Where's all the SVB haters...

[nine_ball6970]

That's going to have to be around a few more years before I buy into that. Here is why I asked:
1. Last year Ko Pin Yi wins the Worlds, Albin Ouschan wins the China Open. Everyone here says KP Yi is "the best in the world", until he came over here and had his azz handed to him tournament after tournament.
2. This year Ouschan wins the Worlds, Wu wins the China Open & suddenly Wu is "the best in the world".

Seems many here are overly impressed with Chinese/Taiwanese players without reason.

I am not sure if this is a serious post or not. Here are some stats for Wu.

2002 Taiwan National Youth, Champion
2002 Taiwan National Pro Tour, 3rd place
2004 WPA Juniors World Nine-Ball Championship, 2nd place
2005 WPA World Nine-ball Champion
2005 WPA World Eight-ball Champion
2006 World Pool Masters Tournament, Semi-finalist
2006 World Nine-ball Championship, quarter-finalist
2007 All Japan Championship, Champion
2008 World Ten-Ball Championship, 2nd place
2011 All Japan Championship, 2nd place
2013 China Open, 3rd place
2015 WPA World 9 Ball Championship, Semi-finalist

Notice he won two world championships at the age of 16 in 2005 and almost won another at age of 17. I read somewhere that he didn't play much if any from 2009 to 2013 due to having leukemia. He is only 27 now.

He has been one of the best for the past 10 years.

 

[KRJ]

Who cares if SVB wins it's a short race tournament anyways, against the very best in the world, and on multiple occasions.

I bet JumpinJim has never even heard of variance. lolnoob.

Fixed that for ya. No charge

 

[mikepage]

I'm curious as to what criteria you lean to in saying Wu is "the #1 player in the world"? I keep seeing this thrown around on here but what is it based on, hmmmmmmm?

Be careful not to put too much weight on a few single-elimination tournaments. There is really a lot more information out there open to the eye of analysis.

Have you read this description? Even if you are skeptical about Fargo Ratings, are the specific records I relay not at least a little compelling?