World's Best Poker Players
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2017 POY Leader Boards - North America
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 (1614) | Ziad Kaady | USA | 450 | 0 | 1 | $67,255 |
| 1002 (1608) | Charlemagne Benjamin | Miami, FL, USA | 450 | 0 | 1 | $77,127 |
| 1003 (1625) | Dan Hendrickson | Faribault, MN, USA | 449 | 0 | 4 | $35,840 |
| 1004 (1627) | Jim Carroll | Richardson, TX, USA | 448 | 0 | 3 | $87,193 |
| 1005 (1628) | Neil Patel | St. Louis, MO, USA | 448 | 0 | 2 | $55,192 |
| 1006 (1629) | Eugene Roemischer | Newton, MA, USA | 447 | 1 | 2 | $63,556 |
| 1007 (1633) | Slaven Popov | Varna, USA | 445 | 0 | 3 | $49,397 |
| 1008 (1632) | William Nguyen | Houston, TX, USA | 445 | 0 | 5 | $38,809 |
| 1009 (1638) | William Underdown | Coral Springs, FL, USA | 444 | 0 | 3 | $67,669 |
| 1010 (1640) | Kevin Durgin | Scarborough, ME, USA | 444 | 0 | 2 | $41,894 |
| 1011 (1637) | Alex Faynshteyn | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 444 | 0 | 2 | $62,855 |
| 1012 (1635) | Boris Kasabov | Houston, TX, USA | 444 | 0 | 4 | $42,597 |
| 1013 (1636) | Owen Savir | Los Altos, CA, USA | 444 | 0 | 2 | $68,104 |
| 1014 (1639) | Bradley St. Vincent | Bristol, RI, USA | 444 | 1 | 2 | $85,354 |
| 1015 (1642) | Patrick Gunraj | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 442 | 0 | 3 | $44,241 |
| 1016 (1647) | Mark Zullo | Seville, OH, USA | 440 | 0 | 2 | $70,601 |
| 1017 (1646) | David Hengen | Omaha, NE, USA | 440 | 0 | 2 | $61,104 |
| 1018 (1650) | Dan Taylor | CAN | 440 | 0 | 1 | $85,481 |
| 1019 (1648) | Guiseppe Pantaleo | Bielefeld, FL, USA | 440 | 0 | 1 | $101,041 |
| 1020 (1649) | Justin Ford | Plano, TX, USA | 440 | 0 | 1 | $111,950 |
| 1021 (1652) | James Brinkley | FL, USA | 437 | 1 | 2 | $35,683 |
| 1022 (1653) | Thomas McMahon | Holbrook, NY, USA | 436 | 0 | 2 | $81,020 |
| 1023 (1654) | Richard Leger | Lighthouse Point, FL, USA | 435 | 1 | 2 | $49,996 |
| 1024 (1658) | Jonathan Kramer | Forest Hills, NY, USA | 434 | 0 | 1 | $62,896 |
| 1025 (1657) | Aaron Plaisted | Toccoa, GA, USA | 434 | 0 | 2 | $66,306 |
| 1026 (1660) | Kennii Nguyen | Chicago, IL, USA | 433 | 2 | 4 | $43,247 |
| 1027 (1677) | Thomas Lindell | CA, USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $150,800 |
| 1028 (1683) | Daniel Ciancio | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $75,948 |
| 1029 (1681) | Stuart Paterson | Boca Raton, FL, USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $55,000 |
| 1030 (1684) | William McCracken | USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $91,123 |
| 1031 (1678) | Manuel Jaime | Bronx, NY, USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $76,895 |
| 1032 (1680) | Matthew Vignali | Kenosha, WI, USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $70,240 |
| 1033 (1676) | Joe Nguyen | Patterson, CA, USA | 432 | 0 | 2 | $53,327 |
| 1034 (1679) | Frank Kassela | Germantown, TN, USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $89,151 |
| 1035 (1673) | Jonathan Cronin | Savanna, GA, USA | 432 | 0 | 4 | $31,861 |
| 1036 (1685) | James Lenaghan | Mobile, AL, USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $114,247 |
| 1037 (1671) | Steven Fisher | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $100,000 |
| 1038 (1672) | Mukul Pahuja | North Lauderdale, FL, USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $79,544 |
| 1039 (1682) | Tony Piscitelli | Pinole, CA, USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $59,468 |
| 1040 (1675) | Will Joyner | Jackson, TN, USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $90,112 |
| 1041 (1674) | Jacob Hommen | USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $87,281 |
| 1042 (1687) | SANDEEP PATEL | Parsippany, NJ, USA | 429 | 1 | 3 | $36,544 |
| 1043 (1688) | Alexandre Moreira | Newark, NJ, USA | 429 | 0 | 2 | $73,488 |
| 1044 (1691) | Michael Christiansen | Redondo Beach, CA, USA | 428 | 1 | 7 | $27,716 |
| 1045 (1690) | Jose Mendoza | Downey, CA, USA | 428 | 0 | 2 | $44,835 |
| 1046 (1693) | Joshua Lawson | Salisbury, MD, USA | 426 | 1 | 2 | $44,415 |
| 1047 (1696) | Behzad Javadzadeh | Orange, CA, USA | 426 | 0 | 3 | $44,395 |
| 1048 (1694) | Nagui Yassa | Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA | 426 | 1 | 3 | $65,595 |
| 1049 (1695) | Leif Force | Tallahassee, FL, USA | 426 | 0 | 3 | $53,853 |
| 1050 (1697) | Paul Freedman | Seabrook, NH, USA | 426 | 2 | 3 | $41,149 |