World's Best Poker Players
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2008 POY Leader Boards - World
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| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
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| 1 (149) | Michael Chrisanthopoulos | Melbourne, AUS | 1,680 | 0 | 2 | $639,285 |
| 2 (163) | Billy Argyros | Melbourne, AUS | 1,608 | 0 | 2 | $324,153 |
| 3 (185) | Jamie Pickering | Queensland, AUS | 1,562 | 1 | 5 | $331,621 |
| 4 (217) | Alexandre Gomes | Curitiba, BRA | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $770,540 |
| 5 (218) | Martin Rowe | AUS | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $665,100 |
| 6 (298) | Charles Chua | MYS | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $291,762 |
| 7 (377) | Mustafa Ali | San Paulo, BRA | 1,000 | 1 | 2 | $103,261 |
| 8 (430) | Diwei Huang | SGP | 960 | 0 | 1 | $153,985 |
| 9 (428) | Van Marcus | Melbourne, AUS | 960 | 1 | 2 | $217,347 |
| 10 (429) | Peter Ling | Melbourne, AUS | 960 | 0 | 1 | $440,000 |
| 11 (472) | Marlin Goonawardana | Melbourne, AUS | 888 | 1 | 1 | $136,752 |
| 12 (490) | Thiago Nishijima | Sao Paulo, BRA | 860 | 0 | 1 | $213,865 |
| 13 (495) | Tony Dunst | Las Vegas, AUS | 852 | 1 | 2 | $248,064 |
| 14 (504) | Robert Wang | Auckland, NZL | 834 | 0 | 2 | $132,853 |
| 15 (505) | Rober Karlian | THA | 832 | 0 | 1 | $126,000 |
| 16 (559) | Nino Marotta | Perth, AUS | 800 | 0 | 1 | $352,000 |
| 17 (567) | Motoyuki Mabuchi | Osaka, JPN | 792 | 0 | 1 | $112,693 |
| 18 (595) | Michael Pedley | Perth, AUS | 748 | 1 | 2 | $174,372 |
| 19 (600) | Daniel Craker | NZL | 744 | 1 | 1 | $234,000 |
| 20 (637) | Chrisitian Toth | Rio de Janeiro, BRA | 720 | 0 | 1 | $55,668 |
| 21 (638) | Antonio Fazzolari | AUS | 720 | 0 | 1 | $121,048 |
| 22 (696) | Ran Azor | Tel Aviv, ISR | 648 | 1 | 1 | $91,745 |
| 23 (726) | Antonio Casale | Melbourne, AUS | 640 | 0 | 1 | $264,000 |
| 24 (730) | Felipe Ramos | BRA | 634 | 0 | 2 | $73,883 |
| 25 (752) | Matthew Konnecke | AUS | 620 | 0 | 1 | $153,398 |
| 26 (806) | Andres Vidal | VEN | 600 | 0 | 1 | $136,260 |
| 27 (807) | Timothy English | AUS | 600 | 0 | 1 | $93,114 |
| 28 (812) | Steve Leonard | Melbourne, AUS | 592 | 0 | 1 | $45,584 |
| 29 (825) | Tae Jun Noh | KOR | 580 | 0 | 1 | $103,143 |
| 30 (835) | Marcelo Dabus | Rio De Janeriro, BRA | 576 | 0 | 1 | $27,406 |
| 31 (891) | Vincent Wan | Melbourne, AUS | 530 | 1 | 2 | $131,905 |
| 32 (918) | Adrian Ashford | Queensland, AUS | 520 | 0 | 2 | $35,663 |
| 33 (957) | Gaulter Santos | Rio De Janeiro, BRA | 500 | 0 | 1 | $64,485 |
| 34 (963) | Wang Che Jung | NZL | 496 | 0 | 1 | $51,132 |
| 35 (1094) | Kuok Wai Will Cheo | MAC | 480 | 0 | 1 | $56,731 |
| 36 (1095) | Frank Saffioti | AUS | 480 | 0 | 1 | $67,042 |
| 37 (1093) | Peter Mobbs | Melbourne, AUS | 480 | 0 | 1 | $198,000 |
| 38 (1111) | Hyoungjin Nam | KOR | 464 | 0 | 1 | $54,286 |
| 39 (1155) | Ramy Tadros | Sydney, AUS | 450 | 0 | 2 | $37,593 |
| 40 (1236) | Quang Nguyen | VNM | 416 | 0 | 1 | $52,500 |
| 41 (1373) | Leonardo Bello | BRA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $26,798 |
| 42 (1386) | Sherkhan Farnood | Dubay, AFG | 396 | 1 | 1 | $141,759 |
| 43 (1415) | Michael Guzzardi | Melbourne, AUS | 384 | 0 | 1 | $90,267 |
| 44 (1459) | Dan Sing | NZL | 372 | 0 | 1 | $35,793 |
| 45 (1557) | Chang Michael | KOR | 348 | 0 | 1 | $38,000 |
| 46 (1568) | Masaaki Kagawa | Tokyo, JPN | 342 | 0 | 2 | $203,571 |
| 47 (1577) | Andre Akkari | Sao Paolo, BRA | 340 | 0 | 1 | $75,403 |
| 48 (1578) | Julian Powell | Melbourne, Victoria, AUS | 339 | 0 | 1 | $72,540 |
| 49 (1744) | Hugo Cerdeiro | ARG | 320 | 0 | 1 | $17,545 |
| 50 (1743) | Gerry Fitt | AUS | 320 | 0 | 1 | $20,980 |
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