. This whole ball, sorry. >> Yeah, we missed it. Yeah, but it He
    24:57
    Yeah, we missed it. Yeah, but it He
    24:57
    Yeah, we missed it. Yeah, but it He started the mode. It didn't matter, but yeah, he got something going. Yeah. Uh where are we going to move to? Uh
    25:09
    Oh, we got a lapse. I think the tiebreaker is already started. I don't think so. I don't think so. >> playing. Phil right here is picking.
    25:18
    playing. Phil right here is picking.
    25:18
    playing. Phil right here is picking. That's They're They're planning to >> wait. Let Let me Let me interrupt them
    25:22
    wait. Let Let me Let me interrupt them
    25:22
    wait. Let Let me Let me interrupt them and get the tiebreaker on stream.