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McCready at the Super Billiards Expo at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, in 2004.. When McCready was 21, he began competing at professional pool events throughout California. He made an impression in the final of the Sacramento Open; from 2–6 behind, he won the last nine racks of nine-ball in the final to defeat Larry Hubbart, 11–6. [16]
Billiards trick shots are the subject of increasing international competition, both amateur and professional.There are world championships, such as the WPA World Artistic Pool Championships and the World Snooker Trickshot Championship (which has not been held since 2006), and made-for-TV events, such as Trick Shot Magic and the World Cup of Trick Shots, often televised in both the US and the ...
In 1924, at the age of 11, Mosconi was the juvenile straight pool champion and was regularly holding trick shot exhibitions. [5] By the early 1930s, Mosconi had taken a brief hiatus from the game, but returned a few years later in the hopes of earning some money.
Similarly, in many pocket billiards games, an advanced player's aim is to manipulate the cue ball so that it is in position to pocket (pot) a chosen next object ball, and so that the next shot can also be manipulated for the next shot, and so on. Whereas in the carom games, manipulation of the object ball's position is crucial as well on every ...
Andy Segal (born April 14, 1968), nicknamed "the Magic Man", [1] is a trick-shot pool champion from Huntington, New York.He began as a professional nine-ball player in the 1990s, and was a regular on the Camel Pro Billiard Tour before switching to trick-shot competition in 2002.
Fastest time to jump pot 15 pool balls (one-handed) Longest duration to spin a billiard ball; Most pool balls jumped one-handed in 1 minute [9] The most pool balls potted into the middle pocket over an obstacle in one minute record was aired on the Guinness World Records Italian Show (Ep. 28) where he competed for the record against Stefano ...
Note: Trick-shot-related articles in other disciplines (e.g. basketball, archery, shooting sports, whipcracking, darts, tennis, bowling and golf, all of which have used this term) should not be listed here, but in a more appropriate category (e.g. a Category:Basketball trick shots, which should not be a subcategory of this cue-sports-specific ...
Artistic Pool (2000, 2002, 2003, 2005) Snooker Trickshot ( 1992 , 1997 , 2005 ) Michael Massey (born April 9, 1947), professionally known as Mike Massey , is an American professional pool player.