SAM-I-AM: Stern SAM System

About this episode

The episode discusses the Stern SAM system era and the challenges of importing pinball games.

Let's chat about the Stern SAM system era from 2006 through 2014. World Poker Tour through The Walking Dead and everything in between. Want to import games? Prepare yourself to negotiate when the time comes to get your game out of pinball jail! Sometime quarantine just isn't enough. The season 4 finale!

People in this episode

Host: Jeff Cernava

Topics covered

• Stern SAM system
• pinball games
• game negotiation
• pinball history
• quarantine
• season finale

Keywords

• Stern SAM system
• pinball
• World Poker Tour
• The Walking Dead
• game negotiation
• pinball jail
• quarantine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stern

Books & works: World Poker Tour, The Walking Dead

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