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"Running the Table"

By L. Jon Wertheim
Special to Page 2

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Editor's Note: "Running the Table" recounts the story of Danny (Kid Delicious) Basavich, who, after dropping out of his New Jersey high school in the 1990s, went from being a suicidal, morbidly overweight teen to a legendary pool hustler. (Click here to watch a short video clip of Kid Delicious hitting trick shots.) During his time on the road, he won money in each of the Lower 48 states, took $20,000 off the Philadelphia mob, and disarmed as many players as he hustled with his irrepressible cha ...

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