Midwest 5K Showdown Prediction | Pro Beer Pong

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!