California Team Wins $50,000 at The World Series of Beer Pong III

Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) January 8, 2008 -- Jeremy Hughes and Mike Orr, originally from Cranberry, PA and now living in San Diego, CA, earned the title of World Beer Pong Champions and a check for $50,000 after winning the third annual World Series of Beer Pong in Las Vegas, NV. Hughes, 25, and Orr, 24 known as team "Chauffeuring the Fat Kid," defeated 295 other teams during the three-day tournament.

The final rounds were as exciting as an NFL playoff game with a packed house cheering for their favorite teams. The final match against the "Iron Wizard Coalition," a team from Albany, NY, played on a newly-unveiled white BPONG table (available at BPONG.COM), was as intense a match as The World Series of Beer Pong has ever seen, coming down to a dramatic one-cup victory. With three cups remaining on his team's side, Orr sank the final shot and waited for his opponent's retaliation. The members of the "Iron Wizard Coalition" then connected on two consecutive shots, but failed to hit the final cup which would have yielded overtime, sealing the victory for Hughes and Orr.

Beer pong's popularity has reached grand proportions--This year's WSOBP attracted 600 players from 38 states and three Canadian provinces, making it the largest organized beer pong tournament in the world with the largest grand prize. The tournament focuses on the competition, skill, and socialization inherent to beer pong.

The tournament is structured so that each team plays 12 games over two days, win or lose. The best teams then compete in a final tournament on the third day. At the WSOBP, no participant is required to consume beer and can substitute water for beer in the cups at any point in the tournament. The event is structured so that each player will consume no more than one beer per hour as a direct result of the competition. The competition is played with a cohesive set of rules using official BPONG.COM gear.

The WSOBP has been featured in numerous publications including The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal, Stuff Magazine, Fox News, and Playboy.com.

About Beer Pong

Beer Pong is simple. In one variation of the game, two teams stand at opposite ends of an 8-foot long table, where ten 16-ounce cups are each filled with roughly 2 ounces of liquid. The cups are placed in a bowling-pin formation, and each team member takes turns tossing table tennis balls at their opponent's cup formation. If a ball goes into a cup, the cup is removed from the game. The first team to eliminate all of its opponent's cups wins. At the WSOBP, six of the ten cups in the formation are filled with beer, and four are filled with water.

The WSOBP is the largest organized beer pong tournament in the nation, created by BPONG.COM. The WSOBP III was hosted by BPONG.COM in association with Tight Rack, and sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon. BPONG.COM is the premier source of beer pong and Beirut information on the Internet, providing a center for collaboration and discussion about the game of beer pong.

WSOBP, WSOBP III, The World Series of Beer Pong, and BPONG.COM, among others, are Trademarks of BPONG, LLC or Beer Pong Events, LLC.

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