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Titles & Achievements
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2007 World Artistic Pool Champion
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2007 Artistic Pool Masters Champion
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2006 World Cup of Trick Shots Champion
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2005 Comet Classic Champion
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2005 Artistic Pool Masters Champion
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2004 Las Vegas Artistic Pool Open Champion
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2004 Northeastern Artistic Pool Open Champion
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Multiple World Record Holder
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2004 ESPN Trick Shot Magic Semi-Finalist
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2003 ESPN Trick Shot Magic Runner-Up
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2003 World Bank / Kick & Jump Shot Champion
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2003 North American Draw & Masse Shot Champion
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Technical Advisor for "Sweet & Lowdown" (1999) -- A film starring Woody Allen & Sean Penn.
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Appeared on Good Morning America -- December 2007
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Filmed a 12 week series called Bikini Pool Shark for Spike TV.
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Filmed 30 trick shot instructional videos for MonkeySee.com
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Personal Information
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I am married with one daughter. My wife's name is Kimberly and my daughter's name is Jessica.
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I have been playing pool since 1983. I started performing trick shots in college, back in the late 80's, but I have been competing in trick shot competitions since October of 2002. I was invited to ESPN's Trick Shot Magic for the first time in October of 2003, when a good friend of mine Bogdan Wolkowski from Poland dropped out at the last minute due to an arm injury. Once I started competing in the trick shot tournaments, I stopped playing 9-ball and never looked back.
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I have worked as the technical advisor of Sweet & Lowdown, a Woody Allen film starring Sean Penn. I have also filmed a couple of commercials, one for All Detergent and one for AT&T, both obviously involving pool and trick shots. I also did a 12 week segment for Spike TV called Bikini Pool Shark. I have also worked with Ewa Laurence and helped her prepare for the 2004 and 2005 Women's ESPN Trick Shot Magic tournament. Ewa's excellent talent, along with coaching from myself and Bruce Barthelette, helped her achieve a second place finish in 2004 and a win in 2005. I endorse LiquidWick Pool Cues and I recently filmed videos for both Inside Pool Magazine, and Monkeysee.com.
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I am also an APA League Operator in Hudson County, NJ. I have been with the APA since September of 2007 and I think that it is the best amateur league in the world.
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In addition to pool, I am an amateur magician and I take Karate at Tiger Schulmann's in Dix Hills. I am also in the computer business. I own and operate a website company Magic Man Web Services LLC, which currently hosts this website, along with www.artisticpoolplayers.com.
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My daughter doesn't play pool yet, but she did invent one trick shot that I used in the 2004 Trick Shot Magic competition.
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