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From wizard mode to motherlode, Burnaby’s Robert Gagno is the best pinball player in the world.

He’s got the trophy, a 30-pound solid block of wood topped by a snarling bronze three-armed alien, to prove it.

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Gagno, 27, topped a field that included world No. 2-ranked Keith Elwin, among others.

World No. 1 Jorian Engelbrektsson skipped the April 7-10 world championship at Carnegie, Pa., to remain in Sweden with his newborn child.

“I remember the instant I won, my phone started ringing,” Gagno said. “I was getting Facebook messages from people I don’t even know.

“I wondered if that happens to basketball or tennis champions, too.”

Gagno, whose mom Kathy was once one of the highest-ranked female players in Canada, played his first tournament at 19 in Toronto while on a business trip with his dad Maurizio.

He won the varsity division.

“This is the holy grail of pinball right here,” said Maurizio Gagno, pointing to the 30-pound PAPA 19 trophy his son won and gets to keep. “And next year Robert’s banner will join the 18 banners hanging from the rafters.”