John Schmidt

John Schmidt is an American pool player, born on April 12, 1973, in Keokuk, Iowa, nicknamed Mr. 600 for his work in straight pool. He played golf as a young man, began pool at age 19 and played his first professional tournament in 1999 at 27. He won the 2006 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship by beating Rodolfo Luat in the final and the 2012 Dragon 14.1 Tournament over Efren Reyes. On May 27, 2019, he recorded a video-recorded run of 626 balls in straight pool, passing the 526 that Willie Mosconi set in 1954, a mark critics noted came under different conditions, and Jayson Shaw later broke it with 669 in January 2022. He played for the American team at the Mosconi Cup in 2006 and 2014.