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2012 POY Leader Boards - North America
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| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (1) | Greg Merson | Laurel, MD, USA | 5,100 | 2 | 2 | $9,664,179 |
| 2 (2) | Dan Smith | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 5,040 | 6 | 9 | $3,673,806 |
| 3 (4) | Kyle Julius | Naperville, IL, USA | 3,752 | 0 | 3 | $2,103,282 |
| 4 (6) | Joseph Cheong | La Mirada, CA, USA | 3,590 | 0 | 7 | $1,063,626 |
| 5 (7) | Antonio Esfandiari | San Francisco, CA, USA | 3,330 | 2 | 4 | $18,992,281 |
| 6 (8) | Phil Hellmuth | Palo Alto, CA, USA | 3,237 | 2 | 4 | $4,322,694 |
| 7 (9) | John Dibella | Cave Creek, AZ, USA | 3,064 | 2 | 4 | $1,901,113 |
| 8 (11) | Anthony Gregg | Columbia, MD, USA | 2,984 | 1 | 4 | $1,004,155 |
| 9 (12) | Michael Mizrachi | Miramar, FL, USA | 2,942 | 2 | 6 | $2,156,455 |
| 10 (13) | Ravi Raghavan | Champaign, IL, USA | 2,835 | 2 | 3 | $1,501,029 |
| 11 (14) | Joe Kuether | Elm Grove, WI, USA | 2,779 | 4 | 12 | $577,187 |
| 12 (16) | Jesse Sylvia | West Tisbury, MA, USA | 2,770 | 0 | 2 | $5,294,344 |
| 13 (18) | David Baker | Katy, TX, USA | 2,689 | 1 | 5 | $700,386 |
| 14 (19) | Noah Schwartz | Bay Harbor, FL, USA | 2,678 | 2 | 4 | $1,076,035 |
| 15 (20) | Daniel Kelly | Potomac, MD, USA | 2,668 | 2 | 7 | $803,569 |
| 16 (21) | Phil Ivey | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,635 | 1 | 7 | $3,546,334 |
| 17 (22) | Faraz Jaka | San Jose, CA, USA | 2,630 | 0 | 6 | $1,011,590 |
| 18 (23) | Will Failla | Smithtown, NY, USA | 2,622 | 3 | 10 | $599,888 |
| 19 (24) | Brock Parker | Silver Spring, MD, USA | 2,584 | 2 | 4 | $691,770 |
| 20 (25) | David Sands | Bozman, MT, USA | 2,457 | 0 | 4 | $940,769 |
| 21 (26) | Shawn Buchanan | Abbottsford, BC, CAN | 2,422 | 1 | 3 | $969,184 |
| 22 (28) | Mohsin Charania | Des Planes, IL, USA | 2,420 | 1 | 2 | $1,904,899 |
| 23 (27) | Jonathan Duhamel | Boucherville, QC, CAN | 2,420 | 1 | 7 | $1,415,792 |
| 24 (30) | Shannon Shorr | Tuscaloosa, AL, USA | 2,416 | 0 | 5 | $663,082 |
| 25 (31) | Vanessa Selbst | Montclair, NJ, USA | 2,392 | 3 | 5 | $649,308 |
| 26 (32) | Sean Jazayeri | Bellevue, WA, USA | 2,388 | 1 | 4 | $1,425,570 |
| 27 (33) | Andrew Lichtenberger | East Northport, NY, USA | 2,355 | 0 | 6 | $558,557 |
| 28 (34) | Scott Baumstein | New York, NY, USA | 2,268 | 0 | 7 | $387,344 |
| 29 (35) | Max Steinberg | Oakland, CA, USA | 2,250 | 1 | 2 | $733,728 |
| 30 (36) | Tommy Vedes | Queens, NY, USA | 2,216 | 1 | 4 | $1,016,716 |
| 31 (37) | Jacob Balsiger | Tempe, AZ, USA | 2,200 | 0 | 1 | $3,797,558 |
| 32 (38) | Andrew Chen | Mississauga, ON, CAN | 2,157 | 0 | 4 | $1,036,843 |
| 33 (41) | John Dolan | Tallahassee, FL, USA | 2,062 | 1 | 4 | $858,894 |
| 34 (45) | Steve O'Dwyer | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,011 | 1 | 8 | $838,414 |
| 35 (46) | Theo Tran | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,004 | 2 | 6 | $568,314 |
| 36 (47) | Joseph Serock | Albuquerque, NM, USA | 2,000 | 0 | 4 | $655,801 |
| 37 (48) | John Monnette | San Diego, CA, USA | 1,994 | 1 | 4 | $642,330 |
| 38 (50) | Daniel Negreanu | Las Vegas, NV, CAN | 1,960 | 0 | 6 | $1,580,087 |
| 39 (51) | Hans Winzeler | Miami, FL, USA | 1,948 | 0 | 4 | $482,705 |
| 40 (52) | Matthew Burnitz | Wilmington, DE, USA | 1,930 | 0 | 3 | $579,089 |
| 41 (55) | Panayote Vilandos | Houston, TX, USA | 1,920 | 1 | 1 | $952,694 |
| 42 (58) | Olivier Busquet | New York, NY, USA | 1,860 | 0 | 5 | $623,953 |
| 43 (60) | Timothy Adams | Burlington, ONT, CAN | 1,842 | 1 | 2 | $637,621 |
| 44 (61) | Erik Cajelais | Montreal, QC, CAN | 1,840 | 0 | 4 | $467,776 |
| 45 (62) | Moon Kim | Dublin, CA, USA | 1,832 | 1 | 3 | $1,086,899 |
| 46 (64) | Jacob Bazeley | Cincinnati, OH, USA | 1,820 | 0 | 4 | $472,594 |
| 47 (65) | Aaron Massey | Chicago, IL, USA | 1,810 | 2 | 6 | $750,054 |
| 48 (66) | Jeremy Ausmus | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,807 | 1 | 2 | $2,233,188 |
| 49 (69) | John Juanda | Marina Del Rey, CA, USA | 1,780 | 0 | 5 | $3,087,983 |
| 50 (71) | Joey Weissman | Boca Raton, FL, USA | 1,772 | 1 | 3 | $711,922 |
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