World's Best Poker Players
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2012 POY Leader Boards - World
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 (837) | Anthony Aston | AUS | 480 | 0 | 1 | $84,465 |
| 52 (836) | Ran Azor | Tel Aviv, ISR | 480 | 0 | 1 | $118,360 |
| 53 (835) | Adrian Testatonda | ARG | 480 | 0 | 2 | $49,111 |
| 54 (884) | Gary Lentin | MUS | 456 | 1 | 1 | $93,819 |
| 55 (885) | Mario Javier Lopez | ARG | 456 | 1 | 1 | $69,311 |
| 56 (904) | Gregory Ronaldson | ZAF | 450 | 0 | 2 | $79,298 |
| 57 (905) | Rong Fan | CHN | 450 | 0 | 1 | $74,705 |
| 58 (914) | Masaaki Kagawa | Tokyo, JPN | 442 | 0 | 2 | $509,150 |
| 59 (937) | Richard Zhu | CHN | 432 | 0 | 1 | $61,655 |
| 60 (936) | Offir Salomon | ISR | 432 | 1 | 2 | $73,662 |
| 61 (942) | Michael Ryan | AUS | 425 | 0 | 2 | $62,164 |
| 62 (948) | Tan Tai Zheng | SGP | 423 | 1 | 2 | $86,592 |
| 63 (949) | Raymond Wu | CHN | 422 | 1 | 2 | $97,456 |
| 64 (974) | Julian Powell | Melbourne, Victoria, AUS | 420 | 0 | 0 | $73,655 |
| 65 (975) | Rodrigo Dantas | BRA | 420 | 1 | 1 | $68,275 |
| 66 (973) | Nicolas Fierro | Santiago, Region Metropolitana, CHL | 420 | 0 | 1 | $217,560 |
| 67 (976) | Zheng Tang | CHN | 420 | 0 | 1 | $2,233,531 |
| 68 (1001) | Henrique Riggenbach | BRA | 408 | 1 | 1 | $61,135 |
| 69 (1046) | Carlos Ibarra | CHL | 400 | 0 | 1 | $86,063 |
| 70 (1047) | Sheng Sun | CHN | 400 | 0 | 1 | $599,153 |
| 71 (1049) | Hai Chu | Melbourne, AUS | 400 | 0 | 1 | $126,770 |
| 72 (1048) | Tony Dunst | Las Vegas, AUS | 400 | 0 | 1 | $66,532 |
| 73 (1059) | Jose Barbero | Buenes Aires, ARG | 392 | 1 | 2 | $82,328 |
| 74 (1084) | Matan Krakow | Jerualem, ISR | 384 | 0 | 1 | $83,068 |
| 75 (1111) | Eugene Du Plessis | ZAF | 380 | 0 | 1 | $53,267 |
| 76 (1110) | Ricci Fabrice | MUS | 380 | 0 | 1 | $56,291 |
| 77 (1119) | Daoxing Chen | CHN | 375 | 0 | 1 | $59,222 |
| 78 (1122) | Craig Cockburn | AUS | 372 | 0 | 2 | $38,450 |
| 79 (1194) | Kenneth Knipe | ZAF | 360 | 1 | 1 | $52,157 |
| 80 (1193) | Stewart Ballard | AUS | 360 | 0 | 1 | $66,019 |
| 81 (1199) | Hirotoshi Nakabo | JPN | 357 | 1 | 2 | $43,157 |
| 82 (1242) | Jacques Torbey | LBN | 342 | 0 | 2 | $30,569 |
| 83 (1256) | Gary Benson | Sydney, AUS | 340 | 0 | 1 | $75,502 |
| 84 (1292) | Michael Pedley | Perth, AUS | 324 | 1 | 1 | $126,286 |
| 85 (1293) | Yordan Mitrentsov | Varna, BGD | 324 | 0 | 1 | $49,590 |
| 86 (1329) | Sam Capra | AUS | 320 | 0 | 1 | $51,474 |
| 87 (1369) | Vivian Im | MAC | 308 | 0 | 2 | $32,690 |
| 88 (1404) | Tsugunari Toma | JPN | 304 | 0 | 2 | $131,656 |
| 89 (1403) | Manny Stavropoulos | Melbourne, AUS | 304 | 0 | 1 | $40,712 |
| 90 (1478) | Antanas Guoga | Melbourne, AUS | 300 | 0 | 1 | $253,713 |
| 91 (1479) | Felipe Bruno Morbiducci | CHL | 300 | 0 | 1 | $51,791 |
| 92 (1483) | Nico Kleynhans | ZAF | 300 | 0 | 1 | $30,671 |
| 93 (1477) | Kosta Mamaliadis | ZAF | 300 | 0 | 2 | $29,443 |
| 94 (1480) | Jason O'Brien | AUS | 300 | 0 | 1 | $50,970 |
| 95 (1482) | Dorian Rios | Caracas, VEN | 300 | 1 | 1 | $45,089 |
| 96 (1481) | Amir Sonsino | ISR | 300 | 0 | 1 | $28,108 |
| 97 (1538) | Rafael Porzecanski | URY | 288 | 1 | 1 | $42,660 |
| 98 (1539) | Joseph Vinecombe | AUS | 288 | 1 | 1 | $43,612 |
| 99 (1540) | Wesley Wiegand | ZAF | 288 | 0 | 1 | $56,321 |
| 100 (1585) | David Crookes | Johannesburg, ZAF | 280 | 0 | 2 | $32,096 |