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2005 POY Leader Boards - North America

 
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Rank ↑ Player Location POY Points Titles Final Tables POY Winnings
 
1 (1) Men Nguyen UNITED STATES Bell Gardens, CA 5,204 5 17 $1,004,718
2 (2) John Phan UNITED STATES Long Beach, CA 4,428 3 9 $1,101,002
3 (3) Allen Cunningham UNITED STATES Ventura, CA 3,841 2 7 $1,797,340
4 (4) Michael Gracz UNITED STATES Raleigh, NC 3,840 2 4 $2,223,250
5 (5) Michael Mizrachi UNITED STATES Miramar, FL 3,801 1 6 $2,390,162
6 (6) Tony Ma UNITED STATES El Monte, CA 3,450 2 8 $1,246,978
7 (7) Ted Forrest UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 3,448 1 7 $1,119,028
8 (8) Gavin Smith UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 3,418 2 4 $1,676,298
9 (10) John Hoang UNITED STATES Fountain Valley, CA 3,267 6 17 $492,817
10 (11) Amir Vahedi UNITED STATES Encino, CA 3,216 4 9 $809,719
11 (12) Scotty Nguyen VIET NAM Henderson, NV 3,192 0 7 $736,835
11 (12) Erick Lindgren UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 3,192 1 6 $1,010,711
13 (14) Freddy Deeb UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 3,176 1 5 $1,299,971
14 (15) Mark Seif UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 3,087 3 6 $928,230
15 (16) Tom Franklin UNITED STATES Gulfport, MS 3,036 1 10 $694,118
16 (17) Quinn Do UNITED STATES Seattle, WA 3,034 2 5 $798,384
17 (18) Phil Ivey UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 3,032 1 5 $1,731,016
18 (19) Minh Ly UNITED STATES Temple City, CA 3,028 1 3 $1,282,765
19 (21) Minh Nguyen UNITED STATES Lake Elsinore, CA 2,940 0 13 $679,202
20 (22) Chris Ferguson UNITED STATES Pacific Palisades, CA 2,796 2 6 $1,481,378
 
21 (23) Doug Carli UNITED STATES Alliance, OH 2,750 1 14 $357,310
22 (24) J.C. Tran UNITED STATES Sacramento, CA 2,742 1 9 $731,579
23 (25) Doyle Brunson UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,728 1 3 $991,285
24 (26) Anthony Reategui UNITED STATES Chandler, AZ 2,724 2 7 $470,610
25 (27) David Pham UNITED STATES Cerritos, CA 2,612 1 5 $587,354
26 (28) John Smith UNITED STATES La Habra Heights, CA 2,439 2 6 $480,356
27 (29) Chip Jett UNITED STATES Henderson, NV 2,433 0 7 $572,122
28 (30) Blair Rodman UNITED STATES Palm Springs, CA 2,432 0 6 $520,650
29 (31) Gioi Luong UNITED STATES Westminster, CA 2,410 1 11 $295,385
30 (32) Todd Witteles UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,384 1 4 $480,595
31 (33) Nam Le UNITED STATES Huntington Beach, CA 2,379 4 8 $399,158
32 (34) Antonio Esfandiari IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF San Francisco, CA 2,344 0 4 $459,246
33 (35) Jess Yawitz UNITED STATES St. Louis, MO 2,340 2 2 $455,911
34 (38) Chad Moore UNITED STATES Frankfurt, IN 2,300 0 7 $335,829
35 (39) Can Kim Hua UNITED STATES Rosemead, CA 2,276 0 6 $401,970
36 (40) Paul Darden UNITED STATES New Haven, CT 2,224 1 6 $459,596
36 (40) David Levi UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,224 0 12 $380,841
38 (42) Farzad Bonyadi UNITED STATES Beverly Hills, CA 2,220 1 2 $748,490
39 (44) Al Ardebili UNITED STATES New York, NY 2,166 1 2 $1,542,717
40 (45) Nick Schulman UNITED STATES Manhattan, NY 2,160 1 2 $2,241,995
 
41 (46) Chris Bell UNITED STATES Raleigh, NC 2,116 1 4 $616,821
42 (47) Todd Brunson UNITED STATES El Paso, TX 2,108 1 4 $434,120
43 (48) Frank Kassela UNITED STATES Germantown, TN 2,103 0 6 $274,695
44 (49) Jean-Robert Bellande UNITED STATES Hollywood, CA 2,089 1 4 $524,779
45 (51) Matthew Glantz UNITED STATES Lafayette Hill, PA 2,080 0 3 $526,505
46 (52) John Stolzmann UNITED STATES Downey, CA 2,070 1 2 $1,505,719
47 (53) Daniel Alaei UNITED STATES Burlingame, CA 2,058 1 5 $322,980
48 (54) Ricardo Festejo UNITED STATES Margate, NJ 2,040 0 2 $886,285
49 (56) Bryan Kim UNITED STATES Cerritos, CA 1,978 1 4 $344,495
50 (58) Danny Nguyen UNITED STATES San Jose, CA 1,920 1 1 $1,025,000
 
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