
Episode 83_State Finals Season
Mark Takes a close second in his state finals. Guest Rick Deml wins the Oklahoma state finals and is headed to the Nationals! Dan is keeping his local league going, and Spencer, well, Spencer showed...
Highlights
- Jeff Reinhart won the Nevada State Championships
- Mark finished second at Nevada State Championships
- Jeff Reinhart is in his 20s and has been playing pinball for about 2 years
- Ted won the Nevada State Championship twice
- Mark chose the same three games throughout his tournament run (Freedom EM, John Wick, Embryon)
- Mark maintained a 4-1 record in the first three rounds before the finals
- Alex won the CCPL Interleague Championship for the third time in a row
- The Nevada State Championship had 24 players total with the top 8 receiving byes
- Jeff Reinhart is the son of Mark's close friend
- Rick Dimmel is a California resident competing in the Oklahoma State Championship
Notable quotes
“I completely forgot what I was going to say. Oh, so. I'm like blank.”
“If you let it go up and over, goodbye, it's gone... if it goes in the out lane and bounces around a little bit, it can also drain. So it's really definitely an area where the ball should not drain because you're going to lose it instantly.”
“You know you're in trouble when you're playing a guy who can choose Algar. Because that is the kind of game that you're sort of like, I have this in my pocket because I know someone who owns it and nobody else knows anybody who owns it.”
“First time ever, I didn't get mad at a machine. I didn't cuss, didn't get pissed off when I walked off. I was calm. I was like, this is just pinball. Have fun. Try your best, but don't get so worked up over it.”
“He scored $458 million on his second ball on Kong. That's catchable, Mark. I know it's catchable. Catchable by you. It's catchable, but not catchable if you don't know the rules that well, with King Kong because I still don't know that game.”
“Reno proving its superiority in pinball. Pulled it off. In the pinball arena.”
“When I got to Joker Poker, I didn't lose it, but I lost my concentration and was, like, forgetting how to play the game.”
“Every year I get past another round. So maybe next year might be my year, especially being retired for half of the year. I'll have a lot of chances to practice.”
Entities
- CCPL Interleague Championship· event
- Nevada State Championships· event
- Oklahoma State Pinball Championship· event
- Silver Ball Showdown· event
- Reno· organization
- Alex· person
- Brandon· person
- Dan· person
- Dan Armstrong· person
- Jeff (Reno area player)· person
- Jeff Reinhart· person
- Mark· person
- Patrick· person
- Richard Jenkins· person
- Rick Dimmel· person
- Spencer· person
- Ted· person
- Tom· person
- Tony· person
- Tony's Place / Incline to Play· venue
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