World's Best Poker Players
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2012 POY Leader Boards - North America
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 (72) | Jason Lavallee | Montreal, QC, CAN | 1,760 | 0 | 2 | $724,226 |
| 52 (77) | Greg Mueller | Vancouver, BC, CAN | 1,725 | 0 | 3 | $367,995 |
| 53 (78) | Bryn Kenney | Long Beach, NY, USA | 1,714 | 1 | 9 | $397,603 |
| 54 (79) | Kevin Calenzo | New Hartford, NY, USA | 1,710 | 1 | 3 | $320,139 |
| 55 (82) | Tom Chambers | Chicago, IL, USA | 1,670 | 0 | 3 | $395,495 |
| 56 (85) | Jeffrey Papola | New York, NY, USA | 1,665 | 0 | 2 | $401,181 |
| 57 (86) | Roch Cousineau | Gatineau, CAN | 1,658 | 0 | 2 | $307,964 |
| 58 (87) | Russell Thomas | Wallingford, PA, USA | 1,650 | 0 | 1 | $2,850,494 |
| 59 (88) | Amanda Musumeci | Philadelphia, PA, USA | 1,646 | 1 | 4 | $586,960 |
| 60 (89) | Andrew Badecker | Vernon, CT, USA | 1,645 | 0 | 3 | $441,267 |
| 61 (91) | Abraham Araya | Carrollton, TX, USA | 1,644 | 2 | 4 | $362,662 |
| 62 (94) | Matthew Salsberg | Studio City, CA, USA | 1,630 | 3 | 5 | $607,590 |
| 63 (95) | Jonathan Aguiar | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,625 | 1 | 3 | $556,783 |
| 64 (100) | Tripp Kirk | Chamblee, GA, USA | 1,592 | 1 | 3 | $373,692 |
| 65 (103) | Ryan Eriquezzo | New Haven , CT, USA | 1,560 | 2 | 2 | $607,245 |
| 66 (104) | Dan O'Brien | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,550 | 0 | 3 | $533,935 |
| 67 (107) | Daniel Lowery | Peter Pender, AR, USA | 1,540 | 1 | 3 | $294,510 |
| 68 (109) | Greg Raymer | Stoningham, CT, USA | 1,536 | 4 | 4 | $371,967 |
| 69 (110) | Matt Stout | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,535 | 0 | 6 | $337,605 |
| 70 (111) | Keith Lehr | Bossier, LA, USA | 1,533 | 0 | 1 | $716,699 |
| 71 (112) | Michael Gagliano | Rockaway, NJ, USA | 1,530 | 0 | 3 | $329,027 |
| 72 (115) | Brandon Cantu | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,502 | 1 | 4 | $372,359 |
| 73 (116) | Joseph Cada | Shelby Township, MI, USA | 1,480 | 1 | 2 | $587,974 |
| 74 (117) | Xuan Liu | Missisauga, CAN | 1,480 | 0 | 2 | $629,985 |
| 75 (120) | Michael Watson | Toronto, CAN | 1,452 | 2 | 4 | $1,982,277 |
| 76 (121) | Greg Ostrander | Rochester, NY, USA | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $742,072 |
| 77 (122) | Thomas Conway | Baltimore, MD, USA | 1,440 | 0 | 2 | $351,635 |
| 78 (123) | Ben Hamnett | Pittsburgh, PA, USA | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $818,847 |
| 79 (127) | Joshua Mancuso | Mandeville, LA, USA | 1,400 | 1 | 2 | $546,147 |
| 80 (129) | JC Alvarado | MEX | 1,390 | 0 | 3 | $1,093,883 |
| 81 (130) | Tyler Patterson | Everett, WA, USA | 1,372 | 0 | 4 | $376,285 |
| 82 (131) | Simon Charette | Toronto, ON, CAN | 1,368 | 1 | 1 | $567,624 |
| 83 (132) | Tim West | Los Altos, CA, USA | 1,365 | 1 | 2 | $484,634 |
| 84 (134) | Carter Phillips | Charlotte, NC, USA | 1,356 | 1 | 3 | $676,586 |
| 85 (135) | Chris Klodnicki | Voorhees, NJ, USA | 1,354 | 1 | 2 | $1,031,935 |
| 86 (137) | Nick Schulman | Manhattan, NY, USA | 1,324 | 1 | 3 | $603,477 |
| 87 (138) | Randy Ohel | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,323 | 1 | 4 | $248,171 |
| 88 (139) | Stephen Ma | Waterloo, IA, USA | 1,323 | 0 | 6 | $201,651 |
| 89 (140) | Cuong Phung | Atlantic City, NJ, USA | 1,320 | 2 | 2 | $271,471 |
| 90 (144) | Andy Bloch | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,310 | 1 | 2 | $710,469 |
| 91 (149) | Pascal LeFrancois | Rosemere, Quebec, CAN | 1,280 | 0 | 2 | $489,772 |
| 92 (150) | Steven Silverman | Derwood, MD, USA | 1,269 | 0 | 3 | $407,703 |
| 93 (151) | Micah Raskin | Old Westbury, NY, USA | 1,265 | 0 | 5 | $280,495 |
| 94 (154) | Jia Ming Liu | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 1,260 | 1 | 1 | $312,483 |
| 95 (156) | Joshua Hale | USA | 1,260 | 1 | 1 | $500,000 |
| 96 (155) | Austin Scott | Norman, OK, USA | 1,260 | 1 | 1 | $361,797 |
| 97 (158) | Daniel Chan | New York, NY, USA | 1,251 | 2 | 6 | $141,814 |
| 98 (159) | Ubaid Habib | USA | 1,250 | 0 | 1 | $570,200 |
| 99 (160) | Ali Eslami | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 1,250 | 0 | 3 | $359,327 |
| 100 (161) | Michael Esposito | Seaford, NY, USA | 1,245 | 0 | 2 | $1,328,392 |