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2009 POY Leader Boards - North America
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| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (1) | Eric Baldwin | Beaver Dam, WI, USA | 6,994 | 4 | 17 | $1,494,494 |
| 2 (2) | Cornel Cimpan | League City, TX, USA | 5,934 | 3 | 5 | $2,807,781 |
| 3 (3) | Yevgeniy Timoshenko | Mukilteo, WA, USA | 5,509 | 2 | 3 | $3,948,098 |
| 4 (5) | Soheil Shamseddin | Houston, TX, USA | 4,283 | 2 | 9 | $939,039 |
| 5 (6) | Daniel Alaei | Burlingame, CA, USA | 4,142 | 2 | 4 | $2,059,913 |
| 6 (7) | Jason Mercier | Davie, FL, USA | 4,130 | 5 | 9 | $1,245,876 |
| 7 (8) | Faraz Jaka | San Jose, CA, USA | 3,950 | 0 | 3 | $1,746,770 |
| 8 (9) | Brock Parker | Silver Spring, MD, USA | 3,838 | 2 | 4 | $854,107 |
| 9 (10) | Joseph Cada | Shelby Township, MI, USA | 3,600 | 1 | 1 | $8,546,435 |
| 10 (11) | Mike Leah | Innisfil, ON, CAN | 3,497 | 3 | 9 | $693,902 |
| 11 (12) | Angel Guillen | MEX | 3,492 | 1 | 3 | $943,268 |
| 12 (13) | Daniel Negreanu | Las Vegas, NV, CAN | 3,342 | 0 | 3 | $1,088,009 |
| 13 (15) | James Van Alstyne | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 3,286 | 1 | 6 | $625,173 |
| 14 (16) | Tommy Vedes | Queens, NY, USA | 3,128 | 2 | 6 | $1,828,204 |
| 15 (19) | Darvin Moon | Oakland, MD, USA | 3,000 | 0 | 1 | $5,182,601 |
| 16 (18) | Poorya Nazari | Richmond Hill, ONT, CAN | 3,000 | 1 | 1 | $3,000,000 |
| 17 (20) | Matt Hawrilenko | Philadelphia, PA, USA | 2,994 | 1 | 4 | $1,290,656 |
| 18 (24) | Josh Brikis | Pittsburgh, PA, USA | 2,828 | 1 | 5 | $752,262 |
| 19 (25) | Steve Brecher | Reno, NV, USA | 2,824 | 1 | 2 | $1,201,420 |
| 20 (26) | Todd Terry | Hoboken, NJ, USA | 2,821 | 0 | 3 | $721,005 |
| 21 (27) | Phil Ivey | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,808 | 2 | 4 | $1,720,901 |
| 22 (28) | Jon Turner | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,788 | 0 | 4 | $627,726 |
| 23 (30) | Chris Moore | Chicago, IL, USA | 2,710 | 0 | 3 | $563,822 |
| 24 (31) | Kathy Liebert | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,708 | 1 | 4 | $768,671 |
| 25 (32) | Mike Sowers | Thomasville, NC, USA | 2,659 | 0 | 2 | $897,343 |
| 26 (34) | Carter Phillips | Charlotte, NC, USA | 2,656 | 1 | 2 | $1,235,153 |
| 27 (33) | Scott Clements | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,656 | 1 | 9 | $523,529 |
| 28 (35) | Peter Rho | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,642 | 0 | 2 | $1,027,500 |
| 29 (37) | Panayote Vilandos | Houston, TX, USA | 2,640 | 1 | 2 | $1,080,539 |
| 30 (38) | Christian Harder | Annapolis, MD, USA | 2,637 | 2 | 4 | $872,531 |
| 31 (40) | Matt Woodward | Waterboro , ME, USA | 2,540 | 0 | 2 | $1,778,963 |
| 32 (41) | Barry Shulman | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,535 | 1 | 2 | $1,364,735 |
| 33 (42) | Brian Lemke | Norristown, PA, USA | 2,508 | 2 | 3 | $776,938 |
| 34 (43) | Anthony Gregg | Columbia, MD, USA | 2,500 | 0 | 1 | $1,700,000 |
| 35 (45) | Michael Noda | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,489 | 3 | 9 | $381,000 |
| 36 (46) | Matt Graham | River Ridge, LA, USA | 2,480 | 1 | 4 | $803,972 |
| 37 (47) | Mike McDonald | Waterloo, ON, CAN | 2,440 | 0 | 3 | $515,440 |
| 38 (48) | Scotty Nguyen | Henderson, NV, USA | 2,401 | 1 | 4 | $929,627 |
| 39 (52) | Joseph Serock | Albuquerque, NM, USA | 2,389 | 0 | 6 | $512,761 |
| 40 (53) | Greg Mueller | Vancouver, BC, CAN | 2,370 | 2 | 3 | $754,064 |
| 41 (54) | Aaron Gustavson | E. Northport, NY, USA | 2,358 | 2 | 3 | $1,415,284 |
| 42 (56) | Bahador Ahmadi | Vancouver, BC, CAN | 2,340 | 1 | 2 | $418,738 |
| 43 (55) | Jordan Smith | Tool, TX, USA | 2,340 | 2 | 2 | $1,602,170 |
| 44 (60) | Brandon Hall | Littlestown, PA, USA | 2,304 | 1 | 2 | $803,318 |
| 45 (62) | Jeff Madsen | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,274 | 1 | 8 | $469,904 |
| 46 (63) | J.C. Tran | Sacramento, CA, USA | 2,268 | 1 | 2 | $425,025 |
| 47 (64) | Josh Arieh | Atlanta, GA, USA | 2,260 | 0 | 3 | $1,080,207 |
| 48 (65) | Eric Buchman | Valley Stream, NY, USA | 2,256 | 0 | 2 | $2,537,534 |
| 49 (66) | Chad Brown | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,240 | 2 | 6 | $496,698 |
| 50 (68) | Matt Stout | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,222 | 0 | 3 | $424,325 |
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