Tomorrow a big arcade competition is going down, this time it’s the Big Buck Hunter Pro World Championship. We’ve mentioned this one previously when they held qualifying events and it would sure be fun to go and compete. Whoever wins this is going to walk away with $10,000 extra in their pocket so that in itself should be an exciting final match to watch. Full details are in the press release after the jump.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
BIG BUCK HUNTER® PRO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TAKES OVER THE WINDY CITY ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 18
Glen Ellyn, IL Oct 15th, 2008 – The Big Buck Hunter® Pro World Championship takes place this weekend at the Excalibur Nightclub in downtown Chicago, IL. This double-elimination, head to head tournament will pit the best Big Buck Hunter® Pro players from across the nation against each other.
The road to the World Championship started on August 8th with four regional-qualifying CoinUp® tournaments. Those tournaments were followed by live body events on September 19th in San Antonio, TX, September 21st in Oregon City, OR, September 26th in New York City, NY and September 28th in Inver Grove Heights, MN. These events produced the following players that will be dueling for the World Championship title and the top prize of $10,000.00:
Southern Region
1st – Manny Donato
2nd – Chris Fortune
3rd – Cynthia Bingham
4th – Matt Budzisz
5th – Nicholas Meyers
Western Region
1st – Eddie Blake
2nd – Jason Smith
3rd – Daniel Anen
4th – Jean Paul Luiggi
5th – Santino Filipeli
Eastern Region
1st – Nick Rossi
2nd – Shelley Maasdorp
3rd – Matt Ramey
4th – David Williams
5th – Jaron Anderson
Midwestern Region
1st – Trevor Floren
2nd – Brett Godsey
3rd – Daniel Mundschau
4th – Nick Berg
5th – Jerad Berg
The 20 players will also be joined by 4 additional players that will earn entry through an open tournament that will take place immediately before the World Championship. Festivities begin at 1:00PM on Saturday October 18th. For more information, go to www.bigbuckhunter.com or contact Dave Snipes at dsnipes@playmechanix.com.
About Play Mechanix
George Petro, a former game designer for Midway Games founded Play Mechanix™ in 1995. In a little over a decade, Play Mechanix™ has created over 30 titles for the Arcade, Bar and Casino industries including the best-selling video hunting series Big Buck Hunter®, Big Buck Safari®, and Deal or No Deal®. Play Mechanix™ is currently producing an on-line tournament system for use with Big Buck Hunter® Pro and beyond. Play Mechanix™ recently merged with Raw Thrills™.
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