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2005 POY Leader Boards - Overall

 
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Rank ↑ Player Location POY Points Titles Final Tables POY Winnings
 
1 Men Nguyen UNITED STATES Bell Gardens, CA 5,204 5 17 $1,004,718
2 John Phan UNITED STATES Long Beach, CA 4,428 3 9 $1,101,002
3 Allen Cunningham UNITED STATES Ventura, CA 3,841 2 7 $1,797,340
4 Michael Gracz UNITED STATES Raleigh, NC 3,840 2 4 $2,223,250
5 Michael Mizrachi UNITED STATES Miramar, FL 3,801 1 6 $2,390,162
6 Tony Ma UNITED STATES El Monte, CA 3,450 2 8 $1,246,978
7 Ted Forrest UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 3,448 1 7 $1,119,028
8 Gavin Smith UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 3,418 2 4 $1,676,298
9 Max Pescatori ITALY Milan 3,381 1 15 $410,109
10 John Hoang UNITED STATES Fountain Valley, CA 3,267 6 17 $492,817
11 Amir Vahedi UNITED STATES Encino, CA 3,216 4 9 $809,719
12 Scotty Nguyen VIET NAM Henderson, NV 3,192 0 7 $736,835
12 Erick Lindgren UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 3,192 1 6 $1,010,711
14 Freddy Deeb UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 3,176 1 5 $1,299,971
15 Mark Seif UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 3,087 3 6 $928,230
16 Tom Franklin UNITED STATES Gulfport, MS 3,036 1 10 $694,118
17 Quinn Do UNITED STATES Seattle, WA 3,034 2 5 $798,384
18 Phil Ivey UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 3,032 1 5 $1,731,016
19 Minh Ly UNITED STATES Temple City, CA 3,028 1 3 $1,282,765
20 John Gale UNITED KINGDOM Bushey Heath 2,951 1 3 $1,368,480
 
21 Minh Nguyen UNITED STATES Lake Elsinore, CA 2,940 0 13 $679,202
22 Chris Ferguson UNITED STATES Pacific Palisades, CA 2,796 2 6 $1,481,378
23 Doug Carli UNITED STATES Alliance, OH 2,750 1 14 $357,310
24 J.C. Tran UNITED STATES Sacramento, CA 2,742 1 9 $731,579
25 Doyle Brunson UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,728 1 3 $991,285
26 Anthony Reategui UNITED STATES Chandler, AZ 2,724 2 7 $470,610
27 David Pham UNITED STATES Cerritos, CA 2,612 1 5 $587,354
28 John Smith UNITED STATES La Habra Heights, CA 2,439 2 6 $480,356
29 Chip Jett UNITED STATES Henderson, NV 2,433 0 7 $572,122
30 Blair Rodman UNITED STATES Palm Springs, CA 2,432 0 6 $520,650
31 Gioi Luong UNITED STATES Westminster, CA 2,410 1 11 $295,385
32 Todd Witteles UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,384 1 4 $480,595
33 Nam Le UNITED STATES Huntington Beach, CA 2,379 4 8 $399,158
34 Antonio Esfandiari IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF San Francisco, CA 2,344 0 4 $459,246
35 Jess Yawitz UNITED STATES St. Louis, MO 2,340 2 2 $455,911
36 Harry Demetriou UNITED KINGDOM London 2,320 0 3 $406,005
37 Raul Paez SPAIN Barcelona 2,316 2 7 $285,207
38 Chad Moore UNITED STATES Frankfurt, IN 2,300 0 7 $335,829
39 Can Kim Hua UNITED STATES Rosemead, CA 2,276 0 6 $401,970
40 Paul Darden UNITED STATES New Haven, CT 2,224 1 6 $459,596
 
40 David Levi UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,224 0 12 $380,841
42 Farzad Bonyadi UNITED STATES Beverly Hills, CA 2,220 1 2 $748,490
43 Joe Hachem AUSTRALIA Melbourne 2,180 1 2 $7,588,172
44 Al Ardebili UNITED STATES New York, NY 2,166 1 2 $1,542,717
45 Nick Schulman UNITED STATES Manhattan, NY 2,160 1 2 $2,241,995
46 Chris Bell UNITED STATES Raleigh, NC 2,116 1 4 $616,821
47 Todd Brunson UNITED STATES El Paso, TX 2,108 1 4 $434,120
48 Frank Kassela UNITED STATES Germantown, TN 2,103 0 6 $274,695
49 Jean-Robert Bellande UNITED STATES Hollywood, CA 2,089 1 4 $524,779
50 Lars Bonding DENMARK Aarhas 2,088 1 2 $517,495
 
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