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2012 Scoring Criteria

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2008 POY Leader Boards - Overall

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Rank ↑ Player Location POY Points Titles Final Tables POY Winnings
 
1 John Phan UNITED STATES Long Beach, CA 6,704 3 8 $2,075,323
2 David Pham UNITED STATES Cerritos, CA 6,022 0 11 $1,447,638
3 Bertrand Grospellier FRANCE London 5,510 2 6 $3,618,720
4 Ivan Demidov RUSSIAN FEDERATION Moscow 4,940 0 2 $6,404,900
5 Erik Seidel UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 4,754 1 4 $2,142,397
6 David Benyamine FRANCE Paris 4,436 1 5 $1,978,419
7 Peter Eastgate DENMARK Odense 4,320 1 1 $9,181,022
8 Michael Binger UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 4,216 3 8 $970,347
9 Chino Rheem UNITED STATES Los Angeles, CA 4,194 1 4 $3,409,624
10 Vinny Pahuja UNITED STATES New York, NY 3,918 2 9 $555,729
11 Jack Schanbacher UNITED STATES Pittsuburgh, PA 3,855 2 6 $821,492
12 Sebastian Ruthenberg GERMANY Hamburg 3,808 2 3 $2,301,700
13 Michael Martin UNITED STATES Washington Crossing, PA 3,800 1 3 $2,513,506
14 Dario Minieri ITALY Rome 3,784 1 3 $1,135,134
15 Vivek Rajkumar UNITED STATES Seattle, WA 3,705 2 4 $1,705,298
16 Men Nguyen UNITED STATES Bell Gardens, CA 3,662 6 10 $776,832
17 Matt Brady UNITED STATES Upper Darby, PA 3,640 2 7 $1,210,445
18 Steve Sung UNITED STATES Torrance, CA 3,622 0 4 $1,072,997
19 Justin Young UNITED STATES Moorhead City, NC 3,582 1 8 $1,104,256
20 Shannon Shorr UNITED STATES Tuscaloosa, AL 3,548 1 7 $845,771
21 Amit Makhija UNITED STATES Brookfield, WI 3,535 0 4 $967,130
22 Jason Mercier UNITED STATES Davie, FL 3,504 2 4 $2,639,031
23 Allen Bari UNITED STATES West Orange, NJ 3,470 2 5 $731,905
24 Erick Lindgren UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 3,459 1 5 $1,441,876
25 John Juanda UNITED STATES Marina Del Rey, CA 3,432 1 4 $2,289,398
 
26 Nam Le UNITED STATES Huntington Beach, CA 3,425 0 3 $1,428,696
27 Jacobo Fernandez UNITED STATES Hollywood, FL 3,300 0 5 $717,260
28 Scott Montgomery CANADA Perth, Ontario 3,255 0 4 $3,468,479
29 James Mackey UNITED STATES Pottsville, AR 3,250 1 10 $734,888
30 Nenad Medic CANADA Niagara Falls 3,210 1 2 $1,167,122
31 Brandon Cantu UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 3,204 1 6 $1,347,233
32 Davidi Kitai BELGIUM Brussels 3,200 1 3 $1,006,826
33 Kathy Liebert UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 3,191 0 4 $674,373
34 Michael Mizrachi UNITED STATES Miramar, FL 3,189 1 6 $729,824
35 Tim Vance UNITED STATES Millstadt, IL 3,148 3 5 $1,341,006
36 David Chiu UNITED STATES Rowland Heights, CA 3,120 1 2 $3,460,932
36 Carter King UNITED STATES Columbia, SC 3,120 1 2 $1,299,495
38 J.C. Tran UNITED STATES Sacramento, CA 3,067 1 5 $934,776
39 Gabe Costner UNITED STATES Albertville, AL 3,050 2 12 $477,945
40 Justin Bonomo UNITED STATES Los Angeles, CA 3,041 0 5 $565,092
41 Jonathan Jaffe UNITED STATES Longmeadow, MA 3,001 0 4 $786,514
42 Claudio Rinaldi UNITED KINGDOM Rancate, England 3,000 0 2 $1,001,282
43 Toto Leonidas UNITED STATES Los Angeles, CA 2,967 2 8 $720,654
44 Michael Watson CANADA Toronto 2,952 1 2 $2,158,130
45 Mike McDonald CANADA Waterloo, ON 2,920 2 3 $1,487,214
46 Jonathan Little UNITED STATES Pensacola, FL 2,910 1 3 $1,246,885
47 Phil Ivey UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,904 1 4 $1,970,521
48 Jesper Hougaard DENMARK Copenhagen 2,880 2 2 $877,817
49 Gavin Griffin UNITED STATES Darien, IL 2,855 1 2 $1,455,253
50 Hoyt Corkins UNITED STATES Glenwood, AL 2,853 0 3 $776,632
 
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