Beer pong World Series qualifier in Coconut Creek
Seminole Casino Coconut Creek is hosting a satellite tournament at 8 p.m. Nov. 12 that will give the winning two-person team a free trip to Las Vegas to compete in the fifth annual World Series of Beer Pong.
Entry fee is $20 and players will receive $20 in free play in the casino.
"We expect a big turnout,” said Seminole Casino Coconut Creek GM Steve Bonner.
Last year's WSOBP, created by BPONG.COM, drew more than 800 players from the United States and Canada. This year's event is Jan. 1-5 at the Flamingo Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas.
Grand prize is $50,000, with additional payouts and prizes for second through fourth place winning teams.
Beer Pong consists of an 8-foot table on which 10, 16-ounce cups are arranged in bowling pin formation and filled with approximately four ounces of liquid each. Each two-person team takes turns tossing ping pong balls into their opponent’s cups. If a ball goes in, the cup is removed. The first team to eliminate its opponent’s cups wins.
Satellite tournament registration forms are now available at the casino’s cashier’s cage and by phone at 954-283-2826. The tournament is limited to the first 64 teams registered.
Participants must be 21 years or older. For more information email BeerPong@stofgaming.com or call 954-283-2746.
Second prize at Coconut Creek is $1,000, third is $750, and the top 12 get at leat $50 in free casino play.
NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, moved on to "night baseball" and "pass the trash" during a Dr. Pepper-infused midnight game in the 1980s at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and now play in a regular neighborhood Hold 'Em game in Plantation. I have been given the assignment of writing about the gambling life in South Florida casinos for the Sun-Sentinel...which means sitting around watching poker on TV now counts as research.
