World's Best Poker Players
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2009 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Mikhail Tulchinskiy | RUS | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $1,040,000 |
| 152 | Arnaud Esquevin | FRA | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $644,020 |
| 153 | Santiago Terrazas | Madrid, ESP | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $427,858 |
| 154 | Eoghan O'Dea | Dublin, IRL | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $388,532 |
| 155 | Mike Kim | San Clemente, CA, USA | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $384,982 |
| 156 | Robert Mizrachi | Sunny Isles Beach, FL, USA | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $414,680 |
| 157 | Benjamin Lefew | Harvard, IL, USA | 1,584 | 0 | 2 | $451,756 |
| 158 | Blake Buffington | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,582 | 2 | 6 | $241,310 |
| 159 | Pierre Neuville | Knokke-heist, BEL | 1,580 | 0 | 3 | $496,397 |
| 160 | Jorg Peisert | Dusseldorf, DEU | 1,568 | 1 | 2 | $516,743 |
| 161 | Leonard Cortellino | Lewiston, ME, USA | 1,568 | 0 | 5 | $340,034 |
| 162 | Amnon Filippi | New York, NY, USA | 1,567 | 0 | 2 | $488,705 |
| 163 | Saydam Ozgur | TUR | 1,560 | 0 | 2 | $572,057 |
| 164 | Leo Wolpert | Fairfax, VA, USA | 1,560 | 1 | 1 | $625,682 |
| 165 | Jason Wheeler | Riverdale, CA, USA | 1,560 | 0 | 3 | $443,266 |
| 166 | Jeremy Brown | Scottsdale, AZ, USA | 1,550 | 0 | 1 | $482,088 |
| 167 | Matt Brady | Upper Darby, PA, USA | 1,547 | 2 | 6 | $260,060 |
| 168 | Antonio Matias | PRT | 1,536 | 1 | 1 | $603,169 |
| 169 | Shane Rose | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 1,536 | 1 | 1 | $327,714 |
| 170 | Jonas Klausen | Odense, DNK | 1,520 | 0 | 2 | $426,744 |
| 171 | Ludovic Lacay | Cornebarrieu, FRA | 1,520 | 0 | 1 | $810,990 |
| 172 | Nikolai Senninger | DEU | 1,520 | 1 | 2 | $512,424 |
| 173 | Michael Walls | Newark, NJ, USA | 1,504 | 0 | 2 | $210,920 |
| 174 | Alex Santiago | West Hartford, CT, USA | 1,504 | 1 | 2 | $136,517 |
| 175 | Jeff Shulman | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,500 | 0 | 1 | $1,953,395 |
| 176 | Michael Binger | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,495 | 1 | 4 | $226,013 |
| 177 | Alexander Dovzhenko | RUS | 1,488 | 1 | 2 | $371,758 |
| 178 | Lee Markholt | Eatonville, WA, USA | 1,482 | 0 | 3 | $380,642 |
| 179 | Isaac Haxton | Syracuse, NY, USA | 1,480 | 0 | 2 | $1,251,254 |
| 180 | Will Souther | Biloxi, MS, USA | 1,478 | 1 | 8 | $144,640 |
| 181 | Sorel Mizzi | Toronto, ON, CAN | 1,476 | 0 | 1 | $324,906 |
| 182 | Atanas Gueorguiev | BGR | 1,464 | 1 | 3 | $340,262 |
| 183 | Antoine Berube | CAN | 1,464 | 0 | 2 | $209,047 |
| 184 | Huck Seed | Santa Clara, CA, USA | 1,459 | 1 | 5 | $942,618 |
| 185 | Travis Johnson | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $666,853 | |
| 186 | Mike Eise | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $639,331 | |
| 187 | Tony Veckey | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $673,276 | |
| 188 | Rasmus Nielsen | DNK | 1,440 | 0 | 2 | $382,177 |
| 189 | Christer Johansson | Hollviken, SWE | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $797,276 |
| 190 | Michael Tureniec | Solna, SWE | 1,440 | 0 | 2 | $393,422 |
| 191 | Vladimir Mefodichev | RUS | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $86,990 |
| 192 | John Pires | Santa Clara, CA, USA | 1,440 | 2 | 2 | $250,000 |
| 193 | Eric Doerr | Newark, DE, USA | 1,440 | 0 | 2 | $269,635 |
| 194 | Ray Foley | USA | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $657,969 |
| 195 | Jerrod Ankenman | Avon, CT, USA | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $241,367 |
| 196 | Derek Raymond | Portland, ME, USA | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $229,192 |
| 197 | Anthony Damato | Cherryhill, NJ, USA | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $356,319 |
| 198 | Carsten Joh | USA | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $664,426 |
| 199 | Daniel Kelly | Potomac, MD, USA | 1,440 | 0 | 1 | $643,200 |
| 200 | Sophon Sek | New Westminster, BC, CAN | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $364,364 |