World's Best Poker Players
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2017 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Stanislav Koleno | SVK | 1,570 | 1 | 4 | $339,468 |
| 202 | Upeshka De Silva | Katy, TX, USA | 1,570 | 2 | 4 | $315,811 |
| 203 | Andrew Kelsall | Tampa, FL, USA | 1,568 | 1 | 6 | $236,130 |
| 204 | Dylan Drazen | Wilton Manors, FL, USA | 1,566 | 0 | 2 | $540,079 |
| 205 | Stanley Lee | USA | 1,534 | 0 | 6 | $569,823 |
| 206 | Gregory Weber | Linden, NJ, USA | 1,521 | 0 | 2 | $548,417 |
| 207 | Harry Lodge | GBR | 1,512 | 0 | 3 | $621,009 |
| 208 | Michael Shanahan | Avon, IN, USA | 1,508 | 1 | 4 | $259,360 |
| 209 | James Chen | Taichung, TWN | 1,503 | 1 | 5 | $1,276,327 |
| 210 | Chris Lee | Clarksville, MD, USA | 1,500 | 0 | 1 | $580,177 |
| 211 | Justin Liberto | Fallston, MD, USA | 1,490 | 0 | 4 | $234,576 |
| 212 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | Dnipropetrovsk, UKR | 1,481 | 0 | 5 | $579,499 |
| 213 | Chris Klodnicki | Voorhees, NJ, USA | 1,480 | 1 | 2 | $546,209 |
| 214 | Zhaoxing Wang | East Lansing, MI, USA | 1,478 | 2 | 8 | $156,804 |
| 215 | Michael Amato | Boca Raton, FL, USA | 1,471 | 1 | 6 | $274,796 |
| 216 | Sean H. Yu | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 1,464 | 2 | 6 | $261,525 |
| 217 | Jerome Sgorrano | FRA | 1,460 | 2 | 4 | $218,193 |
| 218 | Benjamin Keeline | St. Louis, MO, USA | 1,460 | 0 | 6 | $159,577 |
| 219 | Michael Kanaan | AUS | 1,460 | 1 | 2 | $359,075 |
| 220 | Scott Clements | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,452 | 2 | 4 | $357,425 |
| 221 | Jesse Martin | Northborough, MA, USA | 1,451 | 1 | 2 | $361,328 |
| 222 | Yevgeniy Timoshenko | Mukilteo, WA, USA | 1,450 | 0 | 2 | $261,258 |
| 223 | Marcelo Drumm | BRA | 1,450 | 1 | 12 | $149,444 |
| 224 | Shyngis Satubayev | KAZ | 1,444 | 0 | 6 | $353,191 |
| 225 | Adrian Moreno | Ontario, CA, USA | 1,442 | 1 | 2 | $599,027 |
| 226 | Sam Grafton | England, GBR | 1,440 | 2 | 3 | $237,800 |
| 227 | Alexandru Papazian | ROU | 1,440 | 1 | 3 | $1,099,183 |
| 228 | Guo Chen | Bellmawr, NJ, USA | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $789,058 |
| 229 | Johannes Becker | Cologne, DEU | 1,438 | 1 | 2 | $1,452,649 |
| 230 | James Calderaro | Venice, FL, USA | 1,435 | 1 | 2 | $1,385,714 |
| 231 | Chun Law | Memphis, TN, USA | 1,427 | 0 | 5 | $232,830 |
| 232 | Mathijs Jonkers | NLD | 1,426 | 0 | 2 | $558,028 |
| 233 | Rellie Sigua | Colma, CA, USA | 1,425 | 1 | 4 | $299,172 |
| 234 | Joshua Reichard | Beloit, WI, USA | 1,419 | 3 | 10 | $152,052 |
| 235 | Ryan Yu | CAN | 1,419 | 0 | 3 | $232,950 |
| 236 | Zachary Donovan | USA | 1,416 | 0 | 3 | $372,482 |
| 237 | Ryan Leng | USA | 1,415 | 1 | 4 | $307,814 |
| 238 | Terry Schumacher | Verviers, BEL | 1,412 | 1 | 2 | $426,918 |
| 239 | Max Silver | England, IRL | 1,408 | 2 | 4 | $301,331 |
| 240 | Michael Gagliano | Rockaway, NJ, USA | 1,406 | 1 | 4 | $287,555 |
| 241 | Michael Aron | Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA | 1,405 | 0 | 4 | $279,062 |
| 242 | Matt Affleck | Seattle, WA, USA | 1,400 | 1 | 4 | $371,591 |
| 243 | Kristen Foxen | St. Catherines, CAN | 1,396 | 1 | 4 | $354,630 |
| 244 | Jonathan Borenstein | Teaneck, NJ, USA | 1,396 | 1 | 5 | $354,218 |
| 245 | David Eldridge | N. Huntingdon, PA, USA | 1,392 | 1 | 2 | $242,995 |
| 246 | Scott Seiver | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,386 | 2 | 4 | $1,008,317 |
| 247 | Jared Jaffee | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 1,386 | 2 | 5 | $341,127 |
| 248 | Dmitry Chop | UKR | 1,384 | 1 | 3 | $278,155 |
| 249 | Jiri Desmo Horak | CZE | 1,380 | 0 | 2 | $386,885 |
| 250 | Yang Zhang | Dalian, CHN | 1,374 | 0 | 9 | $249,265 |