Hopefully Jay Heifert (hope I spelled that right) will chime in, because I seem to recall that he quoted either Parica or Reyes as saying nobody went to Taiwan and walked away with the cash. That was a few years ago, and they've gotten even better. I've watched some of their challenge matches, and its 3 sets- one of 8ball, one 9, and one straight pool. They can play just about all the games.
Team Taiwan vs The World
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Agree 100%
I might consider swapping in a different Taiwanese though. Hsu might play a bit above Ko PC.
But yeah they are rock solid.
This might be my rest of the world team:
Neils Feijen
Jayson Shaw
SVB
Albin Ouschan
Darren Appleton
KMRUNOUT
Def putting Alex n Dennis in the rotation
I will take
Alex P
Dennis Orcollo
Scott Frost
Danny Smith
Tony Chohan
The match is 1 hole right?
Alex P
Dennis Orcollo
Scott Frost
Danny Smith
Tony Chohan
The match is 1 hole right?
Yang plays nowhere near the same speed that he did in the early to mid 2000s.
Don't forget Cheng Hsieh, who's still on the winner's side at the Open (granted via an Appleton forfeit). Lo Li Wen also ranked highly.
Just watched him drill Wu in 2015....
Chang Jung Lin won the World 8 Ball championship in 2012 and Ko Pin Yi won the World 9 ball and 10 ball championship in 2015. They can play. Kevin Cheng ( Yu Hsuan Cheng) won the US Open last year
According to AZB's coverage, this is what happened:
"Perhaps the biggest surprise of the day was when Daren Appleton conceded his match against Hsieh after he won the first three racks of the match and then watched Hsieh win seven games in a row. Appleton missed a shot into the corner pocket that should have been automatic for him and he unscrewed his stick, packed up his cues and walked out without saying a word. Since Appleton is known as a bulldog with no quit in him this came as quite a shock to the fans."
Wu chia ching (now Wu Jia-Qing) is chinese now, so you'd have to replace him. And kevin sucks lol, one fluke US open, nothing otherwise.
He won a large tournament in China last year with the field almost as strong as the US Open. 2nd in China open and 3rd in world 9 ball championship this year. I wouldn't consider that "sucking."
This team might have trouble beating a team of Filipinos only. Yes you heard me right. This is more a psychological thing then a physical one. No question the top Taiwanese players are all immensely talented, but the Filipinos have been beating on them for a long time when they traveled South to take them on in money matches. Give me Dennis, Lee Vann, Alex, Francisco and Warren (or Carlo or De Luna) and I say it's a close match. The Filipinos really bond as a team like no others I've seen before. This can fluster the Taiwan (or Chinese) players. I've seen this phenomena occur more than once.
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What about Roberto Gomez?
Yeah he sucks so bad he's ranked number 1 in the world.
FWIW he's ranked a bit lower on Fargo. But he not only won the US Open last year and the Miyun event (beating Wu Jiaqing in the final for the $35K prize), he also lost to Shane in the Semi's of the World 9 ball this year, and finished high (Quarter's?) of the recent China Open.
I would say that right now there's few surer things in pool than Kevin Cheng going deep in the major international tournaments It's this year's Open that's the fluke.
I agree that going deep into the W9BC is a big feat, and my last comment about him sucking was merely a social experiment that came out as predicted. People hate shane so much that they keep saying he sucks because he can't win the W9BC, though he came in 2nd place twice. Yet in both replies to my suck comment, Kevin's third place finish at W9BC is used to argue his greatness. Why is this?
Nobody is saying Shane sucks. They are simply saying he dogs it when playing World Championships or other tournaments overseas. He dogs it in the Mosconi Cup too but that is a separate issue. He plays well below his potential in that format.
As more players from overseas who are contenders in world tournaments come to the US Open, it will be much harder for Shane to win than it has been in the past.
You're confusing people saying Shane isn't the best player in the world with them saying he sucks.
I'll make it clear.
He's not and he doesn't.