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The biggest beer pong tournament in the world is being planned by four University of Nevada, Reno students.

The tournament will feature 1,000 teams of two players each from all over the West Coast with the winners walking away with $10,000. The tournament will take place Aug. 11 to 13 at the Silver Legacy Resort Casino.

Sean Nelson, one of the founders of College Beer Pong Championship, said he and his partners want their company to support college students.

“Every college kid talks about having a big beer pong tournament and that’s what we’re doing,”Nelson said.

Nelson said their hope is that this tournament will become an annual event that will draw more students each year. The company has plans of hosting up to 3,000 to 5,000 students in the next couple years and turning it into a nationwide event.

From left, Casey McRoberts, Davis Putt, Sean Nelson and Geoff Deal are planning the biggest beer pong tournament in the world, which will take place at the Silver Legacy in August. Photo by Amy Beck.

Geoff Deal, another founder of CBPC, said they want to “bring (college students) something they don’t necessarily have”already in their area.

As their idea started materializing, they realized that they all have something to contribute to the company and started working on it together, Deal said.

The company has a lot of future plans, including developing scholarship money for college students.

“The whole goal is to put students through college,”Deal said.

So far the group has accumulated a private investor, a sponsorship by Budweiser and hosts like Northstar-at-Tahoe, Amendment 21 Bar & Grill and others.

Davis Putt, one of the founders of CBPC, said they have a lot of people backing them that believe in their cause, but that doesn’t include everybody.

Wesley Smith, a 19-year-old computer science major at UNR who hasn’t drank alcohol before, said he thinks beer pong is a game meant for social drinkers.

“I’d rather not have my first drinking experience be a drinking game,”Smith said.

The CBPC is not trying to promote binge drinking, Putt said. People participating in the tournament are only allowed four drinks per day.

There will be judges at each of the tables monitoring fair play and enforcing the rules along with a senior judge for each section of tables.

Each team that signs up is guaranteed to play at least eight games, four each of the first two days. Each team will consist of two players, 12 cups and two balls.

In order to compete in the tournament participants must be over the age of 21 and have valid college student identification.

People wishing to watch the event must be at least 21 years old. For a three-day pass to the event it is $10 and for just one day it is $5.

“It’s not just a tournament…it’s actually an experience that everyone’s going to be able to be a part of,”Putt said.

Nicole Dion can be reached at news@nevadasagebrush.com.

College beer pong championship

- Web site: www.thecbpc.com
- Teams can sign up for $80 on the Web site until July 13.
- The tournament will run from Aug. 11 to Aug. 13.
- On the second day of the tournament, teams will be eliminated until 200 remain.
- Organizers will hold a free concert Aug. 12 by Keyser Soze.
- There will also be a concert by The Expendables Aug. 13 at the Silver Legacy Resort Casino in the Reno Ballroom. The first 250 teams to sign up for the tournament get free tickets. For everyone else, tickets to the 21-and-older concert are $18.

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