Updated 03/24/2009 06:06 PM
Two-year-old pool shark
JOHNSTOWN, N.Y. -- While the 8-Ball is his favorite, 23-month-old Keith O'Dell Jr. has been known to clear the entire table.
Since the kid could talk, his parents haven't been able to tear him away from the table.
"He started with one ball out, two balls out, he's doing 15 balls on a run now. He's doing combo shots, bank shots, kick shots. He's got a whole slew of shots in his pool bag and he doesn't even have one yet," said Keith O’Dell Sr.
"His face, when he makes a shot, he is so excited. If he, we actually have one of the videos where he scratches and you just see this scowl on his face. It just brightens up everything," said Courtney O’Dell, Keith’s mother.
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Though it wasn't a complete surprise when Keith Jr. started playing pool, Keith Sr. and Courtney's first date was at a pool hall and they've been playing together, and with him, ever since.
"My wife plays, my mother-in-law plays, my father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law," said Keith Sr.
But still, the expert of the family hasn't even turned two.
"It's funny because he'll make a shot and I'll look at him and think, I should try that!" said Keith Sr.
Keith Jr. plays for two to three hours a day and his parents say as long as he's having fun, he can keep at it.
"He's doing it on his own,” Courtney said. “We're not helping him too much. He's just got it."
But we'll see who has it in a year. The newest pool shark in the O'Dell family: four-month-old David.