World's Best Poker Players
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2017 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1201 | Yawei Wang | CHN | 570 | 0 | 1 | $125,164 |
| 1202 | Shixiong Zhen | CHN | 570 | 0 | 1 | $115,492 |
| 1203 | Hassan Jamil | Rochester, NY, USA | 569 | 0 | 3 | $55,720 |
| 1204 | Cheng Hai | USA | 568 | 1 | 2 | $53,890 |
| 1205 | Collin Wilson | Atlanta, GA, USA | 568 | 1 | 2 | $59,359 |
| 1206 | Paul McCaffrey | Pleasanton, CA, USA | 568 | 1 | 2 | $72,489 |
| 1207 | Phachara Wongwichit | AUS | 568 | 0 | 2 | $92,253 |
| 1208 | Qi Chen | Virginia Beach, VA, USA | 564 | 1 | 3 | $53,647 |
| 1209 | Victor Paredes | Modesto, CA, USA | 564 | 0 | 3 | $45,642 |
| 1210 | Jonathan McCann | GBR | 563 | 0 | 2 | $75,690 |
| 1211 | Jon Turner | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 563 | 0 | 4 | $61,958 |
| 1212 | Sharon Levin | Ft Lauderdale, FL, USA | 563 | 0 | 6 | $52,524 |
| 1213 | Michal Schuh | CZE | 560 | 0 | 1 | $90,192 |
| 1214 | Alfred Karlsson | SWE | 560 | 0 | 1 | $103,858 |
| 1215 | Jose Tapia Lopez | ESP | 560 | 0 | 1 | $55,567 |
| 1216 | Sam Trickett | Nottingham, GBR | 560 | 0 | 2 | $330,000 |
| 1217 | Connor Drinan | Arlington Heights, IL, USA | 560 | 0 | 2 | $392,762 |
| 1218 | Daniel Loizzo | Libertyville, IL, USA | 560 | 0 | 1 | $77,095 |
| 1219 | James Gregg | New Berlin, WI, USA | 560 | 0 | 1 | $94,482 |
| 1220 | Jesus Cabrera | Atlanta, GA, USA | 560 | 0 | 1 | $76,328 |
| 1221 | Gregory Yeager | Wilmington, OH, USA | 560 | 0 | 1 | $52,024 |
| 1222 | Zachary Hyman | San Francisco, CA, USA | 560 | 0 | 3 | $157,680 |
| 1223 | Michael Partipilo | CAN | 560 | 0 | 1 | $99,535 |
| 1224 | Troy Quenneville | Tecumseh, CAN | 560 | 0 | 1 | $234,000 |
| 1225 | Nikolai Yakovenko | College Park, MD, USA | 560 | 0 | 1 | $81,232 |
| 1226 | Bobby Suer | Dana Point, CA, USA | 560 | 0 | 1 | $124,769 |
| 1227 | Michael Englert | USA | 560 | 0 | 1 | $53,550 |
| 1228 | Danny Gonzales | Denver, CO, USA | 560 | 0 | 2 | $49,429 |
| 1229 | Yasmine Hanane | USA | 560 | 0 | 1 | $63,930 |
| 1230 | Kelly Minkin | USA | 560 | 0 | 1 | $95,880 |
| 1231 | Scott Caracciolo | Tampa, FL, USA | 560 | 0 | 1 | $85,553 |
| 1232 | Casey McCarrell | Concord, CA, USA | 560 | 0 | 1 | $76,911 |
| 1233 | Sam Ruha | NZL | 560 | 0 | 1 | $95,459 |
| 1234 | Nc Fernandez | NCL | 560 | 0 | 1 | $63,500 |
| 1235 | Chun-hung Chen | TWN | 560 | 0 | 1 | $45,500 |
| 1236 | David Wang | AUS | 560 | 0 | 4 | $96,534 |
| 1237 | Habib Esses | BRA | 560 | 0 | 2 | $90,535 |
| 1238 | Cesar Sanguinetti | URY | 560 | 0 | 1 | $65,365 |
| 1239 | Ryan Pochedly | Lakewood, OH, USA | 558 | 0 | 2 | $58,913 |
| 1240 | Sami Dighlawi | Lake Elsinore, CA, USA | 557 | 1 | 4 | $46,107 |
| 1241 | Andreas Samuelsson | SWE | 555 | 1 | 2 | $92,311 |
| 1242 | Maksym Lavrov | UKR | 554 | 2 | 3 | $48,225 |
| 1243 | Daniel Engels | DEU | 552 | 0 | 2 | $116,702 |
| 1244 | Daniel Chalifour | Swanzey, NH, USA | 552 | 2 | 2 | $73,426 |
| 1245 | Niv Decalo | Hartford, CT, USA | 552 | 0 | 2 | $55,602 |
| 1246 | Xiao Lin | CHN | 552 | 0 | 2 | $94,289 |
| 1247 | Kevin Grabel | Southamton, PA, USA | 551 | 1 | 5 | $49,454 |
| 1248 | Jeffrey Colpitts | New York, NY, USA | 551 | 0 | 4 | $57,478 |
| 1249 | Robert Nguyen | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 550 | 0 | 1 | $205,048 |
| 1250 | James Salmon | FL, USA | 550 | 0 | 3 | $70,207 |
