World's Best Poker Players
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2009 POY Leader Boards - Overall
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| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Baldwin | Beaver Dam, WI, USA | 6,994 | 4 | 17 | $1,494,494 |
| 2 | Cornel Cimpan | League City, TX, USA | 5,934 | 3 | 5 | $2,807,781 |
| 3 | Yevgeniy Timoshenko | Mukilteo, WA, USA | 5,509 | 2 | 3 | $3,948,098 |
| 4 | Vitaly Lunkin | Moscow, RUS | 4,473 | 2 | 5 | $3,151,602 |
| 5 | Soheil Shamseddin | Houston, TX, USA | 4,283 | 2 | 9 | $939,039 |
| 6 | Daniel Alaei | Burlingame, CA, USA | 4,142 | 2 | 4 | $2,059,913 |
| 7 | Jason Mercier | Davie, FL, USA | 4,130 | 5 | 9 | $1,245,876 |
| 8 | Faraz Jaka | San Jose, CA, USA | 3,950 | 0 | 3 | $1,746,770 |
| 9 | Brock Parker | Silver Spring, MD, USA | 3,838 | 2 | 4 | $854,107 |
| 10 | Joseph Cada | Shelby Township, MI, USA | 3,600 | 1 | 1 | $8,546,435 |
| 11 | Mike Leah | Innisfil, ON, CAN | 3,497 | 3 | 9 | $693,902 |
| 12 | Angel Guillen | MEX | 3,492 | 1 | 3 | $943,268 |
| 13 | Daniel Negreanu | Las Vegas, NV, CAN | 3,342 | 0 | 3 | $1,088,009 |
| 14 | Jean-Paul Pasqualini | San Martino Di Lota, FRA | 3,288 | 2 | 3 | $1,582,010 |
| 15 | James Van Alstyne | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 3,286 | 1 | 6 | $625,173 |
| 16 | Tommy Vedes | Queens, NY, USA | 3,128 | 2 | 6 | $1,828,204 |
| 17 | Alexandre Gomes | Curitiba, BRA | 3,120 | 1 | 2 | $1,937,670 |
| 18 | Poorya Nazari | Richmond Hill, ONT, CAN | 3,000 | 1 | 1 | $3,000,000 |
| 19 | Darvin Moon | Oakland, MD, USA | 3,000 | 0 | 1 | $5,182,601 |
| 20 | Matt Hawrilenko | Philadelphia, PA, USA | 2,994 | 1 | 4 | $1,290,656 |
| 21 | Peter Eastgate | Odense, DNK | 2,896 | 1 | 2 | $1,187,285 |
| 22 | Antoine Saout | Paris, FRA | 2,895 | 0 | 2 | $3,659,867 |
| 23 | Jude Ainsworth | Galway, IRL | 2,840 | 1 | 3 | $1,009,885 |
| 24 | Josh Brikis | Pittsburgh, PA, USA | 2,828 | 1 | 5 | $752,262 |
| 25 | Steve Brecher | Reno, NV, USA | 2,824 | 1 | 2 | $1,201,420 |
| 26 | Todd Terry | Hoboken, NJ, USA | 2,821 | 0 | 3 | $721,005 |
| 27 | Phil Ivey | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,808 | 2 | 4 | $1,720,901 |
| 28 | Jon Turner | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,788 | 0 | 4 | $627,726 |
| 29 | Jan Skampa | CZE | 2,768 | 1 | 3 | $1,209,646 |
| 30 | Chris Moore | Chicago, IL, USA | 2,710 | 0 | 3 | $563,822 |
| 31 | Kathy Liebert | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,708 | 1 | 4 | $768,671 |
| 32 | Mike Sowers | Thomasville, NC, USA | 2,659 | 0 | 2 | $897,343 |
| 33 | Scott Clements | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,656 | 1 | 9 | $523,529 |
| 34 | Carter Phillips | Charlotte, NC, USA | 2,656 | 1 | 2 | $1,235,153 |
| 35 | Peter Rho | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,642 | 0 | 2 | $1,027,500 |
| 36 | Benjamin Spindler | Darmstadt, DEU | 2,640 | 0 | 2 | $1,182,563 |
| 37 | Panayote Vilandos | Houston, TX, USA | 2,640 | 1 | 2 | $1,080,539 |
| 38 | Christian Harder | Annapolis, MD, USA | 2,637 | 2 | 4 | $872,531 |
| 39 | Martin Jacobson | Stockholm, SWE | 2,608 | 0 | 4 | $477,536 |
| 40 | Matt Woodward | Waterboro , ME, USA | 2,540 | 0 | 2 | $1,778,963 |
| 41 | Barry Shulman | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,535 | 1 | 2 | $1,364,735 |
| 42 | Brian Lemke | Norristown, PA, USA | 2,508 | 2 | 3 | $776,938 |
| 43 | Anthony Gregg | Columbia, MD, USA | 2,500 | 0 | 1 | $1,700,000 |
| 44 | Ville Wahlbeck | Helsinki , FIN | 2,494 | 1 | 4 | $1,069,441 |
| 45 | Michael Noda | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,489 | 3 | 9 | $381,000 |
| 46 | Matt Graham | River Ridge, LA, USA | 2,480 | 1 | 4 | $803,972 |
| 47 | Mike McDonald | Waterloo, ON, CAN | 2,440 | 0 | 3 | $515,440 |
| 48 | Scotty Nguyen | Henderson, NV, USA | 2,401 | 1 | 4 | $929,627 |
| 49 | Constant Rijkenberg | Amsterdam, NLD | 2,400 | 1 | 1 | $1,960,400 |
| 50 | Pieter De Korver | Leeuwarden, NLD | 2,400 | 1 | 1 | $3,000,000 |
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