World's Best Poker Players
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2016 POY Leader Boards - Overall
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| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Peters | Toledo, OH, USA | 8,601 | 5 | 22 | $7,370,255 |
| 2 | Fedor Holz | Vienna, DEU | 7,058 | 6 | 15 | $16,288,714 |
| 3 | Justin Bonomo | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 6,520 | 2 | 11 | $4,148,354 |
| 4 | Ari Engel | Toronto, Ontario, CAN | 5,653 | 3 | 17 | $1,831,640 |
| 5 | Jake Schindler | Brynmawr, PA, USA | 5,528 | 3 | 14 | $3,519,396 |
| 6 | Cary Katz | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 5,160 | 4 | 18 | $3,311,073 |
| 7 | Sam Soverel | Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA | 4,989 | 3 | 11 | $2,501,347 |
| 8 | Chance Kornuth | Denver, CO, USA | 4,838 | 3 | 13 | $2,282,181 |
| 9 | Dan Smith | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 4,799 | 4 | 9 | $5,063,362 |
| 10 | Tom Marchese | Boonton, NJ, USA | 4,685 | 4 | 14 | $3,750,324 |
| 11 | Connor Drinan | Arlington Heights, IL, USA | 4,637 | 1 | 9 | $3,226,731 |
| 12 | Ankush Mandavia | Atlanta, GA, USA | 4,460 | 2 | 10 | $2,250,438 |
| 13 | Bryn Kenney | Long Beach, NY, USA | 4,299 | 3 | 15 | $5,171,203 |
| 14 | Gordon Vayo | San Francisco, CA, USA | 4,190 | 1 | 2 | $5,248,348 |
| 15 | Adrian Mateos | Madrid, ESP | 4,113 | 1 | 13 | $1,684,112 |
| 16 | Charlie Carrel | London, GBR | 4,100 | 3 | 13 | $2,035,512 |
| 17 | Jason Koon | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 4,053 | 3 | 7 | $2,753,236 |
| 18 | Nick Petrangelo | Old Westbury, NY, USA | 4,023 | 3 | 11 | $1,992,339 |
| 19 | Ivan Luca | Buenos Aires, ARG | 3,958 | 3 | 14 | $1,768,778 |
| 20 | Joe McKeehen | Conshohocken, PA, USA | 3,843 | 1 | 11 | $3,013,550 |
| 21 | Samuel Panzica | Saline, MI, USA | 3,743 | 3 | 7 | $1,045,945 |
| 22 | Tony Dunst | Las Vegas, AUS | 3,740 | 1 | 4 | $1,125,803 |
| 23 | Erik Seidel | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 3,720 | 0 | 13 | $5,041,972 |
| 24 | Jack Salter | London, GBR | 3,718 | 2 | 11 | $2,547,459 |
| 25 | Paul Volpe | Philadelphia, PA, USA | 3,671 | 2 | 6 | $932,213 |
| 26 | Steve O'Dwyer | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 3,633 | 2 | 9 | $3,500,557 |
| 27 | Niall Farrell | Glasgow, SCO | 3,464 | 1 | 7 | $1,230,075 |
| 28 | Michael Gagliano | Rockaway, NJ, USA | 3,388 | 2 | 5 | $717,708 |
| 29 | Andjelko Andrejevic | Belgrade, SER | 3,332 | 2 | 5 | $1,329,682 |
| 30 | Igor Kurganov | St, Petersburg, RUS | 3,309 | 3 | 11 | $2,063,300 |
| 31 | Qui Nguyen | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 3,300 | 1 | 1 | $8,005,310 |
| 32 | Anthony Gregg | Columbia, MD, USA | 3,223 | 0 | 7 | $1,775,529 |
| 33 | Aaron Mermelstein | Philadelphia, PA, USA | 3,220 | 0 | 7 | $584,857 |
| 34 | Rainer Kempe | Berlin, DEU | 3,177 | 2 | 9 | $6,314,130 |
| 35 | Ali Fazeli | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 3,177 | 3 | 11 | $1,823,160 |
| 36 | Stephen Chidwick | Deal, GBR | 3,167 | 1 | 14 | $1,829,184 |
| 37 | Koray Aldemir | Vienna, AUT | 3,052 | 1 | 5 | $2,566,966 |
| 38 | Kuljinder Sidhu | Wolverhampton, GBR | 3,026 | 2 | 5 | $1,054,896 |
| 39 | Benjamin Zamani | Boca Raton, FL, USA | 3,015 | 0 | 4 | $868,843 |
| 40 | Adrien Allain | Rennes, FRA | 3,000 | 0 | 2 | $1,005,700 |
| 41 | Sean Winter | Jacksonville, FL, USA | 2,991 | 0 | 8 | $2,215,574 |
| 42 | Stefan Schillhabel | Brighton, DEU | 2,988 | 3 | 4 | $1,638,720 |
| 43 | Loren Klein | Verdi, NV, USA | 2,976 | 3 | 4 | $875,209 |
| 44 | Seth Davies | Bend, OR, USA | 2,936 | 2 | 3 | $843,497 |
| 45 | Michael Gathy | Brussels, BEL | 2,894 | 1 | 4 | $853,934 |
| 46 | Dominik Nitsche | Minden, DEU | 2,893 | 1 | 8 | $1,288,735 |
| 47 | Brandon Shack-Harris | Chicago, IL, USA | 2,880 | 1 | 3 | $1,045,730 |
| 48 | Michael Gentili | Lasalle, CAN | 2,782 | 0 | 3 | $628,736 |
| 49 | Cliff Josephy | Syosset, NY, USA | 2,680 | 1 | 2 | $3,616,285 |
| 50 | Johanssy Joseph | Mansfield, CT, USA | 2,650 | 2 | 6 | $553,321 |
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