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2008 POY Leader Boards - Overall

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Rank ↑	Player	Location	POY Points	Titles	Final Tables	POY Winnings

1	John Phan	Long Beach, CA	6,704	3	8	$2,075,323
2	David Pham	Cerritos, CA	6,022	0	11	$1,447,638
3	Bertrand Grospellier	London	5,510	2	6	$3,618,720
4	Ivan Demidov	Moscow	4,940	0	2	$6,404,900
5	Erik Seidel	Las Vegas, NV	4,754	1	4	$2,142,397
6	David Benyamine	Paris	4,436	1	5	$1,978,419
7	Peter Eastgate	Odense	4,320	1	1	$9,181,022
8	Michael Binger	Las Vegas, NV	4,216	3	8	$970,347
9	Chino Rheem	Los Angeles, CA	4,194	1	4	$3,409,624
10	Vinny Pahuja	New York, NY	3,918	2	9	$555,729
11	Jack Schanbacher	Pittsuburgh, PA	3,855	2	6	$821,492
12	Sebastian Ruthenberg	Hamburg	3,808	2	3	$2,301,700
13	Michael Martin	Washington Crossing, PA	3,800	1	3	$2,513,506
14	Dario Minieri	Rome	3,784	1	3	$1,135,134
15	V R	Seattle, WA	3,705	2	4	$1,705,298
16	Men Nguyen	Bell Gardens, CA	3,662	6	10	$776,832
17	Matt Brady	Upper Darby, PA	3,640	2	7	$1,210,445
18	Steve Sung	Torrance, CA	3,622	0	4	$1,072,997
19	Justin Young	Morehead City, NC	3,582	1	8	$1,104,256
20	Shannon Shorr	Tuscaloosa, AL	3,548	1	7	$845,771

21	Amit Makhija	Brookfield, WI	3,535	0	4	$967,130
22	Jason Mercier	Davie, FL	3,504	2	4	$2,639,031
23	Allen Bari	West Orange, NJ	3,470	2	5	$731,905
24	Erick Lindgren	Las Vegas, NV	3,459	1	5	$1,441,876
25	John Juanda	Marina Del Rey, CA	3,432	1	4	$2,289,398
26	Nam Le	Huntington Beach, CA	3,425	0	3	$1,428,696
27	Jacobo Fernandez	Hollywood, FL	3,300	0	5	$717,260
28	Scott Montgomery	Perth, Ontario	3,255	0	4	$3,468,479
29	Nenad Medic	Niagara Falls	3,210	1	2	$1,167,122
30	Brandon Cantu	Las Vegas, NV	3,204	1	6	$1,347,233
31	Davidi Kitai	Brussels	3,200	1	3	$1,006,826
32	Kathy Liebert	Las Vegas, NV	3,191	0	4	$674,373
33	Michael Mizrachi	Miramar, FL	3,189	1	6	$729,824
34	Tim Vance	Millstadt, IL	3,148	3	5	$1,341,006
35	David Chiu	Rowland Heights, CA	3,120	1	2	$3,460,932
35	Carter King	Columbia, SC	3,120	1	2	$1,299,495
37	J.C. Tran	Sacramento, CA	3,067	1	5	$934,776
38	Gabe Costner	Albertville, AL	3,050	2	12	$477,945
39	Justin Bonomo	Los Angeles, CA	3,041	0	5	$565,092
40	Jonathan Jaffe	Longmeadow, MA	3,001	0	4	$786,514

41	Claudio Rinaldi	Rancate, England	3,000	0	2	$1,001,282
42	James Mackey	Kansas City, MO	2,978	1	7	$718,477
43	Toto Leonidas	Los Angeles, CA	2,967	2	8	$720,654
44	Michael Watson	Toronto	2,952	1	2	$2,158,130
45	Mike McDonald	Waterloo, ON	2,920	2	3	$1,487,214
46	Jonathan Little	Pensacola, FL	2,910	1	3	$1,246,885
47	Phil Ivey	Las Vegas, NV	2,904	1	4	$1,970,521
48	Jesper Hougaard	Copenhagen	2,880	2	2	$877,817
49	Gavin Griffin	Darien, IL	2,855	1	2	$1,455,253
50	Hoyt Corkins	Glenwood, AL	2,853	0	3	$776,632