that is not the definition of "race to 5". "race to 5" means first person to win 5 games. Your quote above indicates the winner is first person to win 3 games.
that is either "race to 3" or "best of 5".
And if you truly meant "race to 5" then OP would be on 4 games with 1 ball left.
either way, sounds like Nip (don't know him) played very well to come back and win.
I corrected it for you. And I apologize as well for the wrong words for the a head set!!! That is why they were only using 1 coin. It was a great come back for Nip! I asked Nip what the race was and he said a race to 5 games. That is what threw me off! Thanks.
Many Regards,
Lock N Load.