When the great Minnesota Fats made his trick shot video, Mike was hired to set up the shots.  Mike has performed exhibitions in Las Vegas at Caesar's Palace, The Mirage, Imperial Palace, The Sahara, Bally's, The Riviera, and the Sands convention center. He has also performed at Foxwood Casino in Connecticut, Caesar's Tahoe, Sands Reno, Fitzgerald's in Mississippi, Isle of Capri in Louisiana, plus casinos in Bregentz, Austria and Sun City, South Africa.  

Mike had the honor of being chosen to perform an exhibition for the dinner show when Willie Mosconi and Jimmy Caras played their last challenge match, hosted by the Birkbeck twins, Tom and Dan.  Mike has performed exhibitions at the Spirit Awards for independent films.  Mike has played or taught pool with many movie stars and sports celebrities, such as Johnny Cash, Sugar Ray Leonard, Billy Bob Thornton, Dean Cain, Stephen Baldwin, Scott Baio, Jennifer Tilly, James Tolkan, Paul Sorvino, Jason Gedrick, Danny Aiello, David Arquette, and others.

Below is some additional information o­n Billiards Champion Mike Massey:        ESPN’s Trick Shot Magic Champion 2004       

World Artistic Pool Champion 2002 -WPA and BCA Sanctioned.       

BCA North American Artistic Pool Champion 2002.         

ESPN's Trick Shot Magic Champion 2000 and 2001.       

World Artistic Pool Champion 2000 - WPA and BCA Sanctioned.        

North American Artistic Pool Champion 2000.        

World Trick Shot Champion (Snooker 1992 and 1996).        

Former National 9-Ball Champion.        

1997 Senior 9-Ball Masters Champion.        

1996 winning team member in the Mosconi Cup.        

1996 Dutch National 8-Ball Champion.        

1996 Hall of Fame 8-Ball Champion.        

Has won professional tournaments in 9-ball, 8-ball, 14.1 straight pool, and o­ne pocket.        

High runs of 9 racks of 9-ball in tournament play and 13 racks in challenge match play.        

High run of 224 balls in 14.1 straight pool.        

World record for most racks of 9-ball run in 24-hour period. 330 racks o­n live television in Austria, complete runs 1 through 9. 9-balls o­n break or combinations didn't count.  11,230 balls pocketed in marathon shooting (24 hours).  8,090 balls pocketed in marathon shooting with o­ne arm.   Pool instructor at Chattanooga Tech, Jurgen Sandman's Training Camp in Sweden,  Landhaus Pool School in Austria.  Instructor and co-founder of the Paradise Pool School.

For more information please contact:

Ian Sandman

Marketing Director

Regent Sports Corporation

(631)-234-2800 ext. 217      

isandman@regent-halex.com

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