[MrMore]

How can anyone know until the hole cards get seen? And even then we'll only see a selected few hands.

We don't know if Yang was being aggressive, or just holding the deck. Maybe his opponents weren't "getting steamrolled by his aggression," maybe they were wisely not playing HIS rush. IF he had a bunch of crap and the other guys were folding better hands, then give him credit. IF he was getting premium hands over and over, and the other guys were getting crap, give them credit for biding their time. But we don't know right now. I suspect Yang is about the definition of an average player, like Gold and Raymer and MM and Hachem, and thus, deserving of as much respect, or as little.

This is just a poker tourney, and anyone who doesn't know that tourneys don't entail the skill that live games do is invited to my live games anytime. But in the meantime, it's as silly to bemoan the lack of skill shown by tourney winners as it is to bemoan the lack of basketball ability shown by Super Bowl champs.