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A game of billiards is a total immersion experience for mind and body. It demands the concentration of chess, the risk management of poker, and the touch of golf. The sound of clicking balls seems to make the incessant clamoring of the outside world at least temporarily go away.
He is the best professional billiards player in New York, winner of 30 major tournaments. At 13 years of age his dad introduced Tony to the crisp sound of balls draining into the pockets at the local pool hall in Brooklyn's Bushwick section. After graduating from high school, Tony dedicated himself to perfecting his game, practicing 12 hours a day, 6 days a week for over two years. At age twenty-one, he turned pro. His nickname, the "Silent Assassin," was bestowed upon him during the 1995 World Championships held in Winston-Salem, N.C. After soundly defeating one of the top pros by an 11-2 score, a fan approached Robles to congratulate him. Commenting on the accomplishment, the fan noted that it was "just another day at the office" for the fast-rising shark. Tony's ability to unexpectedly and resoundingly knock off top pros, the fan concluded, was like that of a "silent assassin." The moniker stuck, and has accompanied him over the past nine years as he, not quite so silently, ascends the ranks of the world's elite pool players.
He is currently ranked #6 by Pool and Billiards Magazine, and #9 by Billiard's Digest, as he sets his sights on a lifelong goal of winning the world's championship. Among the career highlights considered most important to Tony is a run of 113 balls he accomplished during the 1992 Straight Ball Championship held at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. Other highlights of Tony's career include high runs of eight straight racks in 9-ball and five straight racks in 8-ball. He also boasts a high run in straight pool of
267 balls.
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