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2018 POY Leader Boards - Overall

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Rank ↑	Player	Location	POY Points	Titles	Final Tables	POY Winnings

1	Jake Schindler	Brynmawr, PA	8,647	5	29	$7,231,019
2	Stephen Chidwick	Deal	8,045	5	24	$8,296,142
3	Justin Bonomo	Los Angeles, CA	7,752	10	23	$25,295,441
4	David Peters	Toledo, OH	7,197	6	23	$10,290,733
5	Alex Foxen	Cold Spring Harbor, NY	6,739	4	14	$3,974,387
6	Adrian Mateos	Madrid	6,277	3	20	$3,872,609
7	Rainer Kempe	Berlin	5,714	6	24	$5,342,929
8	Jason Koon	Las Vegas, NV	5,427	3	15	$11,516,918
9	Steve O'Dwyer	Las Vegas, NV	5,338	4	13	$5,833,175
10	Mikita Badziakouski		4,926	5	11	$14,594,839
11	Shaun Deeb	Troy, NY	4,610	2	7	$2,936,292
12	Dominik Nitsche	Minden	4,492	2	12	$5,001,902
13	Ben Yu	Henderson, NV	4,461	1	12	$3,331,459
14	Nick Petrangelo	Old Westbury, NY	4,174	3	12	$6,340,074
15	Cary Katz	Las Vegas, NV	4,131	2	20	$4,819,239
16	Isaac Haxton	Syracuse, NY	4,120	2	17	$4,045,148
17	Michael Addamo	Melbourne	4,070	2	6	$2,224,790
18	Benjamin Tollerene	Lubbock, TX	4,069	4	13	$3,032,532
19	Joseph McKeehen	Wales, PA	3,909	0	7	$1,457,672
20	Anthony Zinno	Boston, MA	3,905	1	8	$1,205,571

21	Koray Aldemir	Vienna	3,900	1	10	$2,608,196
22	Almedin Imsirovic	Vancouver, WA	3,813	4	12	$2,570,200
23	Toby Lewis	Hampshire	3,780	1	2	$1,756,835
24	Tony Ruberto	Hallandale, FL	3,768	2	5	$1,331,110
25	Pavel Plesuv		3,716	1	4	$1,951,895
26	Bryn Kenney	Long Beach, NY	3,707	2	15	$4,995,715
27	Ryan Riess	East Lansing, MI	3,574	2	11	$1,820,051
28	Joseph Cada	Shelby Township, MI	3,560	2	4	$3,016,686
29	Darryll Fish	Cape Coral, FL	3,508	1	4	$1,490,065
30	Benjamin Pollak	Paris	3,414	2	12	$3,422,703
31	Maxwell Young	Seaside, OR	3,408	5	18	$541,286
32	Romain Lewis	Wimbledon	3,370	0	5	$863,643
33	Timur Margolin		3,318	2	5	$873,488
34	John Cynn	Evanston, IL	3,300	1	1	$8,800,000
35	Elio Fox	New York, NY	3,296	5	8	$3,616,687
36	Joey Weissman	Boca Raton, FL	3,259	0	8	$860,428
37	Sean Winter	Jacksonville, FL	3,208	0	13	$4,824,460
38	Marc MacDonnell	Dublin	3,180	1	3	$1,438,775
39	Mike Leah	Innisfil, ON	3,164	1	6	$970,902
40	Joseph Cheong	La Mirada, CA	3,115	4	14	$568,356

41	Adam Owen	Folkestone	3,104	2	5	$1,763,586
42	Timothy Miles	Talahassee, FL	3,041	2	6	$920,144
43	Diogo Veiga		2,960	1	3	$1,480,715
44	Ognyan Dimov	Veliko Tarnovo	2,940	2	3	$1,293,434
45	Jack Sinclair	London	2,928	3	4	$1,429,280
46	Patrik Antonius	Helsinki	2,882	1	7	$4,950,734
47	Matthias Eibinger	Graz	2,880	2	12	$3,665,357
48	Jeremy Ausmus	Las Vegas, NV	2,838	0	5	$791,914
49	Taylor Black	Mobile, AL	2,770	1	4	$1,313,597
49	Paul Volpe	Philadelphia, PA	2,770	1	4	$1,118,248