World's Best Poker Players
CardPlayer.com offers comprehensive poker rankings. Our Player of the Year race has ranked tournament poker player success for more than a decade and we now rank casino and online tournament data. For more in-depth poker statistics checkout The Poker Leaderboards.
2008 POY Leader Boards - North America
| Jump to | Page 1 of 110 | Next |
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (1) | John Phan | Long Beach, CA, USA | 6,704 | 3 | 8 | $2,075,323 |
| 2 (2) | David Pham | Cerritos, CA, USA | 6,022 | 0 | 11 | $1,447,638 |
| 3 (5) | Erik Seidel | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 4,754 | 1 | 4 | $2,142,397 |
| 4 (8) | Michael Binger | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 4,216 | 3 | 8 | $970,347 |
| 5 (9) | Chino Rheem | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 4,194 | 1 | 4 | $3,409,624 |
| 6 (10) | Vinny Pahuja | New York, NY, USA | 3,918 | 2 | 9 | $555,729 |
| 7 (11) | Jack Schanbacher | Pittsuburgh, PA, USA | 3,855 | 2 | 6 | $821,492 |
| 8 (13) | Michael Martin | Washington Crossing, PA, USA | 3,800 | 1 | 3 | $2,513,506 |
| 9 (15) | V R | Seattle, WA, USA | 3,705 | 2 | 4 | $1,705,298 |
| 10 (16) | Men Nguyen | Bell Gardens, CA, USA | 3,662 | 6 | 10 | $776,832 |
| 11 (17) | Matt Brady | Upper Darby, PA, USA | 3,640 | 2 | 7 | $1,210,445 |
| 12 (18) | Steve Sung | Torrance, CA, USA | 3,622 | 0 | 4 | $1,072,997 |
| 13 (19) | Justin Young | Morehead City, NC, USA | 3,582 | 1 | 8 | $1,104,256 |
| 14 (20) | Shannon Shorr | Tuscaloosa, AL, USA | 3,548 | 1 | 7 | $845,771 |
| 15 (21) | Amit Makhija | Brookfield, WI, USA | 3,535 | 0 | 4 | $967,130 |
| 16 (22) | Jason Mercier | Davie, FL, USA | 3,504 | 2 | 4 | $2,639,031 |
| 17 (23) | Allen Bari | West Orange, NJ, USA | 3,470 | 2 | 5 | $731,905 |
| 18 (24) | Erick Lindgren | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 3,459 | 1 | 5 | $1,441,876 |
| 19 (25) | John Juanda | Marina Del Rey, CA, USA | 3,432 | 1 | 4 | $2,289,398 |
| 20 (26) | Nam Le | Huntington Beach, CA, USA | 3,425 | 0 | 3 | $1,428,696 |
| 21 (27) | Jacobo Fernandez | Hollywood, FL, USA | 3,300 | 0 | 5 | $717,260 |
| 22 (28) | Scott Montgomery | Perth, Ontario, CAN | 3,255 | 0 | 4 | $3,468,479 |
| 23 (29) | Nenad Medic | Niagara Falls, CAN | 3,210 | 1 | 2 | $1,167,122 |
| 24 (30) | Brandon Cantu | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 3,204 | 1 | 6 | $1,347,233 |
| 25 (32) | Kathy Liebert | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 3,191 | 0 | 4 | $674,373 |
| 26 (33) | Michael Mizrachi | Miramar, FL, USA | 3,189 | 1 | 6 | $729,824 |
| 27 (34) | Tim Vance | Millstadt, IL, USA | 3,148 | 3 | 5 | $1,341,006 |
| 28 (35) | David Chiu | Rowland Heights, CA, USA | 3,120 | 1 | 2 | $3,460,932 |
| 29 (36) | Carter King | Columbia, SC, USA | 3,120 | 1 | 2 | $1,299,495 |
| 30 (37) | J.C. Tran | Sacramento, CA, USA | 3,067 | 1 | 5 | $934,776 |
| 31 (38) | Gabe Costner | Albertville, AL, USA | 3,050 | 2 | 12 | $477,945 |
| 32 (39) | Justin Bonomo | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 3,041 | 0 | 5 | $565,092 |
| 33 (40) | Jonathan Jaffe | Longmeadow, MA, USA | 3,001 | 0 | 4 | $786,514 |
| 34 (42) | James Mackey | Kansas City, MO, USA | 2,978 | 1 | 7 | $718,477 |
| 35 (43) | Toto Leonidas | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 2,967 | 2 | 8 | $720,654 |
| 36 (44) | Michael Watson | Toronto, CAN | 2,952 | 1 | 2 | $2,158,130 |
| 37 (45) | Mike McDonald | Waterloo, ON, CAN | 2,920 | 2 | 3 | $1,487,214 |
| 38 (46) | Jonathan Little | Pensacola, FL, USA | 2,910 | 1 | 3 | $1,246,885 |
| 39 (47) | Phil Ivey | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,904 | 1 | 4 | $1,970,521 |
| 40 (49) | Gavin Griffin | Darien, IL, USA | 2,855 | 1 | 2 | $1,455,253 |
| 41 (50) | Hoyt Corkins | Glenwood, AL, USA | 2,853 | 0 | 3 | $776,632 |
| 42 (53) | Hafiz Khan | Stockton, CA, USA | 2,816 | 0 | 4 | $1,208,926 |
| 43 (54) | Dennis Phillips | St Louis, MO, USA | 2,800 | 0 | 1 | $4,517,773 |
| 44 (56) | Osmin Dardon | West Covina, CA, USA | 2,730 | 0 | 3 | $762,724 |
| 45 (59) | Hevad Khan | Hummelstown, PA, USA | 2,616 | 2 | 3 | $1,175,777 |
| 46 (60) | Chris Ferguson | Pacific Palisades, CA, USA | 2,609 | 1 | 4 | $1,219,619 |
| 47 (61) | David Tran | El Monte, CA, USA | 2,563 | 0 | 2 | $949,655 |
| 48 (62) | Dan Heimiller | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 2,560 | 0 | 2 | $663,195 |
| 49 (63) | Andy Bloch | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,548 | 0 | 3 | $1,039,081 |
| 50 (64) | Glen Chorny | Waterloo, ON, USA | 2,520 | 1 | 1 | $3,258,462 |
| Jump to | Page 1 of 110 | Next |