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Intro

Mika “The Iceman” Immonen is a professional pocket billiard players. Despite his humble personality around the table, players fear him for his tremendous break and offensive runouts. He currently resides in New York.

Equipment

Mezz Mika Immonen Professional Billiard Cue
Mezz PowerBreak2-TDI Billiard Break Cue
Mezz AirDive Billiard Jump Cue

Achievements

2008 Mosconi-Cup Winner and MVP (Malta)
2008 World Team VS Philippines Winner (Manila)
2008 All Japan Championships Winner (Osaka)
2008 IPT Pro-am Champion
2008 US.Open Champion (VA, USA)
2008 Estonia Open Champion (Tallinn, Estonia)
2008 World Pool Masters Runner Up (Las Vegas)
2008 Desert Shoot-Out Runner-up (Phoenix)
2007 Korea International Champion (Seoul)
2006 Norway Open (Oslo)  Holland Open Champion (Weert)
2005 Captain of team Europe in Mosconi-Cup
2005 UPA Atlanta Open Champion , (GA, USA)
2004 Patriot Team cup MVP (FL, USA)
2004 Florida Tour Champion
2004 UPA Atlanta Open Champion 2004, (GA)
2004 Ocean State Champion (RI, USA, also in 1998, 2000)
2004 UPA Tour championships winner, (Los Angeles, CA)
2003 Mosconi-Cup MVP (Las Vegas)
2003 Philippine Open Champion (Manila. Philippines)
2002 Mosconi-Cup Champion (London, England)
2002 LG Flatron Challenge Champion (Manila, Philippines)
2002 Scandinavian Champion (Copenhagen, Denmark)
2002 Central Florida open Champion ( Florida, USA)
2002 Derby City Classics Champion ( Kentucky, USA)
2001 WPA 9-Ball Champion (Cardiff, Wales)
2000 ESPN 7-Ball Sudden Death Champion (Chicago, USA)
2000 Turning Stone 9-Ball Champion (NY, USA)
2000 Nashville Open Champion (Tennessee, USA)
1998 European Straight Pool Champion (Luxemburg, Europe)
1996 Taiwan Peace Cup Champion (Taipei, Taiwan)
1995 Scandinavian Champion (Copenhagen, Denmark)
1994 Scandinavian Champion (Malmo, Sweden)
1992 Euro-Tour Winner  (Belgium, Europe)

Personal Info

Mika Ilari Immonen was born on December 17, 1972 in Paddington, London, England, along with a fraternal twin named Kari Jalmari.

Mika was always so athletic he even loved running at an early age. One day he was on his way to play ice hockey with his pals. It was colder than usual that night, and they decided to seek refuge in this new Billiard Parlor down the street from his home. He started playing billiards nearly every night that winter. The owner of the room encouraged Mika to play in a pool tournament in a nearby city where the 1st place was a ham! He brought home the Bacon.

Mika started getting serious about pool in 1992. He has his first big title in Austria, where he won all his 7 matches. He even beat Ralph Souquet who was already a household name at that time. Mika was awarded the “Best Player of the Tournament”.

It was a “calculated risk” to choose to become a professional pool player. For many years, there was a lot of work and millions of miles of travel but not much to show for it. It was only around 1998 when Mika started coming into his own and finally broke through the next level: Winning tournaments all over the world.

Mika remembers his friends and family’s support at this time and is very thankful for those who know him well enough through the ups and downs. It’s not easy to understand how seriously he took the sport.

Now, 17 years after starting to play professional pool, Mika has finally reached many of his dreams including World Championships, US.Open Champion and Player of The Year 2008.