World's Best Poker Players
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2018 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Zachary Donovan | USA | 1,614 | 1 | 5 | $319,196 |
| 202 | James Agate | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 1,608 | 2 | 3 | $248,471 |
| 203 | Artem Kobylynskyi | UKR | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $651,977 |
| 204 | Andrew Lichtenberger | East Northport, NY, USA | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $802,973 |
| 205 | Matthew Hunt | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,595 | 1 | 6 | $229,172 |
| 206 | Michael Marder | Sewell, NJ, USA | 1,593 | 0 | 2 | $415,417 |
| 207 | Stefan Schillhabel | Brighton, DEU | 1,592 | 2 | 7 | $1,433,066 |
| 208 | Guoliang Wei | Shanghau, CHN | 1,584 | 3 | 4 | $587,153 |
| 209 | Soheb Porbandarwala | Stamford, CT, USA | 1,582 | 3 | 7 | $219,605 |
| 210 | David Jackson | Jacksonville, FL, USA | 1,576 | 1 | 7 | $217,508 |
| 211 | Anson Tsang | HKG | 1,570 | 1 | 5 | $506,071 |
| 212 | Christopher Bolek | Boca Raton, FL, USA | 1,568 | 2 | 3 | $287,552 |
| 213 | Keven Stammen | Coldwater, OH, USA | 1,566 | 2 | 5 | $341,241 |
| 214 | Manuel Ruivo | PRT | 1,560 | 1 | 4 | $428,018 |
| 215 | David Levine | Belmont, CA, USA | 1,560 | 2 | 2 | $512,410 |
| 216 | Amar Begovic | Sarajevo, BIH | 1,552 | 1 | 5 | $333,899 |
| 217 | Matous Houzvicek | 1,544 | 1 | 3 | $227,885 | |
| 218 | Jonathan Jaffe | Longmeadow, MA, USA | 1,540 | 0 | 2 | $671,765 |
| 219 | Alan Sternberg | N. Bellmore, NY, USA | 1,536 | 2 | 3 | $277,795 |
| 220 | Gerald Karlic | AUT | 1,534 | 1 | 3 | $380,814 |
| 221 | Danny Tang | HKG | 1,530 | 0 | 8 | $503,279 |
| 222 | Justin Zaki | Tierra Verde, FL, USA | 1,526 | 0 | 2 | $477,125 |
| 223 | Matt Stout | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,523 | 1 | 5 | $375,801 |
| 224 | Espen Solaas | ESP | 1,520 | 0 | 1 | $933,325 |
| 225 | Gor Kazaryan | RUS | 1,520 | 0 | 1 | $585,000 |
| 226 | Darren Elias | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 1,520 | 1 | 5 | $684,895 |
| 227 | David Mock | Beverly, MA, USA | 1,511 | 1 | 5 | $211,996 |
| 228 | Erik Seidel | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,503 | 0 | 5 | $1,222,584 |
| 229 | Timothy Reilly | Natick, MA, USA | 1,492 | 1 | 7 | $235,839 |
| 230 | Daniel Dvoress | Mississauga, ON, CAN | 1,486 | 0 | 5 | $803,123 |
| 231 | Brock Wilson | Ardsley, NY, USA | 1,484 | 3 | 7 | $250,205 |
| 232 | Chris Moorman | Brighton and Hove, GBR | 1,476 | 1 | 6 | $238,105 |
| 233 | AP Louis Garza | San Antonio, TX, USA | 1,476 | 1 | 4 | $436,985 |
| 234 | James Mackey | Kansas City, MO, USA | 1,476 | 1 | 3 | $380,667 |
| 235 | Dario Sammartino | Nova Gorica, ITA | 1,475 | 0 | 4 | $370,284 |
| 236 | Brett Bader | USA | 1,475 | 0 | 5 | $317,745 |
| 237 | Dmitrii Perfilev | Aventura, FL, USA | 1,472 | 1 | 2 | $288,278 |
| 238 | Ekrem Bozkurt | Harker Heights, TX, USA | 1,471 | 0 | 3 | $246,626 |
| 239 | Steffen Sontheimer | Brighton, GBR | 1,460 | 1 | 5 | $4,650,893 |
| 240 | Ryan Hohner | USA | 1,454 | 0 | 5 | $389,993 |
| 241 | Ryan D'Angelo | Blacksburg, VA, USA | 1,452 | 0 | 2 | $374,733 |
| 242 | Wendy Freedman | San Francisco, CA, USA | 1,447 | 3 | 7 | $254,063 |
| 243 | Richard Kirsch | Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA | 1,445 | 0 | 4 | $498,938 |
| 244 | Albert Daher | LBN | 1,444 | 2 | 4 | $834,837 |
| 245 | Phachara Wongwichit | AUS | 1,444 | 0 | 3 | $341,384 |
| 246 | Thomas Hall | Shrewsbury, GBR | 1,440 | 0 | 3 | $536,887 |
| 247 | Ryan Laplante | Brainerd, MN, USA | 1,437 | 0 | 8 | $186,537 |
| 248 | Sorel Mizzi | Toronto, ON, CAN | 1,429 | 0 | 2 | $538,320 |
| 249 | Stoyan Obreshkov | BGR | 1,425 | 0 | 3 | $441,961 |
| 250 | Justin Liberto | Fallston, MD, USA | 1,423 | 1 | 4 | $465,502 |