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2012 POY Leader Boards - Overall

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Rank ↑	Player	Location	POY Points	Titles	Final Tables	POY Winnings

1	Gregory Merson	Laurel, MD	5,100	2	2	$9,664,179
2	Dan Smith	Las Vegas, NV	5,040	6	9	$3,673,806
3	Marvin Rettenmaier	Leonberg	4,085	4	8	$2,424,595
4	Kyle Julius	Naperville, IL	3,752	0	3	$2,103,282
5	Ole Schemion		3,676	3	6	$2,032,454
6	Joseph Cheong	La Mirada, CA	3,590	0	7	$1,063,626
7	Antonio Esfandiari	San Francisco, CA	3,330	2	4	$18,992,281
8	Phil Hellmuth	Palo Alto, CA	3,237	2	4	$4,322,694
9	John Dibella	Cave Creek, AZ	3,064	2	4	$1,901,113
10	Oliver Speidel	Melbourne	3,046	1	5	$1,767,371
11	Anthony Gregg	Columbia, MD	2,984	1	4	$1,004,155
12	Michael Mizrachi	Miramar, FL	2,942	2	6	$2,156,455
13	Ravi Raghavan	Champaign, IL	2,835	2	3	$1,501,029
14	Joe Kuether	Elm Grove, WI	2,779	4	12	$577,187
15	Vadzim Kursevich		2,776	1	3	$1,333,689
16	Jesse Sylvia	West Tisbury, MA	2,770	0	2	$5,294,344
17	Davidi Kitai	Brussels	2,690	1	4	$1,086,561
18	David Baker	Katy, TX	2,689	1	5	$700,386
19	Noah Schwartz	Bay Harbor, FL	2,678	2	4	$1,076,035
20	Daniel Kelly	Potomac, MD	2,668	2	7	$803,569
21	Phil Ivey	Las Vegas, NV	2,635	1	7	$3,546,334
22	Faraz Jaka	San Jose, CA	2,630	0	6	$1,011,590
23	Will Failla	Smithtown, NY	2,622	3	10	$599,888
24	Brock Parker	Silver Spring, MD	2,584	2	4	$691,770
25	David Sands	Bozman, MT	2,457	0	4	$940,769

26	Shawn Buchanan	Abbottsford, BC	2,422	1	3	$969,184
27	Jonathan Duhamel	Boucherville, QC	2,420	1	7	$1,415,792
27	Mohsin Charania	Des Planes, IL	2,420	1	2	$1,904,899
27	Brendon Rubie	Sydney	2,420	1	4	$510,790
30	Shannon Shorr	Tuscaloosa, AL	2,416	0	5	$663,082
31	Vanessa Selbst	Montclair, NJ	2,392	3	5	$649,308
32	Sean Jazayeri	Bellevue, WA	2,388	1	4	$1,425,570
33	Andrew Lichtenberger	East Northport, NY	2,355	0	6	$558,557
34	Scott Baumstein	New York, NY	2,268	0	7	$387,344
35	Max Steinberg	Oakland, CA	2,250	1	2	$733,728
36	Tommy Vedes	Queens, NY	2,216	1	4	$1,016,716
37	Jacob Balsiger	Tempe, AZ	2,200	0	1	$3,797,558
38	Andrew Chen	Mississauga, ON	2,157	0	4	$1,036,843
39	Oleksii Kovalchuk	Kiev	2,141	2	4	$532,300
40	Aubin Cazals	Valllesvilles	2,070	2	4	$683,357
41	John Dolan	Tallahassee, FL	2,062	1	4	$858,894
42	Aaron Lim	Perth	2,042	1	3	$636,863
43	Leonid Bilokur		2,036	2	4	$1,614,180
44	Bertrand Grospellier	London	2,023	1	8	$1,584,770
45	Jonathan Roy	Boucheville, QC	2,019	2	3	$874,760
46	Steve O'Dwyer	Las Vegas, NV	2,011	1	8	$783,845
47	Joseph Serock	Albuquerque, NM	2,000	0	4	$655,801
48	John Monnette	San Diego, CA	1,994	1	4	$642,330
49	Dominik Nitsche	Minden	1,972	3	5	$912,730
50	Daniel Negreanu	Las Vegas, NV	1,960	0	6	$1,580,087