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2009 POY Leader Boards - Overall

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Rank ↑	Player	Location	POY Points	Titles	Final Tables	POY Winnings

1	Eric Baldwin	Beaver Dam, WI	6,994	4	17	$1,494,494
2	Cornel Cimpan	League City, TX	5,934	3	5	$2,807,781
3	Yevgeniy Timoshenko	Mukilteo, WA	5,509	2	3	$3,948,098
4	Vitaly Lunkin	Moscow	4,473	2	5	$3,151,602
5	Soheil Shamseddin	Houston, TX	4,283	2	9	$939,039
6	Daniel Alaei	Burlingame, CA	4,142	2	4	$2,059,913
7	Jason Mercier	Davie, FL	4,130	5	9	$1,245,876
8	Faraz Jaka	San Jose, CA	3,950	0	3	$1,746,770
9	Brock Parker	Silver Spring, MD	3,838	2	4	$854,107
10	Joseph Cada	Shelby Township, MI	3,600	1	1	$8,546,435
11	Mike Leah	Innisfil, ON	3,497	3	9	$693,902
12	Angel Guillen		3,492	1	3	$943,268
13	Daniel Negreanu	Las Vegas, NV	3,342	0	3	$1,088,009
14	Jean-Paul Pasqualini	San Martino Di Lota	3,288	2	3	$1,582,010
15	James Van Alstyne	Las Vegas, NV	3,286	1	6	$625,173
16	Tommy Vedes	Queens, NY	3,128	2	6	$1,828,204
17	Alexandre Gomes	Curitiba	3,120	1	2	$1,937,670
18	Poorya Nazari	Richmond Hill, ONT	3,000	1	1	$3,000,000
18	Darvin Moon	Oakland, MD	3,000	0	1	$5,182,601
20	Matt Hawrilenko	Philadelphia, PA	2,994	1	4	$1,290,656

21	Peter Eastgate	Odense	2,896	1	2	$1,187,285
22	Antoine Saout	Paris	2,895	0	2	$3,659,867
23	Jude Ainsworth	Galway	2,840	1	3	$1,009,885
24	Josh Brikis	Pittsburgh, PA	2,828	1	5	$752,262
25	Steve Brecher	Reno, NV	2,824	1	2	$1,201,420
26	Todd Terry	Hoboken, NJ	2,821	0	3	$721,005
27	Phil Ivey	Las Vegas, NV	2,808	2	4	$1,720,901
28	Jon Turner	Las Vegas, NV	2,788	0	4	$627,726
29	Jan Skampa		2,768	1	3	$1,209,646
30	Chris Moore	Chicago, IL	2,710	0	3	$563,822
31	Kathy Liebert	Las Vegas, NV	2,708	1	4	$768,671
32	Mike Sowers	Thomasville, NC	2,659	0	2	$897,343
33	Scott Clements	Las Vegas, NV	2,656	1	9	$523,529
33	Carter Phillips	Charlotte, NC	2,656	1	2	$1,235,153
35	Peter Rho	Las Vegas, NV	2,642	0	2	$1,027,500
36	Benjamin Spindler	Darmstadt	2,640	0	2	$1,182,563
36	Panayote Vilandos	Houston, TX	2,640	1	2	$1,080,539
38	Christian Harder	Annapolis, MD	2,637	2	4	$872,531
39	Martin Jacobson	Stockholm	2,608	0	4	$477,536
40	Matt Woodward	Waterboro , ME	2,540	0	2	$1,778,963

41	Barry Shulman	Las Vegas, NV	2,535	1	2	$1,364,735
42	Brian Lemke	Norristown, PA	2,508	2	3	$776,938
43	Anthony Gregg	Columbia, MD	2,500	0	1	$1,700,000
44	Ville Wahlbeck	Helsinki	2,494	1	4	$1,069,441
45	Michael Noda	Las Vegas, NV	2,489	3	9	$381,000
46	Matt Graham	River Ridge, LA	2,480	1	4	$803,972
47	Mike McDonald	Waterloo, ON	2,440	0	3	$515,440
48	Scotty Nguyen	Henderson, NV	2,401	1	4	$929,627
49	Pieter De Korver	Leeuwarden	2,400	1	1	$3,000,000
49	Constant Rijkenberg	Amsterdam	2,400	1	1	$1,960,400