Felix Vogel

Felix Vogel, born on 2 December 2007, is a German professional pool player who is considered a rising star. He began playing pool with his father in the lowest German league at the age of eight, standing on a box to reach the table, was nominated for the national German youth squad by the age of twelve and won the European under-17 ten-ball championship at fourteen. In 2025 he beat world champion Carlo Biado 9-6 at the Battle of the Bull and defeated five-time title holder Earl Strickland 9-2 in the first round of the US Open. In 2026 he won his first tournament on the men's singles pro circuit, the Predator Billard Beckmann Men's Open, beating Wu Kun Lin and earning his biggest single payout of 37,000 US dollars.