World's Best Poker Players
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2017 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 601 | Aditya Prasetyo | Cambridge, MA, USA | 900 | 0 | 1 | $186,770 |
| 602 | Matthew Grocholsky | CAN | 900 | 0 | 1 | $131,168 |
| 603 | James Hughes | Miami, FL, USA | 900 | 0 | 1 | $180,919 |
| 604 | Matthew Schreiber | Laguna Niguel, CA, USA | 900 | 1 | 1 | $256,226 |
| 605 | Tara Cain | USA | 900 | 0 | 1 | $201,408 |
| 606 | Patrick Truong | Pflugerville, TX, USA | 900 | 0 | 1 | $162,170 |
| 607 | Qiang Fu | Aukland, NZL | 900 | 0 | 1 | $150,567 |
| 608 | Kou Vang | Woodbury, MN, USA | 898 | 1 | 3 | $82,827 |
| 609 | Michael Comisso | Dublin, OH, USA | 896 | 0 | 6 | $143,795 |
| 610 | Leonard Sande | West Haven, CT, USA | 896 | 1 | 2 | $188,645 |
| 611 | Daniel Harwood | GBR | 894 | 0 | 3 | $130,777 |
| 612 | Michael Cohen | Manalapan, NJ, USA | 892 | 0 | 2 | $108,734 |
| 613 | Sohale Khalili | 891 | 0 | 9 | $102,076 | |
| 614 | Christopher Staats | Oklahoma City, OK, USA | 886 | 2 | 4 | $104,742 |
| 615 | Bryan Skreens | USA | 884 | 1 | 4 | $98,271 |
| 616 | Joni Jouhkimainen | Helsinki, FIN | 882 | 1 | 3 | $160,050 |
| 617 | Webster Lim | MYS | 882 | 0 | 5 | $171,911 |
| 618 | Alex Farahi | CA, USA | 880 | 0 | 1 | $561,530 |
| 619 | Justin Boggs | New Paris, OH, USA | 880 | 1 | 2 | $149,731 |
| 620 | Wayne Yap | SGP | 879 | 1 | 2 | $822,705 |
| 621 | Sean Thomson | Worcester, MA, USA | 878 | 1 | 4 | $116,140 |
| 622 | William Corvino | Staten Island, NY, USA | 877 | 0 | 3 | $129,087 |
| 623 | Juan Gonzalez-Venzano | 875 | 0 | 2 | $98,786 | |
| 624 | Bradley Ruben | Hernando, FL, USA | 875 | 1 | 4 | $96,124 |
| 625 | Ian O'Hara | Boca Raton, FL, USA | 873 | 0 | 4 | $225,503 |
| 626 | Thomas Larson | Mint Hill, NC, USA | 872 | 1 | 3 | $122,588 |
| 627 | Thiago Crema De Macedo | BRA | 872 | 0 | 2 | $105,127 |
| 628 | Claudio Di Giacomo | ITA | 870 | 0 | 2 | $129,294 |
| 629 | Brek Schutten | Grand Rapids, MI, USA | 870 | 0 | 3 | $149,952 |
| 630 | Max Havlish | Coon Rapids, MN, USA | 868 | 1 | 3 | $107,157 |
| 631 | Martin Ryan | USA | 867 | 1 | 6 | $102,025 |
| 632 | Mikhail Korotkikh | RUS | 865 | 0 | 3 | $152,760 |
| 633 | Christopher Smith | North Haven, CT, USA | 864 | 2 | 5 | $98,104 |
| 634 | Pierre Neuville | Knokke-heist, BEL | 862 | 0 | 5 | $143,462 |
| 635 | Hamid Izadi | Atlanta, GA, USA | 862 | 2 | 5 | $81,791 |
| 636 | Daan Mulders | NLD | 861 | 0 | 4 | $123,828 |
| 637 | Nicola Basile | CAN | 860 | 1 | 2 | $144,240 |
| 638 | John Patterson | USA | 858 | 0 | 2 | $236,664 |
| 639 | James Gilbert | Bensalem, PA, USA | 857 | 0 | 2 | $177,313 |
| 640 | Goran Mandic | HRV | 856 | 1 | 2 | $470,025 |
| 641 | John Cernuto | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 856 | 2 | 11 | $81,591 |
| 642 | Lander Lijo Bereciartua | ESP | 855 | 1 | 3 | $143,078 |
| 643 | Rui Ye | USA | 855 | 0 | 2 | $160,322 |
| 644 | Mike Cordell | Little Rock, AR, USA | 854 | 2 | 2 | $162,832 |
| 645 | Michal Lubas | POL | 853 | 0 | 2 | $101,500 |
| 646 | Ka Kwan Lau | Sheung Shui, HKG | 852 | 1 | 3 | $194,813 |
| 647 | Andrew Spears | Buffalo, NY, USA | 852 | 1 | 2 | $166,100 |
| 648 | Bryan Carter | Black Mountain, NC, USA | 852 | 2 | 3 | $198,578 |
| 649 | Filipp Khavin | Treasure Island, FL, USA | 850 | 0 | 2 | $111,007 |
| 650 | Viktor Kudinov | RUS | 848 | 0 | 2 | $151,727 |