Vilmos Földes
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Vilmos Földes is a Hungarian professional Pocket billiards
(pool) player, nickname
d "the Magic Magyar".
Based in Pécs
, Hungary
's fifth-largest city, Földes competed in the 2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
in which he survived the group stages and the round of 64, but was eliminated in the round of 32 by Luong Chi Dung
. In the 2007 World Nine-ball Championship he reached the semifinals but was defeated by Daryl Peach
. Földes has also competed in the World Pool Masters Tournament
.
Pocket billiards
Pool, also more formally known as pocket billiards or pool billiards , is the family of cue sports and games played on a pool table having six receptacles called pockets along the , into which balls are deposited as the main goal of play. Popular versions include eight-ball and nine-ball...
(pool) player, nickname
Nickname
A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
d "the Magic Magyar".
Based in Pécs
Pécs
Pécs is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the south-west of the country, close to its border with Croatia. It is the administrative and economical centre of Baranya county...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
's fifth-largest city, Földes competed in the 2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
WPA World Nine-ball Championship
The WPA World Nine-ball Championship is an annual, international, professional nine-ball pool tournament, founded in 1990, sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association , and principally sponsored and organised by Matchroom Sport...
in which he survived the group stages and the round of 64, but was eliminated in the round of 32 by Luong Chi Dung
Luong Chi Dung
Lương Chí Dũng is a Vietnamese professional pool player. He reached the quarter-finals in the 2006 Men's World Nine-ball Championship before losing to Li He-wen...
. In the 2007 World Nine-ball Championship he reached the semifinals but was defeated by Daryl Peach
Daryl Peach
Daryl Peach is an English professional pocket billiards player. Nicknamed "Razzledazzle" and "the Dazzler," he defeated the Philippines' Roberto Gomez in 2007 to become the first English male to win the WPA World Nine-ball Championship...
. Földes has also competed in the World Pool Masters Tournament
World Pool Masters Tournament
The World Pool Masters Tournament is an annual international nine-ball tournament. Formerly, it was called the European Pool Masters until players from other parts of the globe were invited....
.