He was a young player that was being coached by John Ditoro. I saw him for the first time at Players in Melbourne for the Florida pro tour. He beat his coach 9-1 and Mika I. 9-2 and the some other poor slump. then he played Buddy Hall and was beating him until the wiley old veteran started to shark him with really really slow play. And then his youthful side was exposed and buddy won. But I must say that he was entirely more professional about it than I would have been.