World's Best Poker Players
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2012 POY Leader Boards - Overall
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| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
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| 1 | Greg Merson | Laurel, MD, USA | 5,100 | 2 | 2 | $9,664,179 |
| 2 | Dan Smith | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 5,040 | 6 | 9 | $3,673,806 |
| 3 | Marvin Rettenmaier | Leonberg, DEU | 4,085 | 4 | 8 | $2,424,595 |
| 4 | Kyle Julius | Naperville, IL, USA | 3,752 | 0 | 3 | $2,103,282 |
| 5 | Ole Schemion | Berlin, DEU | 3,676 | 3 | 6 | $2,032,454 |
| 6 | Joseph Cheong | La Mirada, CA, USA | 3,590 | 0 | 7 | $1,063,626 |
| 7 | Antonio Esfandiari | San Francisco, CA, USA | 3,330 | 2 | 4 | $18,992,281 |
| 8 | Phil Hellmuth | Palo Alto, CA, USA | 3,237 | 2 | 4 | $4,322,694 |
| 9 | John Dibella | Cave Creek, AZ, USA | 3,064 | 2 | 4 | $1,901,113 |
| 10 | Oliver Speidel | Melbourne, AUS | 3,046 | 1 | 5 | $1,767,371 |
| 11 | Anthony Gregg | Columbia, MD, USA | 2,984 | 1 | 4 | $1,004,155 |
| 12 | Michael Mizrachi | Miramar, FL, USA | 2,942 | 2 | 6 | $2,156,455 |
| 13 | Ravi Raghavan | Champaign, IL, USA | 2,835 | 2 | 3 | $1,501,029 |
| 14 | Joe Kuether | Elm Grove, WI, USA | 2,779 | 4 | 12 | $577,187 |
| 15 | Vadzim Kursevich | BLR | 2,776 | 1 | 3 | $1,333,689 |
| 16 | Jesse Sylvia | West Tisbury, MA, USA | 2,770 | 0 | 2 | $5,294,344 |
| 17 | Davidi Kitai | Brussels, BEL | 2,690 | 1 | 4 | $1,086,561 |
| 18 | David Baker | Katy, TX, USA | 2,689 | 1 | 5 | $700,386 |
| 19 | Noah Schwartz | Bay Harbor, FL, USA | 2,678 | 2 | 4 | $1,076,035 |
| 20 | Daniel Kelly | Potomac, MD, USA | 2,668 | 2 | 7 | $803,569 |
| 21 | Phil Ivey | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,635 | 1 | 7 | $3,546,334 |
| 22 | Faraz Jaka | San Jose, CA, USA | 2,630 | 0 | 6 | $1,011,590 |
| 23 | Will Failla | Smithtown, NY, USA | 2,622 | 3 | 10 | $599,888 |
| 24 | Brock Parker | Silver Spring, MD, USA | 2,584 | 2 | 4 | $691,770 |
| 25 | David Sands | Bozman, MT, USA | 2,457 | 0 | 4 | $940,769 |
| 26 | Shawn Buchanan | Abbottsford, BC, CAN | 2,422 | 1 | 3 | $969,184 |
| 27 | Jonathan Duhamel | Boucherville, QC, CAN | 2,420 | 1 | 7 | $1,415,792 |
| 28 | Mohsin Charania | Des Planes, IL, USA | 2,420 | 1 | 2 | $1,904,899 |
| 29 | Brendon Rubie | Sydney, AUS | 2,420 | 1 | 4 | $510,790 |
| 30 | Shannon Shorr | Tuscaloosa, AL, USA | 2,416 | 0 | 5 | $663,082 |
| 31 | Vanessa Selbst | Montclair, NJ, USA | 2,392 | 3 | 5 | $649,308 |
| 32 | Sean Jazayeri | Bellevue, WA, USA | 2,388 | 1 | 4 | $1,425,570 |
| 33 | Andrew Lichtenberger | East Northport, NY, USA | 2,355 | 0 | 6 | $558,557 |
| 34 | Scott Baumstein | New York, NY, USA | 2,268 | 0 | 7 | $387,344 |
| 35 | Max Steinberg | Oakland, CA, USA | 2,250 | 1 | 2 | $733,728 |
| 36 | Tommy Vedes | Queens, NY, USA | 2,216 | 1 | 4 | $1,016,716 |
| 37 | Jacob Balsiger | Tempe, AZ, USA | 2,200 | 0 | 1 | $3,797,558 |
| 38 | Andrew Chen | Mississauga, ON, CAN | 2,157 | 0 | 4 | $1,036,843 |
| 39 | Oleksii Kovalchuk | Kiev, UKR | 2,141 | 2 | 4 | $532,300 |
| 40 | Aubin Cazals | Valllesvilles, FRA | 2,070 | 2 | 4 | $683,357 |
| 41 | John Dolan | Tallahassee, FL, USA | 2,062 | 1 | 4 | $858,894 |
| 42 | Aaron Lim | Perth, AUS | 2,042 | 1 | 3 | $636,863 |
| 43 | Leonid Bilokur | RUS | 2,036 | 2 | 4 | $1,614,180 |
| 44 | Bertrand Grospellier | London, GBR | 2,023 | 1 | 8 | $1,584,770 |
| 45 | Steve O'Dwyer | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,011 | 1 | 8 | $838,414 |
| 46 | Theo Tran | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,004 | 2 | 6 | $568,314 |
| 47 | Joseph Serock | Albuquerque, NM, USA | 2,000 | 0 | 4 | $655,801 |
| 48 | John Monnette | San Diego, CA, USA | 1,994 | 1 | 4 | $642,330 |
| 49 | Dominik Nitsche | Minden, DEU | 1,972 | 3 | 5 | $912,730 |
| 50 | Daniel Negreanu | Las Vegas, NV, CAN | 1,960 | 0 | 6 | $1,580,087 |
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