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2009 POY Leader Boards - North America

 
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Rank ↑ Player Location POY Points Titles Final Tables POY Winnings
 
1 (1) Eric Baldwin UNITED STATES Beaver Dam, WI 6,994 4 17 $1,494,494
2 (2) Cornel Cimpan UNITED STATES League City, TX 5,934 3 5 $2,807,781
3 (3) Yevgeniy Timoshenko UKRAINE Mukilteo, WA 5,509 2 3 $3,948,098
4 (5) Soheil Shamseddin UNITED STATES Houston, TX 4,283 2 9 $939,039
5 (6) Daniel Alaei UNITED STATES Burlingame, CA 4,142 2 4 $2,059,913
6 (7) Jason Mercier UNITED STATES Davie, FL 4,130 5 9 $1,245,876
7 (8) Faraz Jaka UNITED STATES San Jose, CA 3,950 0 3 $1,746,770
8 (9) Brock Parker UNITED STATES Silver Spring, MD 3,838 2 4 $854,107
9 (10) Joseph Cada UNITED STATES Shelby Township, MI 3,600 1 1 $8,546,435
10 (11) Mike Leah CANADA Innisfil, ON 3,497 3 9 $693,902
11 (12) Angel Guillen MEXICO 3,492 1 3 $943,268
12 (13) Daniel Negreanu CANADA Las Vegas, NV 3,342 0 3 $1,088,009
13 (15) James Van Alstyne UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 3,286 1 6 $625,173
14 (16) Tommy Vedes UNITED STATES Queens, NY 3,128 2 6 $1,828,204
15 (18) Poorya Nazari CANADA Richmond Hill, ONT 3,000 1 1 $3,000,000
15 (18) Darvin Moon UNITED STATES Oakland, MD 3,000 0 1 $5,182,601
17 (20) Matt Hawrilenko UNITED STATES Philadelphia, PA 2,994 1 4 $1,290,656
18 (24) Josh Brikis UNITED STATES Pittsburgh, PA 2,828 1 5 $752,262
19 (25) Steve Brecher UNITED STATES Reno, NV 2,824 1 2 $1,201,420
20 (26) Todd Terry UNITED STATES Hoboken, NJ 2,821 0 3 $721,005
 
21 (27) Phil Ivey UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,808 2 4 $1,720,901
22 (28) Jon Turner UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,788 0 4 $627,726
23 (30) Chris Moore UNITED STATES Chicago, IL 2,710 0 3 $563,822
24 (31) Kathy Liebert UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,708 1 4 $768,671
25 (32) Mike Sowers UNITED STATES Thomasville, NC 2,659 0 2 $897,343
26 (33) Scott Clements UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,656 1 9 $523,529
26 (33) Carter Phillips UNITED STATES Charlotte, NC 2,656 1 2 $1,235,153
28 (35) Peter Rho UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,642 0 2 $1,027,500
29 (36) Panayote Vilandos UNITED STATES Houston, TX 2,640 1 2 $1,080,539
30 (38) Christian Harder UNITED STATES Annapolis, MD 2,637 2 4 $872,531
31 (40) Matt Woodward UNITED STATES Waterboro , ME 2,540 0 2 $1,778,963
32 (41) Barry Shulman UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,535 1 2 $1,364,735
33 (42) Brian Lemke UNITED STATES Norristown, PA 2,508 2 3 $776,938
34 (43) Anthony Gregg UNITED STATES Columbia, MD 2,500 0 1 $1,700,000
35 (45) Michael Noda UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,489 3 9 $381,000
36 (46) Matt Graham UNITED STATES River Ridge, LA 2,480 1 4 $803,972
37 (47) Mike McDonald CANADA Waterloo, ON 2,440 0 3 $515,440
38 (48) Scotty Nguyen VIET NAM Henderson, NV 2,401 1 4 $929,627
39 (52) Joseph Serock UNITED STATES Albuquerque, NM 2,389 0 6 $512,761
40 (53) Greg Mueller CANADA Vancouver, BC 2,370 2 3 $754,064
 
41 (54) Aaron Gustavson UNITED STATES E. Northport, NY 2,358 2 3 $1,415,284
42 (55) Jordan Smith UNITED STATES Tool, TX 2,340 2 2 $1,602,170
42 (55) Bahador Ahmadi CANADA Vancouver, BC 2,340 1 2 $418,738
44 (60) Brandon Hall UNITED STATES Littlestown, PA 2,304 1 2 $803,318
45 (62) Jeff Madsen UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,274 1 8 $469,904
46 (63) J.C. Tran UNITED STATES Sacramento, CA 2,268 1 2 $425,025
47 (64) Josh Arieh UNITED STATES Atlanta, GA 2,260 0 3 $1,080,207
48 (65) Eric Buchman UNITED STATES Valley Stream, NY 2,256 0 2 $2,537,534
49 (66) Chad Brown UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,240 2 6 $496,698
50 (68) Matt Stout UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,222 0 3 $424,325
 
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