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2008 POY Leader Boards - Europe

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Rank ↑	Player	Location	POY Points	Titles	Final Tables	POY Winnings

1 (3)	Bertrand Grospellier	London	5,510	2	6	$3,618,720
2 (4)	Ivan Demidov	Moscow	4,940	0	2	$6,404,900
3 (6)	David Benyamine	Paris	4,436	1	5	$1,978,419
4 (7)	Peter Eastgate	Odense	4,320	1	1	$9,181,022
5 (12)	Sebastian Ruthenberg	Hamburg	3,808	2	3	$2,301,700
6 (14)	Dario Minieri	Rome	3,784	1	3	$1,135,134
7 (31)	Davidi Kitai	Brussels	3,200	1	3	$1,006,826
8 (41)	Claudio Rinaldi	Rancate, England	3,000	0	2	$1,001,282
9 (48)	Jesper Hougaard	Copenhagen	2,880	2	2	$877,817
10 (51)	Rasmus Nielsen		2,840	0	3	$830,198
11 (52)	Marty Smyth	Belfast	2,820	2	2	$1,859,549
12 (55)	Alexander Kostritsyn	Moscow	2,746	1	2	$1,739,983
13 (57)	Gus Hansen	Copenhagen	2,657	0	2	$1,841,132
14 (58)	Neil Channing	London	2,640	1	2	$1,345,968
15 (66)	Max Pescatori	Milan	2,492	2	7	$454,940
16 (73)	Alain Roy		2,400	1	1	$1,400,199
17 (81)	Jason Gray	London	2,274	0	2	$570,442
18 (90)	Michael Schulze		2,160	1	1	$952,760
19 (98)	Andreas Gulunay	Gutersloh	2,000	0	1	$782,180
19 (98)	Antony Lellouche	Paris	2,000	0	2	$935,889

19 (98)	Fintan Gavin		2,000	0	1	$1,116,720
19 (98)	Michael Tureniec	Solna	2,000	0	1	$708,411
19 (98)	Denes Kalo	Budapest	2,000	0	1	$1,864,116
24 (111)	William Fry		1,920	1	1	$834,175
24 (111)	Salvatore Bonavena		1,920	1	1	$975,240
26 (117)	Chris Bjorin	London	1,908	0	7	$332,755
27 (119)	Stanislav Alekhin	Moscow	1,892	0	2	$957,840
28 (126)	Ricardo Sousa		1,800	0	1	$539,897
29 (153)	Vitaly Lunkin	Moscow	1,650	1	2	$645,342
30 (155)	Johan Storakers	Stockholm	1,648	0	2	$490,489
31 (158)	Marcel Luske	Amsterdam	1,644	0	2	$231,085
32 (160)	Jan Sorensen	Odense	1,632	1	1	$800,972
33 (165)	Antonin Teisseire		1,600	0	1	$469,067
33 (165)	Soren Jensen		1,600	0	1	$685,379
33 (165)	Marcin Horecki		1,600	0	1	$532,111
33 (165)	Massimo Cicco		1,600	0	1	$560,700
33 (165)	Torsten Haase	Siegburg	1,600	0	1	$454,360
33 (165)	Donal Norton		1,600	0	1	$662,053
33 (165)	Ciprian Hrisca		1,600	0	1	$479,651
40 (180)	Kevin O'Leary	London	1,596	2	2	$320,439

41 (187)	Johannes Strassmann	Bonn	1,560	0	3	$509,351
42 (189)	Alessio Isaia	Cuneo	1,556	0	3	$240,425
43 (197)	Aliaksandr Dzianisau		1,500	0	2	$428,107
44 (207)	Mathias Viberg		1,440	0	1	$317,586
44 (207)	Vadim Markushevski		1,440	0	1	$961,718
44 (207)	Jens Voertmann	Dortmund	1,440	1	1	$298,253
44 (207)	John Gale	Bushey Heath	1,440	2	3	$361,298
48 (227)	Nikolas Lialeos		1,404	1	1	$278,370
49 (237)	Gustav Ekerot		1,360	0	1	$459,913
50 (248)	Alan Smurfit	Dublin	1,310	0	4	$327,281