Career Records Awards Special Events Player Data
7 Times Tri-State Player Of The Year (NY, NJ, PA, 1991,1992,1993,1994, 1999,
2001, 2002)
2007 N.J. State Straight Pool Championships, Parsippany, NJ - 1st Place
2006 Amsterdam Billiard Club Open 9-Ball Champion, NYC
2005 UPA Atlanta Open, Athens, GA - Fifth Place
2005 North American Open Tour Stop, Pittsburgh, PA - 3rd Place
2004 BCA Open 9-Ball Championships, Las Vegas, Nevada – 1st Place
2004 Mosconi Cup Team Champion, Egmond aan Zee, Holland
2003 Mosconi Cup Team Champion, Las Vegas, Nevada
2003 N.J. State Straight Pool Championships, Parsippany, NJ - Runner-Up
2002 UPA Pro Tour Championship, Del Ray Beach, Florida - Runner-Up
2002 Amsterdam Tri-State Open 9-Ball Champion
2002 BCA Open 9-Ball Championships Runnerup
2002 Comet Billiards Open Champion, Parsippany, NJ
2002 Spin City Open Champion, Queens, NY
2002 Amsterdam Billiard Club Open 9-Ball Champion, NYC
2001 Amsterdam Billiard Club Open 9-Ball Champion, NYC
2000 Corner Billiards Straight Pool Open Division Champion, NYC
1999 Amsterdam Billiard Club Open 9-Ball Champion, NYC
1998 Corner Billiards Straight Pool Champion, NYC
1997 St. Patrick's Day Open 9-Ball Champion, Providence, R.I.
1996 Rhode Island Ocean State 9-Ball Champion, Providence, R.I.
1996 Billiard Sports Center McDermott National 9-Ball Champion, Bridgeport,
CT
1996 Monir's Billiard Club 9-Ball Champion, Queens, NY
1996 Golden Q Summer Open 9-Ball Champion, Queens, NY
1996 Pocket's Tri-State Open 9-Ball Champion, Brooklyn, NY
1995 Summer Sizzler Classic Open 9-Ball Champion, Providence, R.I.
1995 Hall Of Fame 9-Ball Champion, New Bedford, Massachusetts
1995 Northeast Open 9-Ball Champion, Albany, NY
1994 Northeast Open 9-Ball Champion, Albany, NY
1993 Soho Billiards 9-Ball Champion, NYC
1993 Amsterdam Billiard Club Straight Pool Champion, NYC
1993 West End Billiards Tri-State Open 9-Ball Champion, Elizabeth, NJ
1993 Rhode Island Ocean State 9-Ball Champion, Providence, R.I.
1993 Northeast Open 9-Ball Champion,
Albany, NY
1992 Emerald City Open 9-Ball Champion, Gloucester, NJ
1992 Herbert's Billiards 9-Ball Champion, Secaucus, NJ
1992 Two time Amsterdam Billiard Club Open 9-Ball Champion, NYC
1992 West End Open 9-Ball Champion, Elizabeth, NJ
1992 Corner Billiards 9-Ball Champion, NYC
Received an award for the 2002 UPA Pro Tour Sportsman of the Year
Received the High Run Award at the 2000 U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship
in NYC for the high run of 148 balls against Johnny Archer.
Received an award for the 1998 Camel
Pro Billiards Series Sportsman of the Year
Media
Feature
Story in the New York Times, 2006
Feature Story on the New York Daily
News, October 2004
Technical Advisor for Acuvue Color Contact Lenses Commercial February 2002
Acted
in a Pharmaceutical Commercial on Network TV late 2001 early 2002
Feature article in the N.Y. Newsday on May 8, 2000
Technical Advisor for Holiday Macy's Commercial in December of 1998
Feature article on Billiards Digest in May of 1998
Feature story on El Diario La Prensa in 1997
Appeared on Sabado Gigante in 1996
Feature story on the N.Y. Newsday in 1996
Feature story on NBC News October of
1994
Acted in film “Turn The
River” as the role "Ryan", 2007
Played at the 2004 Paul Sorvino Asthma Foundation Charity Event at the Venetian
in Las Vegas, Nevada
Played at the 2002 Amsterdam Billiard Club Party for Jerry Seinfeld
Played at the 2001 Paul Sorvino Asthma Foundation Charity Event
Played at the 2001 Amsterdam Billiard Club Firefighter Charity Event
Played at the 1999 Jerry Orbach Charity Event
Played at the 1998 Paul Sorvino Asthma Foundation Charity Event
Played in the 1992 U.S. Open Straight Pool Championships Charity/Celebrity Event
Has done several Exhibitions at Senior Citizen Centers
Performed an exhibition for Kids with Cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital
Has a high run in straight pool of 267 balls
Has a high run in 9-Ball of 8 straight racks
Has a high run in 8-Ball of 5 straight racks
Plays with an 18 ounce Predator
Breaks with an 18 ounce Predator Cue
One of 4 players representing the American Pool Players Association (APA) Fan
Favorites National Exhibition Tour
Favorite Pool Table: the Brunswick Black Crown and the Gold Crown 3 and 4
Ranked 7th in the world