31 Facts About Andy Segal

Andy Segal 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.

Andy Segal is known for his television competition appearances on ESPN, and has won many such events, including Trick Shot Magic, the World Cup of Trick Shots, the WPA World Artistic Pool Championship, and the Masters Artistic Pool Championship.

Andy Segal was born and raised in Queens, New York.

Andy Segal attended Stuyvesant High School in New York City.

Andy Segal was an active member of the debating team, and towards the end of his high school years, became interested in pool.

Andy Segal is a sleight of hand magician, and trains weekly at mixed martial arts.

In 1991, Andy Segal graduated from university and went on to work in Wall Street in the IT department of Merrill Lynch.

In 2005, Andy Segal switched to a company closer to his home in Long Island, and started working for Adecco.

Andy Segal spent about two years there before he decided to go into pool full-time.

Andy Segal was an active player on the Camel Pro Billiard Tour, playing eight-ball, nine-ball, and ten-ball.

Andy Segal was a regular on the Tri-State Tour and the Joss Tour.

Andy Segal performed at private parties around the New York City area, and while working with Blatt Billiards, performed a public exhibition at Grand Central Terminal.

Andy Segal met the great trick shot artist Mike Massey, and by the early 2000s, Segal was concentrating more on trick shots than nine-ball.

In 2002, Andy Segal began playing in formal trick-shot competition, after being invited to complete in the titular 2003 North American Artistic Pool Championship was held at Hippo's Billiards in Utica, New York; Andy Segal finished 4th, but stayed in that cue sports discipline.

Six days before the event, Matt Braun, promoter and producer of that event, called Andy Segal and asked if he could fill the open spot.

Andy Segal agreed, and spent those 6 days coming up with trick shots to use against the veterans like the then two-time world champion Mike Massey.

Andy Segal won his first-round match against Stefano Pelinga of Italy.

Andy Segal moved on to 2001 world champion Charles Darling from Missouri.

Andy Segal won, landing the cue ball about an inch away.

Andy Segal won the 2005,2007, and 2009 Masters Artistic Pool Championship, held at the Super Billiards Expo in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania; and four WPA World Trick Shot Champion titles.

Andy Segal beat Poland national champion Luke Szywala in the semi-finals and Argentina champion Sebastian Giumelli in the finals.

Andy Segal successfully defended his title in 2012 when he beat Canadian Nick Nikolaidis for his third world title.

In 2009, at the ESPN Zone at New York New York Casino in Las Vegas, Andy Segal captured that one as well, defeating Sebastian Giumelli from Argentina, a repeat of the 2007 World Championships.

Andy Segal then went on to defend his title in 2010 at the Green Valley Ranch Casino in Henderson, Nevada, against former world champion Jamey Gray.

Andy Segal has been the captain of Team USA for several years.

Andy Segal is the operator of New Jersey's Hudson County Pool League, a local franchise of the amateur American Poolplayers Association.

Andy Segal holds four world records and has won over 50 trick shot discipline titles.

Andy Segal was featured in National Geographic Channel's Amazing, and a documentary titled Spin Doctors: The Wondrous World of Artistic Pool filmed in 3D by Comcast at the 2011 WPA World Championship.

In 2011, Andy Segal joined the Screen Actors Guild, and has appeared in one film, Sascha Baron Cohen's The Dictator, and several television shows: Pan Am, Person of Interest, Damages, and Boardwalk Empire.

Andy Segal has appeared on Good Morning America to perform artistic pool tricks, in December 2007.

Andy Segal has filmed over 60 pool and trick-shot instructional videos for HowCast.