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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1851 (2900) | Fernanado Da Silva | Santa Catarina, CA, USA | 192 | 1 | 1 | $19,488 |
| 1852 (2902) | Mohammad Eshaghi | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 192 | 1 | 1 | $11,000 |
| 1853 (2905) | Alex Khanas | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 192 | 0 | 1 | $14,700 |
| 1854 (2899) | Thomas Johnson III | Arlington, TX, USA | 192 | 1 | 1 | $11,852 |
| 1855 (2897) | Kohei Nakai | USA | 192 | 0 | 1 | $18,035 |
| 1856 (2907) | Stephen Song | Greenwich, CT, USA | 192 | 1 | 1 | $32,957 |
| 1857 (2910) | Phillip Doucet | CA, USA | 192 | 1 | 1 | $24,553 |
| 1858 (2898) | Janet Fitzgerald | W. Palm Beach, FL, USA | 192 | 1 | 1 | $29,751 |
| 1859 (2919) | Zheng Wei | CAN | 191 | 0 | 2 | $29,517 |
| 1860 (2935) | Matthew Ferency | Alexandria Bay, NY, USA | 190 | 0 | 1 | $14,968 |
| 1861 (2940) | John Reynolds | Tulsa, OK, USA | 190 | 0 | 1 | $27,257 |
| 1862 (2944) | Glen Goldsmith | Palestine, TX, USA | 190 | 0 | 1 | $20,765 |
| 1863 (2942) | Rodney Rodrigue | Longwood, FL, USA | 190 | 0 | 2 | $12,469 |
| 1864 (2945) | Jay Zeman | Seattle, WA, USA | 190 | 0 | 2 | $37,304 |
| 1865 (2936) | Michael Mellor | CAN | 190 | 0 | 1 | $13,680 |
| 1866 (2946) | Liju Mathew | Henderson, NV, USA | 190 | 0 | 1 | $24,000 |
| 1867 (2930) | Brian Woods | Jacksonville, FL, USA | 190 | 0 | 1 | $13,326 |
| 1868 (2925) | John Bilello | Elmont, NY, USA | 190 | 0 | 1 | $18,182 |
| 1869 (2928) | John Tozzi | Morristown, NJ, USA | 190 | 0 | 2 | $12,064 |
| 1870 (2934) | Nicholas Palma | New Rochelle, NY, USA | 190 | 0 | 2 | $21,111 |
| 1871 (2938) | Chad Mizner | Phoenix, AZ, USA | 190 | 0 | 1 | $31,196 |
| 1872 (2929) | Munkhjargal Tsogtsaikhan | Arlington, VA, USA | 190 | 0 | 2 | $18,062 |
| 1873 (2941) | Lay Saelee | CA, USA | 190 | 0 | 1 | $14,760 |
| 1874 (2937) | Blake Battaglia | Chicago, IL, USA | 190 | 0 | 2 | $35,709 |
| 1875 (2926) | Nicholas Pavis | USA | 190 | 0 | 1 | $13,870 |
| 1876 (2933) | Ross Fabrizio | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 190 | 0 | 1 | $14,757 |
| 1877 (2927) | Landon Long | Greenfield, IN, USA | 190 | 0 | 1 | $22,766 |
| 1878 (2943) | Joseph Duchman | Miami Beach, FL, USA | 190 | 0 | 1 | $32,433 |
| 1879 (2939) | Eduardo Rocha | Vineyard Haven, MA, USA | 190 | 0 | 1 | $20,859 |
| 1880 (2931) | Michael Ma | London, ON, CAN | 190 | 0 | 1 | $20,765 |
| 1881 (2932) | Zachary Shitama | Denver, CO, USA | 190 | 0 | 1 | $15,353 |
| 1882 (2924) | Erik Mehigan | Henderson, NV, USA | 190 | 0 | 1 | $16,000 |
| 1883 (2949) | Abraham Nahas | Edmonton, AB, CAN | 189 | 0 | 2 | $18,368 |
| 1884 (2951) | Lauchlin McKinnon | USA | 188 | 1 | 2 | $10,824 |
| 1885 (2950) | Matthew Taylor | Chicago, IL, USA | 188 | 0 | 2 | $15,339 |
| 1886 (2952) | Kenneth Davis | Park City, UT, USA | 188 | 0 | 3 | $19,972 |
| 1887 (2953) | John Dolan | Tallahassee, FL, USA | 187 | 0 | 3 | $23,907 |
| 1888 (2954) | Eugene Castro | Henderson, NV, USA | 187 | 0 | 3 | $13,359 |
| 1889 (2957) | Philip Shing | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 186 | 0 | 2 | $39,998 |
| 1890 (2956) | Michael Menzer | E Brunswick, NJ, USA | 186 | 1 | 2 | $20,968 |
| 1891 (2958) | Nicholas Rawluk | CAN | 185 | 0 | 2 | $10,340 |
| 1892 (2960) | Niel Mittelman | Libertyville, IL, USA | 184 | 0 | 1 | $22,415 |
| 1893 (2961) | Linh Le | Westminster, CA, USA | 184 | 1 | 2 | $23,074 |
| 1894 (2963) | Reginald Powell | USA | 183 | 0 | 2 | $18,639 |
| 1895 (3037) | Bob Van Syckle | Spring Lake, NJ, USA | 180 | 0 | 1 | $21,648 |
| 1896 (3001) | Thomas Kearney | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 180 | 0 | 1 | $29,058 |
| 1897 (3002) | Scott Gottlieb | USA | 180 | 0 | 1 | $12,522 |
| 1898 (3041) | Joseph Yohannes | Atlanta, GA, USA | 180 | 0 | 1 | $20,542 |
| 1899 (3042) | Brandon Fish | Kearney, NE, USA | 180 | 0 | 2 | $15,343 |
| 1900 (3067) | Ron Mcmillen | Cambridge, IA, USA | 180 | 0 | 1 | $12,523 |