LI men win World Series of Beer Pong

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
5:20 AM EST, January 5, 2009

LAS VEGAS - Don't let the smell of beer and the rock music fool you: Beer pong is a serious game. Some dare say a sport.

Granted, they tend to be grinning and drinking when they say it.

There was plenty of both going on this weekend at the World Series of Beer Pong IV, a loud and sloshy annual tournament that elevates a college fraternity house staple that includes ping pong balls and beer to an (almost) serious competition.

With a $50,000 prize on the line, more than 400 teams flocked to the Flamingo hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip for a chance to bring their skills out of the bar and into the big time. They wore matching uniforms and talked about focus and strategy.

Some also wore matching hot pants and talked about drinking more Pabst Blue Ribbon, the official beer of the tournament.

But the winner, Ron Hamilton, 25, of Brentwood, N.Y., preferred liquor to beer, and said he got ready for Sunday's play by drinking a bottle of Jack Daniels.

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See, LI is full of talented people!

Re: LI men win World Series of Beer Pong

My husband's friend is the co-founder and helps run the WS of BP.

Re: LI men win World Series of Beer Pong

go Long Island!!

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Re: LI men win World Series of Beer Pong

Awesome.