World's Best Poker Players
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2009 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Maxim Lykov | Moscow, RUS | 2,394 | 1 | 3 | $625,451 |
| 52 | Joseph Serock | Albuquerque, NM, USA | 2,389 | 0 | 6 | $512,761 |
| 53 | Greg Mueller | Vancouver, BC, CAN | 2,370 | 2 | 3 | $754,064 |
| 54 | Aaron Gustavson | E. Northport, NY, USA | 2,358 | 2 | 3 | $1,415,284 |
| 55 | Jordan Smith | Tool, TX, USA | 2,340 | 2 | 2 | $1,602,170 |
| 56 | Bahador Ahmadi | Vancouver, BC, CAN | 2,340 | 1 | 2 | $418,738 |
| 57 | Stewart Scott | Bilambil Heights, AUS | 2,336 | 1 | 2 | $1,500,542 |
| 58 | Dragan Galic | HRV | 2,334 | 1 | 5 | $619,381 |
| 59 | Ran Azor | Tel Aviv, ISR | 2,310 | 0 | 2 | $1,495,688 |
| 60 | Brandon Hall | Littlestown, PA, USA | 2,304 | 1 | 2 | $803,318 |
| 61 | Marc Goodwin | Birmingham, GBR | 2,280 | 0 | 2 | $855,882 |
| 62 | Jeff Madsen | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,274 | 1 | 8 | $469,904 |
| 63 | J.C. Tran | Sacramento, CA, USA | 2,268 | 1 | 2 | $425,025 |
| 64 | Josh Arieh | Atlanta, GA, USA | 2,260 | 0 | 3 | $1,080,207 |
| 65 | Eric Buchman | Valley Stream, NY, USA | 2,256 | 0 | 2 | $2,537,534 |
| 66 | Chad Brown | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,240 | 2 | 6 | $496,698 |
| 67 | Bertrand Grospellier | London, GBR | 2,228 | 0 | 4 | $975,298 |
| 68 | Matt Stout | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,222 | 0 | 3 | $424,325 |
| 69 | Jeff Clayton | Glendale, CA, USA | 2,192 | 2 | 6 | $276,324 |
| 70 | Brandon Cantu | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,186 | 1 | 3 | $635,823 |
| 71 | Praz Bansi | London, GBR | 2,178 | 1 | 7 | $790,684 |
| 72 | Fabian Quoss | DEU | 2,178 | 0 | 4 | $506,874 |
| 73 | Jeffrey Lisandro | Sydney, AUS | 2,154 | 2 | 2 | $656,293 |
| 74 | Florian Langmann | Dresden, DEU | 2,120 | 0 | 6 | $635,565 |
| 75 | Chris Klodnicki | Voorhees, NJ, USA | 2,088 | 1 | 3 | $344,088 |
| 76 | Craig Crivello | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,080 | 1 | 6 | $535,411 |
| 77 | Dong Xu | Rosemead, CA, USA | 2,080 | 3 | 8 | $157,652 |
| 78 | Jens Kyllonen | Helsinki, FIN | 2,040 | 1 | 1 | $1,198,522 |
| 79 | Adam Lippert | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 2,040 | 2 | 9 | $274,071 |
| 80 | Jean Gaspard | Evanston, IL, USA | 2,036 | 2 | 7 | $403,587 |
| 81 | Steve Sung | Torrance, CA, USA | 2,033 | 1 | 3 | $918,148 |
| 82 | Richard Austin | Louisville, KY, USA | 2,028 | 1 | 2 | $498,165 |
| 83 | Maurice Hawkins | Plantation, FL, USA | 2,016 | 3 | 6 | $221,764 |
| 84 | Marcus Naalden | Roosendaal, NLD | 2,006 | 1 | 3 | $487,525 |
| 85 | Kalle Niemi | FIN | 2,000 | 0 | 1 | $1,120,600 |
| 86 | Cedric Rossi | FRA | 2,000 | 0 | 1 | $867,458 |
| 87 | Sven Heinecker | Hamburg, DEU | 2,000 | 0 | 1 | $715,350 |
| 88 | Binh Nguyen | San Jose, CA, USA | 2,000 | 0 | 1 | $935,424 |
| 89 | Kevin Schaffel | Pembroke Pines, FL, USA | 2,000 | 0 | 2 | $1,771,898 |
| 90 | Dan Lu | San Diego, CA, USA | 1,997 | 1 | 4 | $282,077 |
| 91 | Dwyte Pilgrim | New York, NY, USA | 1,994 | 2 | 7 | $299,490 |
| 92 | Men Nguyen | Bell Gardens, CA, USA | 1,994 | 0 | 5 | $371,506 |
| 93 | Justin Bonomo | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 1,984 | 1 | 4 | $726,428 |
| 94 | Roger Hairabedian | Marseille, FRA | 1,976 | 0 | 5 | $410,298 |
| 95 | Tristan Clemencon | Lot-et-Garonne, FRA | 1,962 | 0 | 4 | $457,454 |
| 96 | John Kabbaj | London, GBR | 1,956 | 1 | 2 | $734,255 |
| 97 | Gordon Eng | Cliffside Park, NJ, USA | 1,956 | 0 | 7 | $232,594 |
| 98 | Peter Traply | Budapest, HUN | 1,944 | 1 | 3 | $620,786 |
| 99 | David Zeitlin | New York, NY, USA | 1,944 | 1 | 7 | $288,595 |
| 100 | Michael Skomac | Kalakazoo, MI, USA | 1,938 | 2 | 4 | $256,792 |
