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2006 POY Leader Boards - Overall

 
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Rank ↑ Player Location POY Points Titles Final Tables POY Winnings
 
1 Michael Mizrachi UNITED STATES Miramar, FL 5,989 4 10 $2,243,374
2 Nam Le UNITED STATES Huntington Beach, CA 5,215 2 10 $2,130,992
3 J.C. Tran UNITED STATES Sacramento, CA 5,170 2 10 $1,123,053
4 Jeff Madsen UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 4,568 2 5 $1,558,622
5 David Daneshgar UNITED STATES Westlake Village, CA 4,392 3 10 $1,066,717
6 Shannon Shorr UNITED STATES Tuscaloosa, AL 4,206 2 7 $1,258,694
7 John Hoang UNITED STATES Fountain Valley, CA 4,177 1 13 $609,249
8 Roland de Wolfe UNITED KINGDOM London 3,977 1 4 $1,937,259
9 Joe Hachem AUSTRALIA Melbourne 3,840 1 3 $2,529,352
10 Gioi Luong UNITED STATES Westminster, CA 3,788 0 9 $551,997
11 Phil Hellmuth UNITED STATES Palo Alto, CA 3,755 1 4 $1,180,814
12 David Pham UNITED STATES Cerritos, CA 3,712 2 6 $701,772
13 Alex Jacob UNITED STATES Parkland, FL 3,568 1 4 $1,657,921
14 Steve Wong NETHERLANDS Hoofddorp 3,472 2 4 $1,119,312
15 Allen Cunningham UNITED STATES Ventura, CA 3,344 2 4 $4,418,706
16 Erick Lindgren UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 3,286 1 4 $920,335
17 Ralph Perry UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 3,266 2 5 $941,931
18 Joe Tehan UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 3,236 2 4 $1,571,015
19 Joe Pelton UNITED STATES Newport Beach, CA 3,200 1 2 $1,869,390
20 David Williams UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 3,152 1 4 $921,167
 
21 Bill Chen UNITED STATES Layfayette Hill, PA 3,146 2 3 $821,356
22 Daniel Negreanu CANADA Las Vegas, NV 3,070 1 5 $1,548,205
23 Anthony Reategui UNITED STATES Chandler, AZ 3,025 1 7 $705,064
24 Cliff Josephy UNITED STATES Syosset, NY 3,013 0 4 $995,976
25 Joe Sebok UNITED STATES San Francisco, CA 2,835 3 5 $773,425
26 Daniel Quach UNITED STATES Los Angeles, CA 2,716 1 2 $1,488,085
27 Can Kim Hua UNITED STATES Rosemead, CA 2,636 2 6 $466,859
28 Danny Wong UNITED STATES Los Angeles, CA 2,612 1 2 $880,535
29 Kenna James UNITED STATES Downey, CA 2,592 1 3 $944,051
30 David Baker UNITED STATES Katy, TX 2,570 1 6 $367,557
31 Mark Newhouse UNITED STATES Chapel Hill, NC 2,526 1 2 $1,631,246
32 Chris McCormack UNITED STATES Port Jefferson, NY 2,512 0 4 $880,996
33 Joe Bartholdi UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,500 1 2 $3,819,034
34 Phil Ivey UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,499 0 3 $1,326,420
35 David Plastik UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,486 1 5 $665,995
36 Tom Franklin UNITED STATES Gulfport, MS 2,468 1 4 $507,317
37 John Phan UNITED STATES Long Beach, CA 2,467 0 5 $614,434
38 Al Barbieri UNITED STATES Philadelphia, PA 2,460 2 12 $228,244
39 Scotty Nguyen VIET NAM Henderson, NV 2,386 1 3 $1,120,950
40 Stanley Weiss UNITED STATES Nashville, TN 2,304 2 2 $1,395,804
 
41 Men Nguyen UNITED STATES Bell Gardens, CA 2,296 0 6 $578,900
42 Barry Greenstein UNITED STATES Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 2,279 1 6 $778,794
43 Joe Brandenburg UNITED STATES Portland, OR 2,268 1 4 $199,023
44 Max Pescatori ITALY Milan 2,258 2 6 $758,630
45 Mike Schneider UNITED STATES Minneapolis, MN 2,256 2 2 $1,026,981
46 Alan Goehring UNITED STATES Henderson, NV 2,224 1 2 $2,465,537
47 Jamie Gold UNITED STATES Malibu, CA 2,220 1 3 $12,024,500
48 Anders Henriksson SWEDEN Stockholm 2,200 1 3 $492,259
49 Jason Sagle CANADA Sudbury, ONT 2,195 0 4 $673,834
50 Bill Edler UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,193 1 8 $262,090
 
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