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2009 POY Leader Boards - Europe

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Rank Player Location POY Points Titles Final Tables POY Winnings
1 (4) Vitaly Lunkin Moscow, RUS 4,473 2 5 $3,151,602
2 (14) Jean-Paul Pasqualini San Martino Di Lota, FRA 3,288 2 3 $1,582,010
3 (21) Peter Eastgate Odense, DNK 2,896 1 2 $1,187,285
4 (22) Antoine Saout Paris, FRA 2,895 0 2 $3,659,867
5 (23) Jude Ainsworth Galway, IRL 2,840 1 3 $1,009,885
6 (29) Jan Skampa CZE 2,768 1 3 $1,209,646
7 (36) Benjamin Spindler Darmstadt, DEU 2,640 0 2 $1,182,563
8 (39) Martin Jacobson Stockholm, SWE 2,608 0 4 $477,536
9 (44) Ville Wahlbeck Helsinki , FIN 2,494 1 4 $1,069,441
10 (49) Constant Rijkenberg Amsterdam, NLD 2,400 1 1 $1,960,400
11 (50) Pieter De Korver Leeuwarden, NLD 2,400 1 1 $3,000,000
12 (51) Maxim Lykov Moscow, RUS 2,394 1 3 $625,451
13 (58) Dragan Galic HRV 2,334 1 5 $619,381
14 (61) Marc Goodwin Birmingham, GBR 2,280 0 2 $855,882
15 (67) Bertrand Grospellier London, GBR 2,228 0 4 $975,298
16 (72) Fabian Quoss DEU 2,178 0 4 $506,874
17 (71) Praz Bansi London, GBR 2,178 1 7 $790,684
18 (74) Florian Langmann Dresden, DEU 2,120 0 6 $635,565
19 (78) Jens Kyllonen Helsinki, FIN 2,040 1 1 $1,198,522
20 (84) Marcus Naalden Roosendaal, NLD 2,006 1 3 $487,525
21 (85) Kalle Niemi FIN 2,000 0 1 $1,120,600
22 (87) Sven Heinecker Hamburg, DEU 2,000 0 1 $715,350
23 (86) Cedric Rossi FRA 2,000 0 1 $867,458
24 (94) Roger Hairabedian Marseille, FRA 1,976 0 5 $410,298
25 (95) Tristan Clemencon Lot-et-Garonne, FRA 1,962 0 4 $457,454
26 (96) John Kabbaj London, GBR 1,956 1 2 $734,255
27 (98) Peter Traply Budapest, HUN 1,944 1 3 $620,786
28 (104) Dermot Blain IRL 1,920 1 1 $541,072
29 (106) Moritz Kranich Hamburg, DEU 1,920 1 1 $1,106,820
30 (103) Sven-Ragnar Arstrom SWE 1,920 1 1 $532,388
31 (102) Sandra Naujoks Berlin, DEU 1,920 1 1 $1,192,100
32 (105) Christophe Savary FRA 1,920 1 1 $558,515
33 (112) Stefan Mattsson Umea, SWE 1,880 0 2 $496,330
34 (123) Gianni Giaroni ITA 1,792 0 2 $533,520
35 (122) Kristoffer Thorsson SWE 1,792 1 2 $955,948
36 (126) Martin Kabrhel CZE 1,776 3 3 $511,930
37 (128) Luca Pagano Preganzio, ITA 1,760 0 3 $473,649
38 (134) Roland de Wolfe London, GBR 1,710 1 2 $422,230
39 (141) Mihai Manole ROU 1,636 0 2 $399,526
40 (147) Jeff Kimber GBR 1,616 0 4 $230,424
41 (148) Peter Hedlund Stockholm, SWE 1,600 0 1 $646,190
42 (149) Holger Kanisch DEU 1,600 0 1 $692,900
43 (150) Gustav Sundell SWE 1,600 0 1 $624,000
44 (154) Eoghan O'Dea Dublin, IRL 1,600 0 1 $388,532
45 (151) Mikhail Tulchinskiy RUS 1,600 0 1 $1,040,000
46 (153) Santiago Terrazas Madrid, ESP 1,600 0 1 $427,858
47 (152) Arnaud Esquevin FRA 1,600 0 1 $644,020
48 (159) Pierre Neuville Knokke-heist, BEL 1,580 0 3 $496,397
49 (160) Jorg Peisert Dusseldorf, DEU 1,568 1 2 $516,743
50 (163) Saydam Ozgur TUR 1,560 0 2 $572,057
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