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2017 POY Leader Boards - North America
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 (334) | Josh Kay | West Bloomfield, MI, USA | 1,212 | 0 | 2 | $380,213 |
| 202 (336) | Osmin Dardon | West Covina, CA, USA | 1,211 | 1 | 2 | $363,434 |
| 203 (337) | Griffin Benger | Toronto, CAN | 1,210 | 1 | 2 | $235,191 |
| 204 (338) | Josh Wallace | CAN | 1,208 | 2 | 3 | $141,654 |
| 205 (343) | Kenneth Smaron | Philadelphia, PA, USA | 1,200 | 1 | 1 | $293,860 |
| 206 (342) | Nathan Bjerno | Chino Hills, CA, USA | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $524,964 |
| 207 (345) | Hani Mio | Bloomfield Township, MI, USA | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $397,836 |
| 208 (344) | Keith Ferrera | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,200 | 1 | 2 | $152,366 |
| 209 (346) | Andrew Wisdom | San Diego, CA, USA | 1,200 | 2 | 3 | $246,460 |
| 210 (347) | Thu Nguyen | Midway City, CA, USA | 1,199 | 1 | 7 | $157,915 |
| 211 (348) | Arkadiy Tsinis | Miami, FL, USA | 1,197 | 2 | 6 | $232,082 |
| 212 (350) | Robert Hankins | Smyma, TN, USA | 1,196 | 2 | 6 | $137,478 |
| 213 (352) | Sean Winter | Jacksonville, FL, USA | 1,193 | 2 | 6 | $598,497 |
| 214 (353) | Larry Greenberg | Newton, PA, USA | 1,192 | 0 | 6 | $339,258 |
| 215 (354) | Michael Graffeo | Fort Mills, SC, USA | 1,191 | 1 | 3 | $306,611 |
| 216 (356) | Joseph Serock | Albuquerque, NM, USA | 1,190 | 1 | 2 | $241,709 |
| 217 (355) | Eric Bunch | Collinsville, OK, USA | 1,190 | 0 | 4 | $232,259 |
| 218 (359) | Anthony Marquez | Ventura, CA, USA | 1,188 | 1 | 2 | $408,653 |
| 219 (358) | Louis Boutin | Laval, QC, CAN | 1,188 | 0 | 3 | $262,823 |
| 220 (360) | Fredrick Arni | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 1,184 | 1 | 2 | $247,010 |
| 221 (361) | Steve Sung | Torrance, CA, USA | 1,184 | 0 | 3 | $218,600 |
| 222 (363) | Ben Yu | Henderson, NV, USA | 1,181 | 1 | 6 | $446,974 |
| 223 (364) | Lance Howard | Dearborn Heights, MI, USA | 1,180 | 1 | 3 | $265,614 |
| 224 (367) | Francois Billard | Rosemere, QC, CAN | 1,175 | 0 | 3 | $447,028 |
| 225 (370) | Abe Mosseri | New York, NY, USA | 1,160 | 1 | 2 | $529,921 |
| 226 (371) | Richard Kirsch | Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA | 1,160 | 0 | 3 | $425,780 |
| 227 (375) | Ali Imsirovic | Vancouver, WA, USA | 1,148 | 1 | 6 | $207,210 |
| 228 (380) | Matthew Yorra | Miami, FL, USA | 1,141 | 0 | 4 | $256,583 |
| 229 (384) | Jared Bleznick | Roslyn, NY, USA | 1,140 | 0 | 3 | $132,886 |
| 230 (386) | Chengce Jiang | USA | 1,140 | 0 | 1 | $297,760 |
| 231 (385) | Jeb Hutton | Houston, TX, USA | 1,140 | 0 | 1 | $366,895 |
| 232 (390) | Ian Steinman | Mountainview, CA, USA | 1,138 | 1 | 5 | $140,648 |
| 233 (391) | Anna Antimony | River Vale, NJ, USA | 1,137 | 2 | 5 | $137,434 |
| 234 (392) | Christopher Tham | Pittsburgh, PA, USA | 1,133 | 0 | 2 | $164,760 |
| 235 (393) | Jordan Cristos | Palmdale, CA, USA | 1,132 | 0 | 4 | $110,446 |
| 236 (395) | Thomas Zanot | Phoenix, AZ, USA | 1,129 | 1 | 8 | $228,751 |
| 237 (396) | Raymond Ho | Cerritos, CA, USA | 1,128 | 1 | 2 | $119,295 |
| 238 (397) | Darren Rabinowitz | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,128 | 0 | 4 | $148,215 |
| 239 (399) | Eric Afriat | Saint-Laurent, QC, CAN | 1,125 | 0 | 2 | $157,272 |
| 240 (400) | Gil Aboodi | Inglewood, NJ, USA | 1,122 | 2 | 6 | $165,747 |
| 241 (402) | Mimi Luu | San Jose, CA, USA | 1,120 | 1 | 2 | $99,205 |
| 242 (401) | William Kopp | Brecksville, OH, USA | 1,120 | 0 | 3 | $245,599 |
| 243 (403) | Ardavan Yazdi | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 1,116 | 1 | 1 | $276,120 |
| 244 (404) | Jack Duong | S. Plainfield, NJ, USA | 1,112 | 2 | 7 | $175,345 |
| 245 (405) | Daniel Zack | Princeton, NJ, USA | 1,110 | 0 | 2 | $305,957 |
| 246 (406) | Bryan Piccioli | Allegany, NY, USA | 1,108 | 0 | 2 | $1,676,019 |
| 247 (409) | Raymond "Trey" Walton | Cartersville, GA, USA | 1,101 | 2 | 6 | $129,346 |
| 248 (415) | Keith Heine | St. Louis, MO, USA | 1,100 | 0 | 3 | $105,746 |
| 249 (417) | Jacob Bazeley | Cincinnati, OH, USA | 1,097 | 0 | 3 | $418,604 |
| 250 (419) | Ryan Olisar | Naperville, IL, USA | 1,096 | 0 | 3 | $136,403 |