| Alias | The Viking |
| Country | Denmark |
| Hometown | Copenhagen |
| Age | 25 |
| Height | 6ft 1in |
| Highest Rank | 13 |
| Majors Won | 1 |
| Invitationals Won | 0 |
| Ranking Events Won | 1 |
| Prize Money | $69,820 |
Mickey Krause is one of the emerging talents in mainland Europe’s pool scene. Last year, he experienced a meteoric rise in the rankings, climbing from 63rd before the UK Open to 15th after securing his first World Nineball Tour (WNT) title at the 2024 European Open Championship.
In 2025, Krause has continued his impressive ascent, capturing another title with victory at the Scottish Open and reaching the semi-finals of the UK Open Pool Championship. These results have propelled him into the top 10 of the WNT rankings for the first time in his career.
The young Dane’s European Open triumph marked a breakthrough moment, adding a major trophy to his growing résumé and earning him a place on Team Europe at both the 2024 Reyes Cup and Mosconi Cup.
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The Universal Open Ho Chi Minh brings a 128-player international nineball field to Sniper Billiards Club from 11–15 November 2026. A World Nineball Tour Silver ranking event, it offers a $63,000 prize fund and another opportunity for players to build their standing on the tour in Vietnam.
The competition begins with double elimination, allowing players to recover from one defeat as they compete for a place in the last 64. From that point, the event becomes straight knockout, building towards a final raced to 13 racks.
Its place immediately before the Universal Open Bangkok creates consecutive tournament opportunities across Vietnam and Thailand. For spectators, the Ho Chi Minh event brings international competition into a pool-club setting; for the players, it begins a November sequence with two ranking titles to pursue.
The Universal Bangkok Open is a World Nineball Tour Silver ranking event within the Bangkok Cuesports Festival. Taking place from 17–21 November 2026 at S1 Pool Hall & Sports Bar in the Manhattan Hotel on Sukhumvit Soi 15, it brings a 128-player field to the Thai capital to compete for a $63,000 prize fund.
Players begin in a double-elimination stage, with 64 progressing to the knockout rounds. The races increase as the tournament develops: the last 64 through to the last 16 are raced to 10, the quarter-finals and semi-finals to 11, and the final to 13.
Beginning two days after the Universal Open Ho Chi Minh concludes, Bangkok continues the WNT’s November run through Southeast Asia, offering a second consecutive chance to secure a ranking title.
