World's Best Poker Players
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2017 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1251 | Chris Moore | Chicago, IL, USA | 550 | 0 | 1 | $852,885 |
| 1252 | John Smith | La Habra Heights, CA, USA | 550 | 0 | 1 | $208,154 |
| 1253 | Brendan Taylor | Pasadena, CA, USA | 550 | 0 | 2 | $88,959 |
| 1254 | Jared Talarico | Houston, TX, USA | 550 | 0 | 1 | $192,717 |
| 1255 | Alex Dimitrov | BGR | 548 | 0 | 3 | $56,738 |
| 1256 | Kian Smit | NLD | 548 | 1 | 2 | $97,818 |
| 1257 | Marc Levy | Boyton Beach, FL, USA | 548 | 0 | 2 | $93,793 |
| 1258 | Robert Elias | Seaford, NY, USA | 548 | 0 | 3 | $58,371 |
| 1259 | Rajat Gajula | IND | 548 | 1 | 2 | $89,779 |
| 1260 | Seth Foster | Shreveport, LA, USA | 547 | 2 | 2 | $72,122 |
| 1261 | Walter Buss | BEL | 546 | 0 | 3 | $39,610 |
| 1262 | Robert Ricciuti | Johnston, RI, USA | 546 | 0 | 2 | $76,380 |
| 1263 | Leonid Kaplin | USA | 545 | 0 | 3 | $57,333 |
| 1264 | Jonas Lauck | AUT | 544 | 0 | 2 | $61,748 |
| 1265 | Ricky Guan | New Hyde Park, NY, USA | 544 | 0 | 2 | $105,983 |
| 1266 | Brian Brubaker | Manhattan Beach, CA, USA | 544 | 1 | 2 | $113,627 |
| 1267 | Gary Kosakowski | Newark, NJ, USA | 544 | 1 | 4 | $107,347 |
| 1268 | Hugh Cohen | AUS | 544 | 0 | 2 | $75,412 |
| 1269 | Peter Dykes | AUS | 542 | 1 | 4 | $43,612 |
| 1270 | Katie Swift | GBR | 541 | 0 | 2 | $138,315 |
| 1271 | John Morgan | Minneapolis, MN, USA | 540 | 1 | 4 | $51,336 |
| 1272 | Daniel Barriocanal | ESP | 540 | 0 | 1 | $162,000 |
| 1273 | Marco Iodice | ITA | 540 | 1 | 1 | $228,900 |
| 1274 | Juan Riera | GBR | 540 | 0 | 1 | $76,992 |
| 1275 | Robert Heioorn | DEU | 540 | 0 | 1 | $60,132 |
| 1276 | Aeragan Arunan | GBR | 540 | 0 | 1 | $230,124 |
| 1277 | Naspetti Brando | ITA | 540 | 1 | 1 | $334,616 |
| 1278 | Freek Scholten | NLD | 540 | 1 | 2 | $116,500 |
| 1279 | Alexander Shuvalov | RUS | 540 | 0 | 1 | $67,909 |
| 1280 | Kainalu McCue-Unciano | USA | 540 | 0 | 2 | $94,983 |
| 1281 | Masoud Tavangari | CAN | 540 | 0 | 1 | $63,354 |
| 1282 | Mark Bowersock | Youngstown, OH, USA | 540 | 0 | 2 | $43,183 |
| 1283 | Steven Buckner | Coral Springs, FL, USA | 540 | 0 | 1 | $121,114 |
| 1284 | Jason Southwell | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 540 | 0 | 1 | $144,500 |
| 1285 | Tejesh Patel | St. Louis, MO, USA | 540 | 1 | 1 | $190,976 |
| 1286 | Andy Frankenberger | New York, NY, USA | 540 | 0 | 1 | $117,611 |
| 1287 | Larry Tull | Irvine, CA, USA | 540 | 0 | 1 | $62,796 |
| 1288 | Arman Zolnoorian | Paradise Valley, CA, USA | 540 | 0 | 1 | $128,645 |
| 1289 | Sacha Mendelsohn | Ewa Beach, HI, USA | 540 | 1 | 1 | $113,859 |
| 1290 | Athanasios Polychronopoulos | Springs, NY, USA | 540 | 0 | 1 | $110,354 |
| 1291 | Niovel Alvarez | Hialeah, FL, USA | 540 | 1 | 1 | $135,022 |
| 1292 | Jia Ming Liu | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 540 | 1 | 1 | $114,356 |
| 1293 | Melissa Gillet | Perth, AUS | 540 | 0 | 1 | $127,180 |
| 1294 | Angelo Neto | BRA | 540 | 1 | 1 | $184,000 |
| 1295 | Xiabong He | CHN | 540 | 1 | 1 | $313,087 |
| 1296 | Frankie O'Dell | Downey, CA, USA | 539 | 3 | 8 | $48,078 |
| 1297 | Timothy Deering | Whitby, CAN | 538 | 1 | 2 | $49,795 |
| 1298 | Alex Xiang Wei Lee | SGP | 537 | 2 | 4 | $66,882 |
| 1299 | Brad Gordon | Georgetown, TX, USA | 536 | 0 | 2 | $110,550 |
| 1300 | Pascal LeFrancois | Rosemere, Quebec, CAN | 536 | 1 | 2 | $263,664 |