World's Best Poker Players
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2016 POY Leader Boards - North America
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1151 (1820) | Samer Al-Shurieki | Pensacola, FL, USA | 330 | 0 | 1 | $76,351 |
| 1152 (1821) | Marc Matz | King of Prussia, PA, USA | 330 | 0 | 1 | $114,576 |
| 1153 (1818) | David Valcourt Dube | CAN | 330 | 0 | 1 | $167,838 |
| 1154 (1817) | Esther Taylor | Vancouver, WA, USA | 330 | 0 | 1 | $107,551 |
| 1155 (1819) | Robert Seurynck | Harrison, ID, USA | 330 | 0 | 1 | $100,000 |
| 1156 (1825) | David Hengen | Omaha, NE, USA | 328 | 1 | 2 | $59,258 |
| 1157 (1826) | Paul Freedman | Seabrook, NH, USA | 328 | 0 | 2 | $32,095 |
| 1158 (1830) | Andrew Badecker | Vernon, CT, USA | 326 | 0 | 2 | $38,086 |
| 1159 (1831) | Tom Nguyen | Tampa, FL, USA | 325 | 0 | 2 | $42,239 |
| 1160 (1833) | Johnny Landreth | Lanett, AL, USA | 324 | 1 | 1 | $88,199 |
| 1161 (1836) | Thomas Zanot | Phoenix, AZ, USA | 323 | 0 | 3 | $28,186 |
| 1162 (1837) | John Cynn | Evanston, IL, USA | 321 | 0 | 1 | $710,927 |
| 1163 (1864) | Timothy Cha | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $54,507 |
| 1164 (1861) | Jeff Wigh | Olathe, KS, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $47,350 |
| 1165 (1854) | Jeffrey Gurfinkel | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $58,253 |
| 1166 (1852) | Juan Mendoza | Wilmington, NC, USA | 320 | 0 | 3 | $48,919 |
| 1167 (1872) | Nicola Ditrapani | Rolling Meadows, IL, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $70,298 |
| 1168 (1875) | Michael Weber | Lebanon, IN, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $32,035 |
| 1169 (1855) | Alejandro Duque | Kendall, FL, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $66,945 |
| 1170 (1853) | John DiMeglio | Milton, NY, USA | 320 | 0 | 2 | $27,274 |
| 1171 (1860) | Brannon Cashion | USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $56,519 |
| 1172 (1856) | Brian Brubaker | Manhattan Beach, CA, USA | 320 | 0 | 2 | $41,175 |
| 1173 (1870) | Adam Thomas | USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $32,090 |
| 1174 (1873) | Brady Thorpe | Wellston, OK, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $42,540 |
| 1175 (1867) | Steven Lyons | Conroy, TX, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $49,455 |
| 1176 (1858) | Nathan Baum | USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $32,604 |
| 1177 (1876) | George Rakitzis | Bayside, NY, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $51,634 |
| 1178 (1859) | Charles Welch | Baltimore, MD, USA | 320 | 1 | 3 | $63,832 |
| 1179 (1863) | Bill Chen | Layfayette Hill, PA, USA | 320 | 0 | 2 | $79,770 |
| 1180 (1868) | Pierce McKellar | Flagstaff, AZ, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $49,611 |
| 1181 (1866) | Richard Santana | Mission, TX, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $49,576 |
| 1182 (1865) | Raymond Ho | Cerritos, CA, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $48,115 |
| 1183 (1862) | Long Nguyen | Houston, TX, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $57,869 |
| 1184 (1874) | Keith Murrell | Kansas City, MO, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $47,211 |
| 1185 (1869) | Andrew Klein | Ocean, NJ, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $32,561 |
| 1186 (1857) | Jordan Skinner | Richmond, VA, USA | 320 | 0 | 2 | $21,617 |
| 1187 (1871) | Soung Kim | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $48,366 |
| 1188 (1887) | Vinicius Lima | Mountain View, CA, USA | 319 | 1 | 2 | $60,206 |
| 1189 (1886) | Kerry Shears | USA | 319 | 0 | 3 | $58,138 |
| 1190 (1890) | Jeremy Gaubert | Lockport, LA, USA | 318 | 0 | 2 | $39,267 |
| 1191 (1889) | June Jenkins | Hamilton, CAN | 318 | 0 | 2 | $38,130 |
| 1192 (1894) | Jose Tronilo | Pawtucket, RI, USA | 316 | 0 | 3 | $27,774 |
| 1193 (1895) | Michael Ferrer | Toronto, ON, CAN | 316 | 1 | 2 | $35,882 |
| 1194 (1893) | Timothy Bishop | Severna, MD, USA | 316 | 0 | 3 | $27,248 |
| 1195 (1892) | Douglas Corning | Portland, OR, USA | 316 | 0 | 2 | $31,672 |
| 1196 (1898) | Frank Passantino | Maspeth, NY, USA | 315 | 0 | 1 | $49,301 |
| 1197 (1899) | Jeremy Kottler | Columbus, OH, USA | 315 | 0 | 1 | $66,895 |
| 1198 (1903) | Giorgio Medici | Duluth, GA, USA | 314 | 0 | 4 | $23,346 |
| 1199 (1904) | Gennadiy Kostrov | Providence, RI, USA | 314 | 0 | 2 | $39,586 |
| 1200 (1902) | Joseph Galdieri | Nanuet, NY, USA | 314 | 0 | 2 | $34,357 |