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His official website is www.mikesigelpool.com. He was also voted the greatest living player of the 20th century. Sigel is Jewish, and was born in Rochester, New New York
His mother Ruth was aggravated with him at times, because as she said "he wouldn"t go to Hebrew school because he was too tired from playing pool nights."
Sigel turned pro in the early 1970s at the Johnson City, Illinois, All-Around Tournament, under the auspices of pool players like Joe Balsis, Steve Mizerak, Ray Martin, and Irving Crane.
Sigel has the ability to shoot pool both left-handed and right-handed. The victory earned him $150,000.
That same year, he was seeded in the final of the King of the Hill Eight-ball Shootout, the next event of the IPT. There he met Efren Reyes, who played his way through the tournament. In the match, Reyes bested him with little trouble.
Reyes took home $200,000 and Sigel got $100,000 for second place.
He played himself in the movie Baltimore Bullet. Today, he lives near Orlando, Florida, and his focus is to play pool and instruct. Sigel was a dominant player in the 1980s and has been on the cover of numerous trade magazines such as Billiards Digest, Pool and Billiards, InsidePOOL, Billiard News, and Bike Week.
He has been featured in Sports Illustrated, Life, People, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, United States of America Today, Playboy, Parade, Baltimore Magazine, Orlando Sentinel, Silver Screen, and Cigar Aficionado.
In December 2015 Sigel launched his official website, www.mikesigelpool.com, dedicated to offering private lessons, Mike Sigel branded cues and new instructional videos to the public. Sigel was inducted into the Billiards Hall of Fame at age 35 as the youngest male member, as well as the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.