World's Best Poker Players
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2017 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3051 | Nicolas Godoy | CHL | 262 | 0 | 2 | $13,920 |
| 3052 | Michel Leibgorin | Paris, FRA | 261 | 0 | 3 | $33,785 |
| 3053 | Antonios Koukouras | GRC | 261 | 0 | 1 | $47,554 |
| 3054 | Eder Campana | 260 | 0 | 2 | $72,916 | |
| 3055 | Rocco Palumbo | Genoa, ITA | 260 | 0 | 3 | $127,733 |
| 3056 | Sergey Lebedev | Troitsk, RUS | 260 | 0 | 2 | $112,500 |
| 3057 | Ivan Deyra | FRA | 260 | 0 | 2 | $35,395 |
| 3058 | Jokin Blanco | MLT | 260 | 0 | 1 | $14,632 |
| 3059 | Jason Nablo | Niagara Falls, NY, USA | 260 | 1 | 2 | $19,092 |
| 3060 | Brandon Cantu | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 260 | 0 | 1 | $29,740 |
| 3061 | Jeff Gross | Ann Arbor, MI, USA | 260 | 0 | 3 | $85,270 |
| 3062 | James Snyder | Oak Forest, IL, USA | 260 | 0 | 1 | $27,199 |
| 3063 | Arnie Friedman | USA | 260 | 0 | 2 | $21,560 |
| 3064 | Albert Sanchez | Penryn, CA, USA | 260 | 1 | 2 | $32,661 |
| 3065 | Brian Elsheik | Melbourne, AUS | 260 | 0 | 1 | $21,584 |
| 3066 | Zhijian Shen | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 259 | 0 | 1 | $20,620 |
| 3067 | Przemyslaw Piotrowski | POL | 258 | 0 | 3 | $37,657 |
| 3068 | Steven Warburton | England, GBR | 258 | 1 | 3 | $69,479 |
| 3069 | Joep van den Bijgaart | Nijmegen, NLD | 258 | 0 | 3 | $31,064 |
| 3070 | Michael Telker | Baldwin, MO, USA | 258 | 1 | 1 | $102,495 |
| 3071 | Marcelo Bonannata | URY | 258 | 1 | 2 | $106,447 |
| 3072 | Boon Leong Tan | MYS | 257 | 0 | 2 | $20,879 |
| 3073 | Francis Pena Cruz | DOM | 256 | 0 | 2 | $22,280 |
| 3074 | John Mooney | GBR | 256 | 0 | 1 | $36,628 |
| 3075 | James Prodzinski | Oak Creek, WI, USA | 256 | 0 | 1 | $28,508 |
| 3076 | Rocky Le | USA | 256 | 0 | 1 | $27,540 |
| 3077 | Michael Nosek | Weaton, IL, USA | 256 | 0 | 2 | $26,373 |
| 3078 | David Pickett | FL, USA | 256 | 0 | 1 | $30,346 |
| 3079 | Scott Seville | USA | 256 | 0 | 1 | $30,000 |
| 3080 | Alex Nguyen | Coral Springs, FL, USA | 256 | 0 | 1 | $28,068 |
| 3081 | Isaac Crow | Downey, CA, USA | 256 | 1 | 2 | $29,310 |
| 3082 | Rafiki Brown | Pembroke Pines, FL, USA | 256 | 0 | 1 | $31,924 |
| 3083 | Jeffrey Gurfinkel | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 256 | 0 | 1 | $28,890 |
| 3084 | Timothy Armour | USA | 256 | 0 | 1 | $23,065 |
| 3085 | Salvatore Busacca | USA | 256 | 1 | 2 | $27,074 |
| 3086 | John Sloat | Cambridge Island, WA, USA | 256 | 0 | 1 | $23,650 |
| 3087 | David Schultz | USA | 256 | 0 | 1 | $30,671 |
| 3088 | Eric Israilov | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 256 | 0 | 1 | $16,730 |
| 3089 | Jeff Charlton | Lake Worth, FL, USA | 256 | 0 | 1 | $24,808 |
| 3090 | Corey Kennel | Springfield, VA, USA | 256 | 0 | 2 | $60,528 |
| 3091 | Victor Shih | CA, USA | 256 | 0 | 2 | $20,525 |
| 3092 | Andre Bryan | FL, USA | 256 | 0 | 1 | $25,671 |
| 3093 | Kirk Stowell | USA | 256 | 0 | 1 | $27,005 |
| 3094 | Chandra Sekhar | TX, USA | 256 | 0 | 1 | $35,000 |
| 3095 | Daniel Wolf | Butler, PA, USA | 256 | 0 | 2 | $23,566 |
| 3096 | Sameer Aldbhany | Frankfort, KY, USA | 256 | 0 | 1 | $27,266 |
| 3097 | Jaroslaw Markowiak | CA, USA | 256 | 0 | 1 | $33,073 |
| 3098 | Matthew Miller | Columbia, MD, USA | 256 | 0 | 1 | $34,070 |
| 3099 | Jerry McCarter | USA | 256 | 0 | 1 | $21,367 |
| 3100 | William Chao | San Pable, CA, USA | 256 | 1 | 2 | $19,216 |
