Today at Hogs and Heifers, located at 201 North Third Street in Las Vegas, is the third annual Brunson Beer Pong Invitational
. The event, which is sponsored by Doyle Brunson’s online poker site DoylesRoom, will see some of the top names in our industry try their hand at an old frat party favorite.
UB.com pro Phil Hellmuth and Absolute Poker diva Trishelle Cannatella will serve as the emcees of the Brunson Beer Pong Invitational and use a bullhorn to provide commentary. The staff at Pokerati has been tasked with creating a bracket and the field is invite-only, although anyone interested in watching their favorite poker pros drink beer can come out and watch. Up for grabs are a BBQ and trophies, among other prizes.
Brunson will team with fellow DoylesRoom pro Zachary “CrazyZachary” Clark, the nephew of the late Chip Reese. Brunson’s son Todd will also be in attendance and pair with one of the online poker world’s legends, Brett “gank” Jungblut. Also representing DoylesRoom is Brunson 10 member Steve “gboro780” Gross, who sits atop the PocketFives.com Online Poker Rankings and will team with Hoyt Corkins on Wednesday in the beer pong extravaganza.
Two of the first couples of poker will compete, Erica Schoenberg and Erick Lindgren as well as Chad Brown andVanessa Rousso. Schoenberg, formerly the better half of David Benyamine, and Rousso are two of only a handful of women that will take part in the Beer Pong Invitational. Other ladies scheduled to toss ping pong balls include Full TiltPoker pro Mandy Baker, Melanie Weisner, Vanessa Peng, former “Amazing Race” contestant Tiffany Michelle, and Lisa Parsons.
On the event’s Facebook page, a bevy of poker personalities have indicated they’ll be on-hand, including Nat Arem, Pam Brunson, Lee Watkinson, Poker News Daily’s Brett Collson, GreasieWheels’ Lisa Wheeler, and poker PR guru Lara Miller, who is handling media for the Brunson 10 throughout the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
Last year, Dan “Wretchy” Martin and Peter “#1PEN” Neff bested Todd Brunson and Jungblut in the finals. Here’s a look at several of the teams that will take to the beer pong tables on Wednesday, according to the event’s Facebook page:
- Doyle Brunson and Zachary “CrazyZachary” Clark
- Todd Brunson and Brett “gank” Jungblut
- Hoyt Corkins and Steve “gboro780” Gross
- Erica Schoenberg and Erick Lindgren
- Chad Brown and Vanessa Rousso
- Ty Stewart and partner
- Allie Prescott and Shaun Deeb (or Liv Boeree)
- Dan “Wretchy” Martin and partner Dan “USCwimmer” White
- Melanie Weisner and Vanessa Peng
- Drew Crawford and Nick Davies
- Andrew “luckychewy” Lichtenberger and Dan “Kingdan” Smith
- Mandy Baker and Shawn Patrick Green
- Rick Fuller and Jim Shipley
- Jason “JaspudUF” Lee and Dave Walker
- Tony “Bond18″ Dunst and Randal “RandALLin” Flowers
- Marc Seif and partner
- Scott Seiver and Greg Dyer
- Dan Michalski and Jon Katkin
- Bob Lauria and Dan Suied
- Jonathan “FatalError” Aguiar and Steve “MrTimCaum” O’Dywer
- Eric Ramsey and Dave Behr
- Matt “All In At 420” Stout and Al Rasah
- Tiffany Michelle and Lisa Parsons
- Billy “Patrolman35” Kopp and partner
The third annual Brunson Beer Pong Invitational serves as a lead-in to the 2010 WSOP, which kicks off on Friday with the first two of 57 bracelet events. Accordingly, the beer pong festivities will be filmed by ESPN and air as part of the network’s WSOP coverage.
Check out video coverage from last year’s tournament - Doyle Brunson Beer Pong Invitational II
[Via PokerNewsDaily.com]
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