he entered his first euro tour event in 1993 and finished second at that year's german open. he also won the following events in austria and hungary. ortmann won his second us championship later that year, again in straight pool. he won five euro tour events the following year, and finished second twice. during the nine-event season he went to the finals seven times. he won his first world championship (the 1995 wpa world nine-ball championship), playing dallas west in the final.