World's Best Poker Players
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2016 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Simeon Naydenov | Sofia, BGR | 1,937 | 1 | 3 | $367,908 |
| 102 | Uri Reichenstein | Tel Aviv, ISR | 1,920 | 0 | 3 | $911,152 |
| 103 | Samantha Abernathy | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,920 | 0 | 3 | $456,461 |
| 104 | Ismael Bojang | Gambia, DEU | 1,868 | 1 | 4 | $324,400 |
| 105 | Vladas Tamasauskas | LTU | 1,860 | 1 | 2 | $398,153 |
| 106 | Mihails Morozovs | Riga, LVA | 1,854 | 0 | 3 | $738,263 |
| 107 | Aliaksei Boika | BLR | 1,848 | 1 | 3 | $637,182 |
| 108 | Artem Metalidi | Kiev, UKR | 1,846 | 0 | 4 | $579,310 |
| 109 | Pratyush Buddiga | Colorado Springs, CO, USA | 1,842 | 1 | 4 | $1,038,049 |
| 110 | Maria Lampropulos | Buenos Aires, ARG | 1,838 | 0 | 4 | $246,711 |
| 111 | Yue Du | Beijing, CHN | 1,824 | 1 | 1 | $800,586 |
| 112 | Jason Rivkin | Eatontown, NJ, USA | 1,820 | 0 | 3 | $395,421 |
| 113 | Aaron Massey | Chicago, IL, USA | 1,810 | 1 | 8 | $287,755 |
| 114 | Dario Sammartino | Nova Gorica, ITA | 1,806 | 0 | 4 | $805,810 |
| 115 | Matthew Parry | Fairport, NY, USA | 1,800 | 0 | 3 | $469,218 |
| 116 | Anthony Zinno | Boston, MA, USA | 1,796 | 0 | 7 | $824,584 |
| 117 | Bill Klein | Laguna Hills, CA, USA | 1,790 | 0 | 6 | $1,074,480 |
| 118 | Dorian Rios | Caracas, VEN | 1,788 | 0 | 3 | $822,027 |
| 119 | Daniel Strelitz | Torrance, CA, USA | 1,780 | 0 | 2 | $498,125 |
| 120 | Christopher Leong | New York, NY, USA | 1,758 | 2 | 4 | $868,453 |
| 121 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | POL | 1,752 | 1 | 3 | $640,093 |
| 122 | Upeshka De Silva | Katy, TX, USA | 1,752 | 0 | 2 | $399,360 |
| 123 | Mike Shariati | Irvine, CA, USA | 1,750 | 0 | 1 | $656,540 |
| 124 | Aditya Prasetyo | Cambridge, MA, USA | 1,744 | 1 | 3 | $593,139 |
| 125 | Chino Rheem | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 1,740 | 1 | 3 | $781,467 |
| 126 | Jeremy Meacham | Oak Bluffs, MA, USA | 1,736 | 1 | 6 | $235,006 |
| 127 | Oleksii Khoroshenin | St. Petersburg, RUS | 1,730 | 0 | 5 | $751,139 |
| 128 | Xixiang Luo | CHN | 1,728 | 0 | 7 | $428,076 |
| 129 | Jack Duong | S. Plainfield, NJ, USA | 1,693 | 0 | 11 | $328,345 |
| 130 | Davidi Kitai | Brussels, BEL | 1,690 | 0 | 5 | $707,391 |
| 131 | Randy Ohel | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,690 | 0 | 3 | $447,365 |
| 132 | Marco Johnson | Walnut Creek, CA, USA | 1,688 | 1 | 2 | $346,922 |
| 133 | Kristen Foxen | St. Catherines, CAN | 1,688 | 1 | 2 | $385,915 |
| 134 | Craig Varnell | Ft. Collins, CO, USA | 1,683 | 1 | 3 | $434,526 |
| 135 | Vladimir Geshkenbein | CHE | 1,680 | 1 | 2 | $908,451 |
| 136 | Rafael Lebron | Payallup, WA, USA | 1,662 | 1 | 2 | $382,116 |
| 137 | Fabian Quoss | DEU | 1,656 | 2 | 4 | $2,695,650 |
| 138 | Dani Stern | New York, NY, USA | 1,652 | 2 | 7 | $990,063 |
| 139 | Michael Ruane | Hoboken, NJ, USA | 1,650 | 0 | 1 | $2,574,808 |
| 140 | Matthew Wantman | Stoneham, MA, USA | 1,637 | 0 | 6 | $356,468 |
| 141 | Jordan Cristos | Palmdale, CA, USA | 1,632 | 2 | 4 | $221,910 |
| 142 | Alexandros Kolonias | GRC | 1,630 | 0 | 2 | $1,448,523 |
| 143 | Marius Gierse | DEU | 1,628 | 0 | 3 | $386,597 |
| 144 | Marton Czuczor | Budapest, HUN | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $655,433 |
| 145 | Alexandru Papazian | ROU | 1,594 | 1 | 2 | $1,449,358 |
| 146 | Vitaliy Rizhkov | 1,590 | 0 | 6 | $878,400 | |
| 147 | Georgios Zisimopoulos | GRC | 1,590 | 0 | 7 | $253,941 |
| 148 | RYAN BELZ | Laurel, MD, USA | 1,590 | 0 | 5 | $288,928 |
| 149 | Phillip Hui | Tamarac, FL, USA | 1,586 | 2 | 5 | $206,851 |
| 150 | Sylvain Loosli | Toulon, FRA | 1,570 | 1 | 4 | $939,266 |
