ICYMI, Taiwan ROC has just checked in !!!!!
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Damn, chances of Shane to 4-peat just diminished a whole lot :angry:
I'm thinking one of the Taiwan players may take it this year.
The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! :thumbup:
Holy smokes, they have never come in force to the US Open like that before...
I gotta say, if those guys all show up and SVB manages to defend I think that monkey on his back not beating a world class field is gone. This will be the first truly world class field event the USA has seen in a long, long time. Unreal.
The gambling on this US Open just got a lot more interesting.
I gotta say, if those guys all show up and SVB manages to defend I think that monkey on his back not beating a world class field is gone. This will be the first truly world class field event the USA has seen in a long, long time. Unreal.
The gambling on this US Open just got a lot more interesting.
Quite a field. Here are the current Fargo Ratings of these folks; First 3 on the list are numbers 3,4, and 5 in the world (with Jiaqing Wu and Orcullo at 1 and 2)
Shane Van Boening 817
Kai-Lun Hsu 817 (preliminary rating, only 199 games)
Yu Lung Chang 814
Jung Lin Chang 798 (world 11)
Darren Appleton 798 (world 12)
Pin Yi Ko 795
Efren Reyes 791
Johnny Archer 791
Alex Pagulayan 788
Mika Immonen 788
Ralf Souquet 787
Rodney Morris 785
Earl Strickland 770
Yu Hsuan Cheng 769
Ping Chung Ko 768
Corey Deuel 766
Nick Varner 750
John Schmidt 741
Tommy Kennedy740
Gabe Owen 732
Jeremy Jones 732
Can't wait to see the KO boys in action again.
Those are two players I could watch all day
Great to see them join the party
Now waiting for Team Philippines and Team Europe to check in.
Oh but before that Barry has to get his ducks in a row and get remaining $25K for Tier 2 within 10 days before the deadline
I think Team Philppines will mount a strong team this year after missing out on the big prize many times :grin-square:
Great to see them join the party
Now waiting for Team Philippines and Team Europe to check in.
Oh but before that Barry has to get his ducks in a row and get remaining $25K for Tier 2 within 10 days before the deadline
I think Team Philppines will mount a strong team this year after missing out on the big prize many times :grin-square:
The Filipinos are coming, and there may be quite a few this time. Dennis, Efren, Francisco, Warren, Lee Vann etc. etc. You know, the usual suspects! :smile:
In addition to the usual suspects, I would love to see Johann Chua, Anton Raga, Jeff Ignacio and Raymond Faraon in this year's US Open. Both Ko brothers did not do too well in the 2 recently concluded China tournaments.
I suspect we will see some of these guys here as well. Only Anton will have trouble getting a visa.
All we need now is for the PROC to show up. Give me a Li, a Liu, a Wu, a Wang, a Dang, even a Fu.