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Article: Beer pong spills into Kent.(Other Sports)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- July 29, 2009
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Michel Mckinnon carries a beer pong table in the back of his car everywhere he drives.
"I bring it anywhere I want to go," he said. "Just in case."
Tuesday night, Gonzo's Sports Bar and Grill in Kent supplied the tables for Mckinnon, who joined 31 competitors in the opening tournament of the 2009 BPONG Tour, a national road trip to promote the World Series of Beer Pong V in Las Vegas this January.
"We heard this was where the tour started," said Mckinnon, 28, who drove from Anacortes to participate. "So this was where we were going to be."
His friends identify him as Nano, a reference to his diminutive stature (he stands five feet ...