Andy Segal opened this Trick Shot Magic semifinal with a cup and cone, bouncing ball, one-handed shot, requiring great dexterity. A bouncing ball is held in the cone, bounced on the table, and caught in the cone, but a ball is shot one-handed before the catch. The first time, the ball bounces once and the one ball is shot, pocketing the nine. The second time, the ball bounces twice and the two ball is shot pocketing the 10. The third time, the ball bounces three times and the three ball is shot pocketing the 11. Generally a strong shot of Segal's, he surprisingly missed it, walking away early during his second attempt after poorly hitting the two ball. Nick Nikolaidis wasn't intimidated by the shot and demonstrated his reputable dexterity, stealing an early point.

Trying to get a point, Segal chose this Out of the Rack masse shot, known to be a thorn to Nikolaidis. This is shorter version of my shot. The cue ball starts in the back row of a rack of balls, second from the corner. It's masse'd out of the rack while the end ball clears out of the way, then squeezes between the bottle and the rail to pocket the hanging ball in the corner. Segal nailed the shot, finally putting a point on the board. Nikolaidis was unable to get the end ball to clear out though, relinquishing his lead.

Segal's third challenge was this out-of-the-balloon jump shot. The cue ball starts inside a balloon which is encircled by blocking balls. When shot, the balloon pops and the cue ball jumps out of the ring of blocking balls, down to pocket the ball in the corner pocket. This shot uses an illegal scoop jump technique. Neither Segal nor Nickolaidis had any trouble with the shot. Putting the cue ball in the balloon was probably the hardest part.

The next shot was a version of the Split Jump. Two balls are frozen by the side pocket, parallel to the long rail. With one stroke, each of them jumps over a shaft and one knocks one of the cue sticks causing a chain reaction as balls fall off of chalk cubes before finally sending the last one into the corner pocket. Segal hit his challenge on his second attempt. Nickolaidis was a bit unlucky as the cue sticks didn't quite guide one of the jumped balls in to the corner and the chain reaction didn't get set off.

Segal countered with his own jump shot requiring extraordinary amounts of dexterity. This was quadruple triple jump. The triple jump itself was a shot devised by Dave Nangle, where three balls are jumped simulataneously while holding three jump cues. This shot required it be done four times in a row with a 36 second time limit. Amazingly, both Segal and Nikolaidis made quick work of this shot, to the delight of the crowd.

This pinball shot was the next challenge from Segal. Basically, there is one ball each hanging in one of the pockets. The cue ball pushes one in, hits a rack to push another in, banks off the rail, rides up a cue stick pushing another ball in, caroms off another two racks, pocketing two more object balls, goes off the rail one last time and rides up another cue stick to guide it to the final hanging ball in the corner pocket. Segal showed he's a pinball wizard making the shot. Nikolaidis was a bit unlucky, not getting the first ball to fall, and fell behind by two points.

Segal picked out this speed masse shot to try to regain his lost point. The eight ball is hit three cushions around the table. In the meantime, two balls are masse'd around a rack and into the corner pocket, to be followed by the eight ball. Surprisingly, Segal sent the eight ball long on one of his attempts, hitting the wrong side of the rack, and ended up not getting a point. Nikolaidis fully grasped the opportunity nailing the shot and drawing the score level again.

Trying to probe Nikolaidis' weakness, Segal went for this power jump shot. The cue ball flyies over a giant pillow in the center of the table, going the length of the table to knock off the football set up on the rail. Segal made it look easy, getting the football down to the floor. Nikolaidis had troubles though, unable to clear the obstacle and giving Segal the lead.

Trying to secure at least a tie, Segal went for this twin one-handed jump shot. Two balls are jumped simultaneously, with one cue in each hand, over the row of dominoes and into the corner pocket with the help of the rack. Segal's luck look like it had run out as he inexplicably rattled one of the balls in the corner, which is practically unheard of with the setup. Nikolaidis kept his cool though and made the shot, drawing level before the final challenge.