World's Best Poker Players
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2011 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Phil Hellmuth | Palo Alto, CA, USA | 2,440 | 0 | 4 | $1,583,176 |
| 52 | Owais Ahmed | Anaheim, CA, USA | 2,412 | 1 | 4 | $816,154 |
| 53 | Joe Ebanks | Stow, OH, USA | 2,400 | 1 | 1 | $1,158,481 |
| 54 | David Gorr | Victoria, AUS | 2,400 | 1 | 1 | $1,992,532 |
| 55 | Ivan Freitez | Caracas, VEN | 2,400 | 1 | 1 | $2,226,345 |
| 56 | Jon Turner | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,399 | 0 | 4 | $496,879 |
| 57 | Huy Nguyen | Norman, OK, USA | 2,386 | 3 | 5 | $372,891 |
| 58 | Sami Kelopuro | FIN | 2,376 | 0 | 3 | $679,023 |
| 59 | Darryll Fish | Cape Coral, FL, USA | 2,339 | 0 | 6 | $428,242 |
| 60 | Darren Elias | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 2,334 | 1 | 6 | $535,840 |
| 61 | Benjamin Spindler | Darmstadt, DEU | 2,327 | 1 | 2 | $1,650,679 |
| 62 | Jonathan Lane | Menasha, WI, USA | 2,320 | 0 | 3 | $309,721 |
| 63 | David Sands | Bozman, MT, USA | 2,316 | 2 | 7 | $1,259,410 |
| 64 | Bobby Suer | Dana Point, CA, USA | 2,309 | 0 | 10 | $311,420 |
| 65 | Victor Ramdin | New York, NY, USA | 2,308 | 2 | 3 | $657,159 |
| 66 | Simon Charette | Toronto, ON, CAN | 2,300 | 0 | 3 | $556,895 |
| 67 | Salman Behbehani | San Diego, CA, USA | 2,300 | 0 | 2 | $903,653 |
| 68 | David Quang | Guelph, Ontario, CAN | 2,285 | 2 | 4 | $340,843 |
| 69 | Justin Young | Morehead City, NC, USA | 2,285 | 1 | 5 | $648,592 |
| 70 | Zimnan Ziyard | GBR | 2,280 | 1 | 4 | $558,784 |
| 71 | Michael Mizrachi | Miramar, FL, USA | 2,280 | 1 | 3 | $781,649 |
| 72 | Michael Watson | Toronto, CAN | 2,244 | 1 | 4 | $365,280 |
| 73 | Christopher Johnson | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,232 | 3 | 3 | $313,121 |
| 74 | Scott Baumstein | New York, NY, USA | 2,220 | 0 | 4 | $324,155 |
| 75 | Erich Kollmann | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,216 | 0 | 4 | $146,245 |
| 76 | Mikhail Lakhitov | GBR | 2,204 | 1 | 3 | $846,165 |
| 77 | Govert Metaal | NLD | 2,194 | 2 | 5 | $527,806 |
| 78 | Nicolas Levi | FRA | 2,180 | 0 | 3 | $566,204 |
| 79 | Wesley Pantling | USA | 2,168 | 1 | 2 | $437,136 |
| 80 | Andreas Dygruber | AUT | 2,160 | 1 | 1 | $77,241 |
| 81 | David Bach | Athens, GA, USA | 2,144 | 0 | 2 | $322,831 |
| 82 | David Nicholson | Biloxi, MS, USA | 2,138 | 3 | 8 | $201,467 |
| 83 | Eric Froehlich | Washington, D.C., USA | 2,136 | 0 | 6 | $616,424 |
| 84 | James Keys | Bury St Edmunds, GBR | 2,128 | 0 | 2 | $1,040,516 |
| 85 | Michael Tureniec | Solna, SWE | 2,124 | 1 | 3 | $798,886 |
| 86 | Torsten Brinkmann | DEU | 2,110 | 0 | 2 | $1,344,861 |
| 87 | Steven Kelly | Camarillo, CA, USA | 2,109 | 0 | 1 | $670,552 |
| 88 | Christopher Tryba | Boston, MA, USA | 2,105 | 2 | 8 | $296,460 |
| 89 | Mitch Schock | Bismark, ND, USA | 2,104 | 1 | 4 | $376,841 |
| 90 | Mike Sexton | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,068 | 1 | 3 | $341,709 |
| 91 | Eddie Blumenthal | Verona, WI, USA | 2,056 | 0 | 3 | $596,134 |
| 92 | Daniel Neilson | Sydney, AUS | 2,052 | 0 | 3 | $464,119 |
| 93 | Mike Sowers | Thomasville, NC, USA | 2,050 | 0 | 2 | $838,301 |
| 94 | Shaun Deeb | Troy, NY, USA | 2,040 | 0 | 4 | $247,480 |
| 95 | Bahbak Oboodi | NJ, USA | 2,016 | 1 | 2 | $936,992 |
| 96 | Soi Nguyen | Santa Ana, CA, USA | 2,000 | 0 | 1 | $517,478 |
| 97 | Justin Cohen | AUS | 2,000 | 0 | 2 | $386,315 |
| 98 | Aaron Steury | Fort Wayne, IN, USA | 1,991 | 1 | 2 | $537,376 |
| 99 | Allen Kessler | Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA | 1,985 | 0 | 7 | $333,461 |
| 100 | Lucien Cohen | FRA | 1,980 | 1 | 2 | $1,207,923 |
