Props to Yang

In another of the few good Phil Gordon comments tonight, he noted that he was going to stop hating on Yang, who he said had made some fundamental errors but generally played a tough and aggressive game. Yang obviously isn't the world's best player, he's clearly still somewhat of a n00b, makes tons of errors, but gives himself a chance to win by playing aggressively and being unbluffable.

Andy Beal took this approach against the world's best players, and it worked (at least for a while). When a guy plays aggressively, never folds top pair, and hits a lot of hands, he's hard to beat. This strategy is always better than weak-tight play in tournaments.

I can deal with Jerry Yang winning the world championship, though I'm rooting for Tuan (who has done absolutely nothing impressive tonight) to mount a comeback.