Beer Pong

Take a look at competitive pong in Midland, Michigan! This past year we were fortunate enough to sponsor the #MW5K event. Professional Pongers from all over the country gathered in Michigan for some serious team play. Professional pong is more than tossing a few balls in some cups and tossing back some beverages. Pong brings people together and delivers a camaraderie that is unparalleled. The most important thing is partying with family and friends and making memories!

Experience the party and play a game that is encourages you to get rowdy! Come show off your skills! Signups have started for the best event of the year, Battle Michigan 9. You can also go to Mid-Michigan Beer Pong for future event information.

BoozinGear.com is sponsoring another professional pong tournament; the MIDWEST 5K SHOWDOWN. Senior analyst Conman brings us his 3v3 predictions after selecting the seeding (randomly) for preliminary match ups. This is what he envisioned happening:

Prelims

After a day of tight preliminary rounds and good ponging, team “Ya Know” locked up the overall number one seed with a perfect preliminary record of 5-0 plus 24. The most competitive game was against team “Flawless Victory”, who wrapped up the second overall seed. Beating the early favorites by 4 with great team shooting led by Brittney Harness from Bay City, Michigan, Sweet Lou (all the way) from New Jersey, and team captain Nick Trupiano from Detroit, Michigan. These two teams may be destined to meet again.

3rd - Tim Tina and A Boy Named Sue

4th - Pawng Patrol

5th - Ain’t No Laws While Drinking Claws

Double Elimination Playoff Pods

After cruising to a number one seed team “Ya Know” takes a loss in the winners finals to “Pawng Patrol” after Nick getting cocky taking a blind 2-rack shot to try and impress the ladies. Timing is everything and team “Ya Know” learned that lesson the hard by making mistakes this late in the tournament. They quickly regrouped and came back to beat “Laws and Claws” in a grueling six overtime game to get to the finals. In the finals of their pod, Trupiano and Lou assert their dominance on the table and shoot a combined one hundred (perfect game) in game 1. With the tournament on the line they needed to find a way to continue their precision. Brittney closed out the game by making some huge clutch shots to put an end to a very confident “Pawng Patrol” in game 2 to win bracket A.

Meanwhile in bracket B “Flawless Victory” stumbles often down the stretch and proves everything but flawless, but maintains being undefeated all the way to the finals. The loser final bracket was a match-up of teams “Tim, Tina, and A Boy Named Sue” taking on “Going To Paris”. This was definitely one of the most entertaining match-ups of the day. Multiple overtimes and all around great shooting for both teams fueled the excitement of the day. Former WS champion, Nick Syrigos and his team shined and took down the opposing team confirming why he is a champion. “Going to Paris” took on “Flawless Victory” in their pod finals. Carrying forward their momentum, “Going To Paris” won game 1 against Donnie Jones and crew. Michigan native Tyler Spencer seeming to be off and struggling to hit shots, Abby Cadabby really stepped it up while Donnie began to struggled down the stretch. After some misses from Trupiano, and a huge swat attempt by Josh Schwent that knocked out 5 cups from the rack, “Flawless Victory” won game two and will now get a chance to meet “Ya Know” in the finals for a much anticipated rematch.

Battle for third place | Best of 1 Game

Pawng Patrol vs Going to Paris

Adam Gallup, Faxon Townsend and Sara Schauman couldn’t find a groove after their poor performance in the bracket finals; blowing a 6 cup lead to “Going to Paris” who was also struggling after their earlier swat debacle. They just couldn't get their heads straight. “Going to Paris” finished strong under the encouragement of their captain and finishing up in third place.

Finals - best 2/3

Team “Ya Know” started hot out of the gate, shooting 15/18 and steals game 1 by 4 cups. Lou PG’s (doesn’t miss) and Brittney capitalizes on her nearly all 4th ball attempts.

“Flawless Victory” rebounded and Donnie reemerged, being the best player in the state since Dane Ellis. He locked in and didn’t miss. He shot an 8 cup perfect game in regulation and didn’t miss in overtime. Game 2 went to 1 OT and “Flawless Victory” ran all 4 cups in the first turn. Very clutch shooting by Abby and Tyler as they took game two.

Game three was a match to remember. Both teams could NOT miss (figuratively). Trash talk from each side of the table was flying in all directions. Lou continued to get into Donnie’s head, but it did not shake him. “Flawless Victory” was just that… FLAWLESS. Trupiano and Brittney made a two cup rebuttal to save their tournament lives but they just couldn’t keep up with Abby and her dominant performance in each overtime round. “Flawless Victory” wins the Midwest 5k Showdown and becomes the 2019 3v3 champions!!!!

Final standings:

1st place FLAWLESS VICTORY

2nd place YA KNOW

3rd place GOING TO PARIS

4th place PAWNG PATROL

We can't wait to see who ACTUALLY takes down the championship this weekend and gets their hands on these over sized trophies. Good luck to all those who are competing!

Michigan's largest beer pong tournament of the year begins this week in Bay City, Michigan and we wouldn't miss the opportunity to be the primary sponsor every year! Battle Michigan 8 showcases a main event, the 6 vs 6 Draft tournament. This event is designed to be a great time for everyone and is open to all skill levels. Some players come with a competitive spirit but every player enjoys the comradery. Below are last years #BM7 captains as well as the champs.

We sat down with ConMan, our senior analyst here at BoozinGear as he gave his #BM8 predictions. Let's see which teams he places in the top 4 of this continuously growing event:

4th Place: Bagstiv Badasses - Expected to make it through their pod final but fall short in the last few matches, leaving them just short of the cash payout. Still winners coming out in the end with a nice buzz.

3rd Place: Can't Control The Weather - Finishing in the money, they will get a second wind during their final match-up and rain down spot on shots for third. The Badasses (or whoever) better bring their raincoats.

2nd Place: To Infinity and Bpong - Going undefeated through prelims and blasting off in playoffs, the team falls just short of the crown as nerves kick in on an extremely close 3rd set of match-ups. Buzz and Woody won't come through this time. It alright guys you still got a friend in me.

CHAMPIONS: Game of Throws - Team unity is not a problem for these warriors. Expecting a poor prelim seed they will prevail after a little liquid encouragement. Sarah, Anthony, Carlos, Gofuck, Jamie and Matt will play as smooth as a shot of ice cold Fireball when winter is coming. That liquid fire will translate to taking down cups like the Mother of Dragons defeats her enemy.