World's Best Poker Players
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2017 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | TJ Shulman | Duluth, GA, USA | 1,265 | 1 | 4 | $173,993 |
| 302 | Patrick Quinn | USA | 1,264 | 0 | 4 | $239,526 |
| 303 | Celina Lin | AUS | 1,264 | 0 | 6 | $181,664 |
| 304 | Alexandro Tricarico | 1,260 | 1 | 1 | $241,310 | |
| 305 | William Givens | Denver, CO, USA | 1,260 | 2 | 6 | $243,669 |
| 306 | Vanessa Truong | Raleigh, NC, USA | 1,260 | 1 | 2 | $356,106 |
| 307 | Luis Calvo | Miami, FL, USA | 1,260 | 1 | 1 | $362,185 |
| 308 | Maxime Heroux | CAN | 1,260 | 1 | 1 | $311,717 |
| 309 | Diego Rio | ARG | 1,260 | 1 | 1 | $538,606 |
| 310 | Richard Bai | Schaumburg, IL, USA | 1,256 | 2 | 3 | $194,255 |
| 311 | Jason Mercier | Davie, FL, USA | 1,252 | 1 | 3 | $963,144 |
| 312 | Andrey Bondar | ITA | 1,249 | 0 | 2 | $308,802 |
| 313 | Carter Myers | Breckenridge, MI, USA | 1,248 | 2 | 4 | $178,880 |
| 314 | Daniel Pearlman | Pembroke Pines, FL, USA | 1,246 | 3 | 6 | $244,292 |
| 315 | Marc MacDonnell | Dublin, IRL | 1,244 | 0 | 3 | $479,443 |
| 316 | Ryan Jones | Burlington, NC, USA | 1,244 | 1 | 3 | $328,565 |
| 317 | Jesse Vilchez | Wyoming, MI, USA | 1,240 | 1 | 2 | $199,720 |
| 318 | Tim West | Los Altos, CA, USA | 1,240 | 0 | 2 | $319,763 |
| 319 | Nick Schulman | Manhattan, NY, USA | 1,238 | 2 | 3 | $1,456,337 |
| 320 | JOSEPH GALAZZO | Union, NJ, USA | 1,237 | 1 | 6 | $169,332 |
| 321 | Michael Scarborough | Cincinnati, OH, USA | 1,236 | 1 | 5 | $149,063 |
| 322 | Georgios Sotiropoulos | GRC | 1,235 | 0 | 2 | $404,172 |
| 323 | Vinny Pahuja | New York, NY, USA | 1,233 | 1 | 5 | $175,768 |
| 324 | Jose Anaya | San Antonio, TX, USA | 1,232 | 0 | 3 | $251,915 |
| 325 | Boris Kolev | Plovdiv, BGR | 1,230 | 0 | 2 | $327,950 |
| 326 | Nigel Murray | Miami Gardens, FL, USA | 1,230 | 1 | 6 | $115,332 |
| 327 | Jameson Painter | Goodfield, IL, USA | 1,230 | 0 | 2 | $232,773 |
| 328 | Joshua Vizcarra | Elgin, TX, USA | 1,227 | 0 | 9 | $166,157 |
| 329 | Igor Sharaskin | RUS | 1,220 | 0 | 3 | $199,094 |
| 330 | Michael Vela | New Windsor, NY, USA | 1,216 | 0 | 1 | $259,980 |
| 331 | Chino Rheem | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 1,216 | 0 | 1 | $521,660 |
| 332 | Bobby Zhang | AUS | 1,216 | 1 | 6 | $130,130 |
| 333 | Scott Stewart | Lakewood, CA, USA | 1,213 | 1 | 5 | $703,817 |
| 334 | Josh Kay | West Bloomfield, MI, USA | 1,212 | 0 | 2 | $380,213 |
| 335 | Victor Choupeaux | FRA | 1,211 | 0 | 4 | $182,553 |
| 336 | Osmin Dardon | West Covina, CA, USA | 1,211 | 1 | 2 | $363,434 |
| 337 | Griffin Benger | Toronto, CAN | 1,210 | 1 | 2 | $235,191 |
| 338 | Josh Wallace | CAN | 1,208 | 2 | 3 | $141,654 |
| 339 | Simon Burns | GBR | 1,207 | 1 | 7 | $346,639 |
| 340 | Pavel Shirshikov | RUS | 1,200 | 1 | 1 | $523,800 |
| 341 | Andreas Eiler | DEU | 1,200 | 0 | 2 | $2,527,266 |
| 342 | Nathan Bjerno | Chino Hills, CA, USA | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $524,964 |
| 343 | Kenneth Smaron | Philadelphia, PA, USA | 1,200 | 1 | 1 | $293,860 |
| 344 | Keith Ferrera | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,200 | 1 | 2 | $152,366 |
| 345 | Hani Mio | Bloomfield Township, MI, USA | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $397,836 |
| 346 | Andrew Wisdom | San Diego, CA, USA | 1,200 | 2 | 3 | $246,460 |
| 347 | Thu Nguyen | Midway City, CA, USA | 1,199 | 1 | 7 | $157,915 |
| 348 | Arkadiy Tsinis | Miami, FL, USA | 1,197 | 2 | 6 | $232,082 |
| 349 | Ihar Soika | BLR | 1,196 | 0 | 2 | $685,612 |
| 350 | Robert Hankins | Smyma, TN, USA | 1,196 | 2 | 6 | $137,478 |