World's Best Poker Players
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2017 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Kyle Cartwright | Bartlett, TN, USA | 1,838 | 1 | 7 | $319,390 |
| 152 | Abraham Korotki | Bethany Beach, DE, USA | 1,831 | 2 | 3 | $473,638 |
| 153 | Marshall White | Garner, NC, USA | 1,823 | 3 | 7 | $514,963 |
| 154 | Roman Korenev | Krasnoyarsk, RUS | 1,816 | 0 | 4 | $456,507 |
| 155 | Vincent Moscati | Verplanck, NY, USA | 1,810 | 2 | 9 | $226,156 |
| 156 | Phil Hellmuth | Palo Alto, CA, USA | 1,803 | 1 | 4 | $609,435 |
| 157 | Ankush Mandavia | Atlanta, GA, USA | 1,793 | 1 | 4 | $339,549 |
| 158 | Ivan Luca | Buenos Aires, ARG | 1,792 | 0 | 7 | $1,102,265 |
| 159 | Oliver Weis | Grenzach-Wyhlen, DEU | 1,770 | 1 | 6 | $903,637 |
| 160 | John Racener | Port Richey, FL, USA | 1,763 | 2 | 5 | $447,222 |
| 161 | Jeffrey Trudeau | FL, USA | 1,760 | 3 | 8 | $246,289 |
| 162 | Jason Wheeler | Riverdale, CA, USA | 1,760 | 0 | 3 | $762,927 |
| 163 | Martin Jacobson | Stockholm, SWE | 1,755 | 0 | 3 | $1,114,851 |
| 164 | Loni Hui | Hollywood, FL, USA | 1,748 | 1 | 4 | $526,510 |
| 165 | Jared Griener | Huntington Beach, CA, USA | 1,744 | 0 | 5 | $500,820 |
| 166 | Jordan Young | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,740 | 1 | 2 | $354,541 |
| 167 | JOSEPH PALMA | Bensalem, PA, USA | 1,726 | 2 | 6 | $261,104 |
| 168 | Gary Herstein | Chicago, IL, USA | 1,726 | 1 | 7 | $252,490 |
| 169 | Jonathan Hanner | St. Paul, MN, USA | 1,720 | 1 | 4 | $200,427 |
| 170 | Vladimir Troyanovsky | Moscow, RUS | 1,718 | 0 | 8 | $640,138 |
| 171 | Soukha Kachittavong | Woondsocket, RI, USA | 1,706 | 4 | 9 | $285,330 |
| 172 | Martin Finger | Frankenberg, DEU | 1,705 | 0 | 7 | $558,477 |
| 173 | Tom Marchese | Boonton, NJ, USA | 1,700 | 1 | 6 | $742,885 |
| 174 | David Pham | Cerritos, CA, USA | 1,698 | 1 | 4 | $470,450 |
| 175 | Michael Newman | Nanuet, NY, USA | 1,696 | 1 | 4 | $414,283 |
| 176 | Bartlomiej Machon | PRT | 1,689 | 0 | 5 | $1,513,066 |
| 177 | Christopher Brammer | Southhampton, GBR | 1,680 | 1 | 1 | $527,555 |
| 178 | Matas Cimbolas | LTU | 1,677 | 0 | 3 | $416,950 |
| 179 | Simon Lam | Orange County, CA, USA | 1,664 | 0 | 2 | $332,519 |
| 180 | John Hesp | Birdlington, GBR | 1,650 | 0 | 1 | $2,600,000 |
| 181 | Dejuante Alexander | Houston, TX, USA | 1,646 | 0 | 2 | $919,764 |
| 182 | Jared Hemingway | Granville, TX, USA | 1,642 | 0 | 8 | $272,316 |
| 183 | Michael Hahn | Carmel, IN, USA | 1,640 | 3 | 7 | $325,918 |
| 184 | Olivier Busquet | New York, NY, USA | 1,640 | 0 | 4 | $459,249 |
| 185 | Schuyler Thornton | Corpus Christi, TX, USA | 1,632 | 1 | 6 | $321,859 |
| 186 | Terry Tianyuan Tang | CHN | 1,624 | 1 | 3 | $360,011 |
| 187 | Yuliyan Nikolaev Kolev | BGR | 1,620 | 0 | 4 | $481,012 |
| 188 | Sean Perry | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,620 | 1 | 4 | $595,928 |
| 189 | Joseph Rojas | Caracas, VEN | 1,620 | 1 | 1 | $690,469 |
| 190 | David Jackson | Jacksonville, FL, USA | 1,619 | 2 | 9 | $191,309 |
| 191 | Keven Stammen | Coldwater, OH, USA | 1,608 | 2 | 3 | $217,540 |
| 192 | Michael Watson | Toronto, CAN | 1,602 | 0 | 7 | $1,280,188 |
| 193 | Jacob Mulhern | GBR | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $832,000 |
| 194 | Andrey Shatilov | RUS | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $650,000 |
| 195 | Lucas Greenwood | Toronto, ON, CAN | 1,600 | 1 | 4 | $1,076,768 |
| 196 | Ray Henson | Spring, TX, USA | 1,596 | 0 | 5 | $274,615 |
| 197 | Timothy Reilly | Natick, MA, USA | 1,594 | 1 | 4 | $319,540 |
| 198 | Esther Taylor | Vancouver, WA, USA | 1,592 | 1 | 4 | $681,361 |
| 199 | Cory Smith | Oklahoma City, OK, USA | 1,587 | 2 | 7 | $214,961 |
| 200 | Jeremy Joseph | Springville, NY, USA | 1,578 | 0 | 4 | $468,133 |