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Florian "Venom" Kohler (born July 10, 1988) is a French professional pool player trick shot artist, particularly known for his massé shots.
He began experimenting with his own versions of trick shots, and eventually developed many new concepts, such as ball jumping, massé-ing with multiple cues simultaneously, executing jump and massé shots on moving balls, and executing very high jumps. He has set a record for highest jump shot on a moving ball, at 34 (86 ). Bio , personal website
Kohler assisted in the development of the Mezz massé Cue stick, which is specially designed to execute trick shots. "Mezz massé cue: Massé with power and precision" , Miki Co. Ltd website
The APA announced they would be sponsoring Florian Kohler and he would be an official spokesperson for the APA on April 28, 2014 at their Annual League Operator Convention in Las Vegas.
In mid-2019 Kohler and his wife became league operators for the APA Las Vegas Division.
Kohler currently holds 7 Guinness World Record titles:
The most pool balls potted into the middle pocket over an obstacle in one minute record was aired on the Guinness World Records Italian Show (Ep. 28) where he competed for the record against Stefano Pelinga. Stefano managed to pocket 35 balls in 1 minute and Kholer managed 68, setting a record. Kohler then went on to beat his own record of 68 by pocketing 70. On December 16, 2018 he broke his own record again at Las Vegas with 75 balls.
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