World's Best Poker Players
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2017 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1301 | Blake Napierala | CAN | 536 | 1 | 4 | $34,877 |
| 1302 | Paul Guichard | FRA | 535 | 1 | 4 | $63,023 |
| 1303 | Edward Liu | Rowland Heights, CA, USA | 535 | 1 | 4 | $70,595 |
| 1304 | Robert Heidorn | DEU | 534 | 0 | 3 | $109,391 |
| 1305 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | BLR | 534 | 0 | 4 | $341,812 |
| 1306 | Tara Snow | USA | 534 | 1 | 2 | $154,583 |
| 1307 | Ryan Dunn | USA | 534 | 1 | 3 | $62,514 |
| 1308 | Luke Vrabel | W. Hartford, CT, USA | 534 | 0 | 4 | $127,410 |
| 1309 | Vadzim Lipauka | Minsk, BLR | 532 | 1 | 2 | $67,105 |
| 1310 | Aleksandr Tomovic | 531 | 0 | 3 | $76,401 | |
| 1311 | Tetsuro Tomita | JPN | 530 | 1 | 3 | $59,660 |
| 1312 | Barry Weprin | Mamaroneck, NY, USA | 529 | 1 | 2 | $45,219 |
| 1313 | Ivo Donev | Bregenz, AUT | 528 | 0 | 2 | $421,426 |
| 1314 | Charles Adkins | USA | 528 | 1 | 1 | $237,622 |
| 1315 | Ryan Tamanini | Dundalk, MD, USA | 528 | 0 | 4 | $84,857 |
| 1316 | Francois Zayas | Miami Springs, FL, USA | 528 | 1 | 1 | $107,973 |
| 1317 | John Notarianni | Charlotte, NC, USA | 528 | 1 | 2 | $53,367 |
| 1318 | Liam O'Rourke | AUS | 528 | 1 | 1 | $133,139 |
| 1319 | John Strzemp | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 526 | 1 | 2 | $71,867 |
| 1320 | Benjamin Scrogins | Neptune Beach, FL, USA | 526 | 1 | 2 | $101,175 |
| 1321 | Aleksei Altshuller | Novgorod, RUS | 525 | 0 | 1 | $70,438 |
| 1322 | Ngoc Minh Hoang | CZE | 525 | 0 | 1 | $50,150 |
| 1323 | David Trager | Jacksonville, FL, USA | 525 | 0 | 3 | $55,766 |
| 1324 | Emil Patel | East Hanover, NJ, USA | 525 | 0 | 1 | $197,013 |
| 1325 | Dimitrios Farmakoulis | 524 | 0 | 3 | $51,365 | |
| 1326 | Oriol Fernandez Vaquero | ESP | 524 | 1 | 2 | $94,506 |
| 1327 | Filippos Stavrakis | Forest Hill, MD, USA | 524 | 0 | 7 | $50,234 |
| 1328 | Tyler Joyner | Louisville, KY, USA | 524 | 0 | 2 | $108,899 |
| 1329 | Kevin Eyster | Denver, CO, USA | 524 | 1 | 3 | $73,279 |
| 1330 | William Stanford | Tupelo, MS, USA | 524 | 1 | 5 | $52,727 |
| 1331 | Toby Boas | Gainesville, FL, USA | 523 | 0 | 5 | $43,699 |
| 1332 | Michael Klatt | USA | 523 | 1 | 3 | $43,339 |
| 1333 | John So | HKG | 523 | 0 | 3 | $45,734 |
| 1334 | Alex Keating | Saratoga, CA, USA | 522 | 2 | 3 | $117,540 |
| 1335 | Owen Crowe | Nova Scotia, CAN | 522 | 0 | 1 | $138,275 |
| 1336 | Evan Teitelbaum | Parkland, FL, USA | 521 | 1 | 4 | $71,199 |
| 1337 | Andrew Hills | Preston, GBR | 520 | 1 | 3 | $67,541 |
| 1338 | Joseph Michael | Austin, TX, USA | 520 | 0 | 2 | $46,211 |
| 1339 | Stavros Kosmidis | Fitchburg, MA, USA | 520 | 1 | 2 | $59,940 |
| 1340 | Cody Pack | Cartersville, GA, USA | 518 | 1 | 5 | $69,951 |
| 1341 | Danny Wilson | USA | 517 | 2 | 5 | $47,278 |
| 1342 | Rafael Reis | BRA | 517 | 1 | 4 | $62,793 |
| 1343 | Abbey Daniels | 516 | 0 | 2 | $62,123 | |
| 1344 | Dutch Boyd | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 516 | 0 | 3 | $54,314 |
| 1345 | Vance Essak | Henderson, NV, USA | 516 | 1 | 2 | $67,742 |
| 1346 | Duy Ho | HI, USA | 515 | 0 | 3 | $54,908 |
| 1347 | Said El Harrak | Santa Clarita, CA, USA | 515 | 1 | 5 | $53,197 |
| 1348 | Mark Babekov | Phoenix, AZ, USA | 514 | 0 | 3 | $314,104 |
| 1349 | Carlos Loving | Sarasota, FL, USA | 513 | 2 | 5 | $49,586 |
| 1350 | Minh Nguyen | Lake Elsinore, CA, USA | 513 | 0 | 3 | $69,540 |