Basavich was a notorious road player who hustled pool games across the country, but later decided to compete professionally in tournaments after becoming too well known to continue hustling. In 2004, Basavich was named "Rookie of the Year" by the United Pool Players Association. He made his first television appearance in the 2005
WPA World Nine-ball Championship, beating
Hsia Hui-kai in the preliminary stages. He made another appearance at the 2005
Skins Billiards Championship. Basavich nearly won that tournament, but
Santos Sambajon defeated him after winning the lag for last part of the
sudden-death game and from the . In November 2004, Basavich defeated
Corey Deuel as the Glass City Open in
Toledo, Ohio, in a televised match where he broke and ran nine consecutive racks of
nine-ball, resulting in a score of 10–2. He was defeated by
Charlie Bryant in the finals.
L. Jon Wertheim wrote an article in
Sports Illustrated about Basavich in its 2004
Super Bowl edition entitled "The Amazing Adventures of Kid Delicious and Bristol Bob". Wertheim subsequently wrote a book on Basavich's adventures entitled
Running the Table: The Legend of Kid Delicious, the Last Great American Pool Hustler which was released in September 2007. In 2005,
Lions Gate entered into negotiations for a feature film to be loosely based on the life of Danny Basavich. In 2006, Basavich released the first in his new line of billiards tutorials,
The Kid Delicious Advanced Clock System and Banking Secrets produced by Pooljax productions. ==Filmography==