Ko Pin-Yi is a Beast

[buddha162]

Here's the final of the 2012 Taiwanese pro tour: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6navpYtzOM

Yang came out of a short-lived hiatus, but he is obviously off-form. I do wish they'd play 10 ball. Ko defeated his younger brother in the quarter finals, after knocking Yang to the one-loss side. Ko has another younger brother waiting in the wings, apparently at age 13 he's already showing professional promise.

Ms. Ling has faithfully uploaded a ton of Taiwanese pro matches, both men and women. Thanks Ms. Ling!

-roger

 

[FreeShot]

Cool. Thanks for the link. The Tawainese players are so strong.

 

[sjm]

Ko is definitely on my list of the world's ten best pool players, offered alphabetically in this case.

Ronnie Alcano
Darren Appleton
Francisco Bustamante
JL Chang
Pin-Yi Ko
Dennis Orcullo
Alex Pagulayan
Ralf Souquet
Shane Van Boening
Chin Shun Yang

That's how I see it anyway.

 

[seven_7days]

Ko is definitely on my list of the world's ten best pool players, offered alphabetically in this case.

Ronnie Alcano
Darren Appleton
Francisco Bustamante
JL Chang
Hulk Hogan
Pin-Yi Ko
Dennis Orcullo
Alex Pagulayan
Ralf Souquet
Shane Van Boening


That's how I see it anyway.

I disagree with your #5.

 

[sjm]

I disagree with your #5.

I stand corrected.

 

[DeHouser]

Nice payout. 300,000 CNY = ~ $47,000.00

Pin-Yi is a great shotmaker. Yang can play much better than he did here. He's a killer for the cash.

 

[GADawg]

Nice payout. 300,000 CNY = ~ $47,000.00

Pin-Yi is a great shotmaker. Yang can play much better than he did here. He's a killer for the cash.

If tournament was in Taiwan, I doubt seriously if prize was paid in renminbi(CNY). Most likely 300,000 Taiwan dollars = ~$11000 US

 

[poolnoob]

Yes, it's in NT, this year payout is 30K, some years ago was 100K

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[Aten]

I think he also beat Yang in a pretty awesome comeback match (down 7-2 or 7-3 if memory serves? to win 11-9) in the Final 8.

Ko's playing incredible right now, well-deserved win and I hope he can take down some international tournaments this year!

 

[buddha162]

Ko is definitely on my list of the world's ten best pool players, offered alphabetically in this case.

Ronnie Alcano
Darren Appleton
Francisco Bustamante
JL Chang
Pin-Yi Ko
Dennis Orcullo
Alex Pagulayan
Ralf Souquet
Shane Van Boening
Chin Shun Yang

That's how I see it anyway.

I approve of this list.

 

[buddha162]

If tournament was in Taiwan, I doubt seriously if prize was paid in renminbi(CNY). Most likely 300,000 Taiwan dollars = ~$11000 US

I guess pool is dwindling even in Taiwan...

Hopefully China picks up the slack, but that'd be a shame if all the Taiwanese players "defect" the way Wu did.

 

[DeHouser]

Yes, it's in NT, this year payout is 30K, some years ago was 100K

Ah, thanks for the clarification.