World's Best Poker Players
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2005 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Matthew Glantz | Lafayette Hill, PA, USA | 2,080 | 0 | 3 | $526,505 |
| 52 | John Stolzmann | Downey, CA, USA | 2,070 | 1 | 2 | $1,505,719 |
| 53 | Daniel Alaei | Burlingame, CA, USA | 2,058 | 1 | 5 | $322,980 |
| 54 | Ricardo Festejo | Margate, NJ, USA | 2,040 | 0 | 2 | $886,285 |
| 55 | Davood Mehrmand | Frankfurt, DEU | 1,996 | 0 | 5 | $348,110 |
| 56 | Bryan Kim | Cerritos, CA, USA | 1,978 | 1 | 4 | $344,495 |
| 57 | Johan Storakers | Stockholm, SWE | 1,951 | 0 | 7 | $389,755 |
| 58 | Rehne Pedersen | Aalborg, DNK | 1,920 | 1 | 1 | $2,078,185 |
| 59 | Chau Giang | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,920 | 0 | 2 | $828,048 |
| 60 | Danny Nguyen | San Jose, CA, USA | 1,920 | 1 | 1 | $1,025,000 |
| 61 | Tuan Le | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 1,920 | 1 | 1 | $2,856,150 |
| 62 | Bill Gazes | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,920 | 0 | 2 | $961,790 |
| 63 | Eugene Todd | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 1,906 | 0 | 3 | $449,588 |
| 64 | Phil Laak | San Jose, CA, USA | 1,878 | 0 | 2 | $326,543 |
| 65 | Erik Seidel | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,839 | 1 | 7 | $847,944 |
| 66 | James Van Alstyne | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,835 | 0 | 4 | $441,135 |
| 67 | Paul Maxfield | Stoke-On-Trent, GBR | 1,832 | 0 | 2 | $1,718,470 |
| 68 | Juha Helppi | Littoinen, FIN | 1,824 | 0 | 3 | $540,153 |
| 69 | Darrell Dicken | Waterloo, IA, USA | 1,824 | 0 | 7 | $385,662 |
| 70 | Steve Dannenmann | Severn, MD, USA | 1,820 | 0 | 2 | $4,350,000 |
| 71 | Don Mullis | Mooresville, NC, USA | 1,813 | 2 | 7 | $210,559 |
| 72 | Alex Balandin | New York, NY, USA | 1,800 | 0 | 2 | $625,000 |
| 73 | Raja Kattamuri | Dallas, TX, USA | 1,756 | 1 | 3 | $496,071 |
| 74 | Dennis Perry | Williamstown, KY, USA | 1,755 | 0 | 4 | $332,470 |
| 75 | Nikolaos Frangos | Mays Landing, NJ, USA | 1,745 | 1 | 4 | $330,010 |
| 76 | Sirous Baghchehsaraie | Glendale, CA, USA | 1,736 | 4 | 11 | $166,792 |
| 77 | Joanne Liu | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,722 | 1 | 5 | $492,224 |
| 78 | Jimmy Tran | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,720 | 1 | 6 | $156,142 |
| 79 | John Cernuto | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,718 | 1 | 5 | $365,612 |
| 80 | Kathy Liebert | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,714 | 0 | 2 | $538,617 |
| 81 | Daniel Negreanu | Las Vegas, NV, CAN | 1,712 | 0 | 2 | $444,322 |
| 82 | Patrik Antonius | Helsinki, FIN | 1,696 | 0 | 1 | $1,086,470 |
| 83 | Dan Harrington | Santa Monica, CA, USA | 1,696 | 0 | 1 | $656,895 |
| 84 | Scott Epstein | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,692 | 0 | 5 | $147,471 |
| 85 | Dan Alspach | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,682 | 1 | 5 | $289,726 |
| 86 | Mickey Mills | Downey, CA, USA | 1,680 | 2 | 8 | $148,866 |
| 87 | Allen Kessler | Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA | 1,676 | 0 | 6 | $183,947 |
| 88 | Scott Fischman | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,675 | 0 | 5 | $452,314 |
| 89 | Anthony Licastro | Long Valley, NJ, USA | 1,650 | 0 | 1 | $1,054,855 |
| 90 | Chad Brown | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,646 | 0 | 4 | $392,113 |
| 91 | Toto Leonidas | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 1,633 | 0 | 3 | $278,789 |
| 92 | Abraham Gray | Lawrenceville, GA, USA | 1,617 | 0 | 6 | $258,653 |
| 93 | Jay Martens | Vancouver, CAN | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $600,000 |
| 94 | Haralabos Voulgaris | Montreal, CAN | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $904,122 |
| 95 | David Minto | Alamogordo, NM, USA | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $1,000,000 |
| 96 | David Daneshgar | Westlake Village, CA, USA | 1,594 | 1 | 8 | $93,466 |
| 97 | Tony Grand | Chatsworth, CA, USA | 1,578 | 1 | 6 | $164,565 |
| 98 | Walter Chambers | Baton Rouge, LA, USA | 1,572 | 1 | 2 | $808,955 |
| 99 | Jae Bahn | Portland, OR, USA | 1,560 | 1 | 4 | $129,595 |
| 100 | Dennis Waterman | Myrtle Point, OR, USA | 1,560 | 2 | 5 | $269,014 |
