World's Best Poker Players
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2008 POY Leader Boards - North America
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 (65) | Steve Merrifield | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,518 | 0 | 5 | $595,055 |
| 52 (67) | Farzad Rouhani | Gaithersburg, MD, USA | 2,484 | 1 | 3 | $504,255 |
| 53 (68) | Matt Graham | River Ridge, LA, USA | 2,454 | 3 | 3 | $667,429 |
| 54 (69) | Kwinsee Tran | Garden Grove, CA, USA | 2,450 | 2 | 10 | $206,454 |
| 55 (70) | Lee Watkinson | Cheney, WA, USA | 2,439 | 1 | 6 | $625,429 |
| 56 (71) | Vanessa Selbst | Montclair, NJ, USA | 2,422 | 2 | 3 | $451,221 |
| 57 (72) | Allen Cunningham | Ventura, CA, USA | 2,416 | 1 | 3 | $602,509 |
| 58 (75) | Glen Witmer | Waterloo, Ontario, CAN | 2,400 | 1 | 1 | $1,224,852 |
| 59 (76) | Matt Culberson | Hattiesburg, MS, USA | 2,395 | 5 | 12 | $235,631 |
| 60 (77) | John Roveto | Duluth, GA, USA | 2,383 | 0 | 3 | $1,041,781 |
| 61 (78) | Yevgeniy Timoshenko | Mukilteo, WA, USA | 2,368 | 1 | 3 | $621,572 |
| 62 (79) | Eric Haber | Syosset, NY, USA | 2,320 | 1 | 4 | $510,266 |
| 63 (80) | Gavin Smith | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,300 | 0 | 2 | $672,964 |
| 64 (82) | Soheil Shamseddin | Houston, TX, USA | 2,274 | 2 | 7 | $366,022 |
| 65 (83) | Ralph Perry | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,270 | 0 | 6 | $610,009 |
| 66 (84) | Blair Hinkle | Kansas City, MO, USA | 2,265 | 1 | 3 | $773,013 |
| 67 (85) | Ted Forrest | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,257 | 0 | 3 | $445,992 |
| 68 (86) | Peter Jetten | Toronto, ONT, CAN | 2,224 | 0 | 2 | $859,790 |
| 69 (87) | Paul Smith | Poway, CA, USA | 2,202 | 1 | 3 | $542,215 |
| 70 (88) | Mike Matusow | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,194 | 1 | 4 | $991,866 |
| 71 (89) | Daniel Negreanu | Las Vegas, NV, CAN | 2,187 | 1 | 3 | $889,941 |
| 72 (91) | Olav Sachsen | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,155 | 0 | 5 | $319,303 |
| 73 (92) | Benjamin Fineman | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,144 | 1 | 4 | $375,221 |
| 74 (93) | Scotty Nguyen | Henderson, NV, USA | 2,114 | 1 | 5 | $2,319,037 |
| 75 (94) | Marco Johnson | Walnut Creek, CA, USA | 2,102 | 0 | 4 | $740,323 |
| 76 (95) | Ylon Schwartz | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 2,100 | 0 | 1 | $3,774,974 |
| 77 (96) | Matthew Glantz | Lafayette Hill, PA, USA | 2,092 | 0 | 3 | $821,579 |
| 78 (97) | Paul Lieu | Aurora, IL, USA | 2,088 | 1 | 4 | $288,520 |
| 79 (103) | Cody Slaubaugh | Rugby, ND, USA | 2,000 | 1 | 3 | $509,237 |
| 80 (105) | Sang Kim | McLean, VA, USA | 2,000 | 0 | 1 | $750,000 |
| 81 (104) | Quinn Do | Seattle, WA, USA | 2,000 | 0 | 1 | $909,400 |
| 82 (106) | Edward Sabat | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 1,973 | 1 | 2 | $551,986 |
| 83 (107) | Alexander Kamberis | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 1,962 | 0 | 2 | $790,032 |
| 84 (108) | Scott Seiver | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,949 | 1 | 1 | $772,134 |
| 85 (109) | Chris Klodnicki | Voorhees, NJ, USA | 1,946 | 1 | 2 | $916,038 |
| 86 (110) | Nick Binger | Raleigh, NC, USA | 1,930 | 1 | 6 | $443,558 |
| 87 (113) | Joe Commisso | Maple Shade, NJ, USA | 1,920 | 1 | 1 | $911,855 |
| 88 (114) | Clonie Gowen | Garland, TX, USA | 1,914 | 2 | 2 | $731,469 |
| 89 (115) | Tom Dwan | Edison, NJ, USA | 1,912 | 0 | 5 | $600,840 |
| 90 (116) | Alec Torelli | Orange County, CA, USA | 1,912 | 2 | 3 | $541,711 |
| 91 (118) | Layne Flack | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,906 | 1 | 2 | $683,345 |
| 92 (120) | Brett Faustman | USA | 1,880 | 1 | 2 | $928,118 |
| 93 (121) | Bryan Devonshire | Henderson, NV, USA | 1,865 | 1 | 3 | $512,670 |
| 94 (123) | Michael DeMichele | Poughkeepsie, NY, USA | 1,840 | 0 | 3 | $1,489,652 |
| 95 (122) | Jimmy Fricke | Mahomet, IL, USA | 1,840 | 2 | 5 | $565,329 |
| 96 (124) | Davidson Matthew | Toronto, CAN | 1,830 | 0 | 5 | $417,727 |
| 97 (125) | Erik Haakenson | San Francisco, CA, USA | 1,820 | 2 | 5 | $252,521 |
| 98 (127) | Duncan Bell | Richmond, BC, USA | 1,800 | 1 | 1 | $666,697 |
| 99 (128) | Chris Bush | Vancouver, BC, CAN | 1,776 | 1 | 5 | $439,604 |
| 100 (129) | Theo Tran | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,776 | 0 | 4 | $651,491 |