Renowned Megabuck tournament promoter
Steve Sanders, President of Pinacle Events, has announced that the fifth Annual Super Bowl Mini Eliminator, to be held at the 70-lane Orleans Bowling Center in Las Vegas, Feb 6-12, will guarantee $50,000 first place up from $30,000 this year. The Super Bowl Megabuck Week 2006 kicks off with an exciting new event -
The MoRich Mixed Doubles National Championship (Feb 3-5) - that will guarantee another $100,000 in prize money and a $16,000 top prize. Bowlingdigital will cover both events live from Las Vegas.
The field is set for the MoRich Mixed Doubles National Championship at the Orleans Bowling Center in Las Vegas, Nev. John Petraglia/Angela Chirpich (pictured) and Genie Franklin/Jim Carter led the final two squads on Sunday 10 and 12pm. As only sixteen teams advanced from the eight qualifying squads, the semi-finals will be skipped and the sixteen teams will determine the champion in best-of-three-games match play finals. 
On the second day of the event, Saturday February 4, here at the Orleans Bowling Center, two familiar names in the sport led all qualifiers. Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, NY and Dave Guindon, W. Seneca, NY rolled a 1341 in the noon squad to secure their spot in the finals.
Two 'locals' topped the opening day qualifying rounds of the inaugural MoRich Mixed Doubles National Championship, being held February 3-5 at the Orleans Bowling Center. Local they may be, but also well known throughout the world of bowling are the first day leaders Wendy Macpherson, the former PWBA superstar of Henderson, Nevada and Paul Renteria of Las Vegas. 
The $100,000 MoRich Mixed Doubles National Championship will roll Super Bowl weekend February 3-5 at the Orleans Bowling Center in Las Vegas, Nev. There will be eight 3-game qualifying squads. 1 in 4 teams will cash and 1 in 8 will make the finals. The winner - one woman and one man - will split the big $16,000 top prize. Bowlingdigital will cover the finals live from Las Vegas. 
Steve Sanders may be the most energetic and futuristic thinker in bowling. As originator and owner of Pinacle Events he is constantly busy making things better today and trying to improve events tomorrow. I caught up with him via cell phone in Los Angeles with the intentions of talking to him about his ever growing and ever improving Super Bowl Mini Eliminator Tournament at The Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas Feb. 6-12, plus the new $100,000 Morich Mixed Doubles National Championship Feb. 3-5 at the same site. 
Super Bowl Week is perhaps the most exciting and anticipated time in all sports. The annual football extravaganza is the single-most ballyhooed sports event in America. Inasmuch as the Super Bowl Championship consists of only one game, it surpasses all other sports in TV ratings. Commercial costs on this event are astronomical…far exceeding most TV ads. 
The number one reason the Mini Eliminator Tournaments and the MoRich Mixed Doubles National Championship are the besting the world can be expressed in only two words - Great Sponsors. Over 90% of all entry fee money is returned to the bowlers in the Mini Eliminator, an amount unmatched in the industry, and its only possible because of the generous sponsorship of companies. 