World's Best Poker Players
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2012 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Hans Winzeler | Miami, FL, USA | 1,948 | 0 | 4 | $482,705 |
| 52 | Matthew Burnitz | Wilmington, DE, USA | 1,930 | 0 | 3 | $579,089 |
| 53 | Ludovic Lacay | Cornebarrieu, FRA | 1,920 | 1 | 2 | $979,270 |
| 54 | Mikalai Pobal | DEU | 1,920 | 1 | 1 | $1,237,928 |
| 55 | Panayote Vilandos | Houston, TX, USA | 1,920 | 1 | 1 | $952,694 |
| 56 | Ilari Sahamies | Vantaa, FIN | 1,906 | 0 | 2 | $1,133,332 |
| 57 | Joni Jouhkimainen | Helsinki, FIN | 1,880 | 1 | 3 | $640,968 |
| 58 | Olivier Busquet | New York, NY, USA | 1,860 | 0 | 5 | $623,953 |
| 59 | Jeffrey Rossiter | Melbourne, AUS | 1,853 | 1 | 5 | $595,281 |
| 60 | Timothy Adams | Burlington, ONT, CAN | 1,842 | 1 | 2 | $637,621 |
| 61 | Erik Cajelais | Montreal, QC, CAN | 1,840 | 0 | 4 | $467,776 |
| 62 | Moon Kim | Dublin, CA, USA | 1,832 | 1 | 3 | $1,086,899 |
| 63 | Ramzi Jelassi | Stockholm, SWE | 1,824 | 1 | 1 | $1,091,418 |
| 64 | Jacob Bazeley | Cincinnati, OH, USA | 1,820 | 0 | 4 | $472,594 |
| 65 | Aaron Massey | Chicago, IL, USA | 1,810 | 2 | 6 | $750,054 |
| 66 | Jeremy Ausmus | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,807 | 1 | 2 | $2,233,188 |
| 67 | Paul Guichard | FRA | 1,796 | 0 | 3 | $787,487 |
| 68 | Bruno Lopes | Courbevoie, FRA | 1,794 | 2 | 4 | $462,551 |
| 69 | John Juanda | Marina Del Rey, CA, USA | 1,780 | 0 | 5 | $3,087,983 |
| 70 | Michael Gathy | Brussels, BEL | 1,775 | 1 | 3 | $515,403 |
| 71 | Joey Weissman | Boca Raton, FL, USA | 1,772 | 1 | 3 | $711,922 |
| 72 | Jason Lavallee | Montreal, QC, CAN | 1,760 | 0 | 2 | $724,226 |
| 73 | Rocco Palumbo | Genoa, ITA | 1,752 | 1 | 5 | $534,726 |
| 74 | Lucille Cailly | Puveaux, FRA | 1,750 | 0 | 1 | $1,388,940 |
| 75 | Karen Sarkisyan | Moscow, RUS | 1,750 | 0 | 1 | $871,958 |
| 76 | Ken Wong | Hong Kong, CHN | 1,750 | 0 | 1 | $1,029,474 |
| 77 | Greg Mueller | Vancouver, BC, CAN | 1,725 | 0 | 3 | $367,995 |
| 78 | Bryn Kenney | Long Beach, NY, USA | 1,714 | 1 | 9 | $397,603 |
| 79 | Kevin Calenzo | New Hartford, NY, USA | 1,710 | 1 | 3 | $320,139 |
| 80 | Tom Middleton | Silsden, ENG, GBR | 1,688 | 2 | 3 | $438,830 |
| 81 | Jannick Wrang | Copenhagen, DNK | 1,680 | 1 | 1 | $848,941 |
| 82 | Tom Chambers | Chicago, IL, USA | 1,670 | 0 | 3 | $395,495 |
| 83 | Igor Kurganov | St, Petersburg, RUS | 1,669 | 2 | 5 | $1,728,941 |
| 84 | Sergii Baranov | Odessa, UKR | 1,666 | 0 | 3 | $858,789 |
| 85 | Jeffrey Papola | New York, NY, USA | 1,665 | 0 | 2 | $401,181 |
| 86 | Roch Cousineau | Gatineau, CAN | 1,658 | 0 | 2 | $307,964 |
| 87 | Russell Thomas | Wallingford, PA, USA | 1,650 | 0 | 1 | $2,850,494 |
| 88 | Amanda Musumeci | Philadelphia, PA, USA | 1,646 | 1 | 4 | $586,960 |
| 89 | Andrew Badecker | Vernon, CT, USA | 1,645 | 0 | 3 | $441,267 |
| 90 | Christopher Brammer | Southhampton, GBR | 1,644 | 0 | 3 | $502,831 |
| 91 | Abraham Araya | Carrollton, TX, USA | 1,644 | 2 | 4 | $362,662 |
| 92 | Craig McCorkell | Haywardes, GBR | 1,642 | 1 | 3 | $418,405 |
| 93 | Chris Bjorin | London, GBR | 1,636 | 0 | 8 | $259,745 |
| 94 | Matthew Salsberg | Studio City, CA, USA | 1,630 | 3 | 5 | $607,590 |
| 95 | Jonathan Aguiar | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,625 | 1 | 3 | $556,783 |
| 96 | Philipp Gruissem | Aachen Nordrhein-Westfalen, DEU | 1,616 | 0 | 4 | $1,697,254 |
| 97 | Artem Litvinov | RUS | 1,601 | 0 | 2 | $651,834 |
| 98 | Frederik Jensen | Copenhagen, DNK | 1,593 | 1 | 2 | $672,246 |
| 99 | Vincent van der Fluit | Utrecht, NLD | 1,592 | 3 | 5 | $355,803 |
| 100 | Tripp Kirk | Chamblee, GA, USA | 1,592 | 1 | 3 | $373,692 |