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2012 POY Leader Boards - North America

 
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Rank ↑ Player Location POY Points Titles Final Tables POY Winnings
 
1 (1) Greg Merson UNITED STATES Laurel, MD 5,100 2 2 $9,664,179
2 (2) Dan Smith UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 5,040 6 9 $3,673,806
3 (4) Kyle Julius UNITED STATES Naperville, IL 3,752 0 3 $2,103,282
4 (6) Joseph Cheong UNITED STATES La Mirada, CA 3,590 0 7 $1,063,626
5 (7) Antonio Esfandiari IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF San Francisco, CA 3,330 2 4 $18,992,281
6 (8) Phil Hellmuth UNITED STATES Palo Alto, CA 3,237 2 4 $4,322,694
7 (9) John Dibella UNITED STATES Cave Creek, AZ 3,064 2 4 $1,901,113
8 (11) Anthony Gregg UNITED STATES Columbia, MD 2,984 1 4 $1,004,155
9 (12) Michael Mizrachi UNITED STATES Miramar, FL 2,942 2 6 $2,156,455
10 (13) Ravi Raghavan UNITED STATES Champaign, IL 2,835 2 3 $1,501,029
11 (14) Joe Kuether UNITED STATES Elm Grove, WI 2,779 4 12 $577,187
12 (16) Jesse Sylvia UNITED STATES West Tisbury, MA 2,770 0 2 $5,294,344
13 (18) David Baker UNITED STATES Katy, TX 2,689 1 5 $700,386
14 (19) Noah Schwartz UNITED STATES Bay Harbor, FL 2,678 2 4 $1,076,035
15 (20) Daniel Kelly UNITED STATES Potomac, MD 2,668 2 7 $803,569
16 (21) Phil Ivey UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,635 1 7 $3,546,334
17 (22) Faraz Jaka UNITED STATES San Jose, CA 2,630 0 6 $1,011,590
18 (23) Will Failla UNITED STATES Smithtown, NY 2,622 3 10 $599,888
19 (24) Brock Parker UNITED STATES Silver Spring, MD 2,584 2 4 $691,770
20 (25) David Sands UNITED STATES Bozman, MT 2,457 0 4 $940,769
 
21 (26) Shawn Buchanan CANADA Abbottsford, BC 2,422 1 3 $969,184
22 (27) Mohsin Charania UNITED STATES Des Planes, IL 2,420 1 2 $1,904,899
22 (27) Jonathan Duhamel CANADA Boucherville, QC 2,420 1 7 $1,415,792
24 (30) Shannon Shorr UNITED STATES Tuscaloosa, AL 2,416 0 5 $663,082
25 (31) Vanessa Selbst UNITED STATES Montclair, NJ 2,392 3 5 $649,308
26 (32) Sean Jazayeri UNITED STATES Bellevue, WA 2,388 1 4 $1,425,570
27 (33) Andrew Lichtenberger UNITED STATES East Northport, NY 2,355 0 6 $558,557
28 (34) Scott Baumstein UNITED STATES New York, NY 2,268 0 7 $387,344
29 (35) Max Steinberg UNITED STATES Oakland, CA 2,250 1 2 $733,728
30 (36) Tommy Vedes UNITED STATES Queens, NY 2,216 1 4 $1,016,716
31 (37) Jacob Balsiger UNITED STATES Tempe, AZ 2,200 0 1 $3,797,558
32 (38) Andrew Chen CANADA Mississauga, ON 2,157 0 4 $1,036,843
33 (41) John Dolan UNITED STATES Tallahassee, FL 2,062 1 4 $858,894
34 (45) Steve O'Dwyer UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,011 1 8 $838,414
35 (46) Theo Tran UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 2,004 2 6 $568,314
36 (47) Joseph Serock UNITED STATES Albuquerque, NM 2,000 0 4 $655,801
37 (48) John Monnette UNITED STATES San Diego, CA 1,994 1 4 $642,330
38 (50) Daniel Negreanu CANADA Las Vegas, NV 1,960 0 6 $1,580,087
39 (51) Hans Winzeler UNITED STATES Miami, FL 1,948 0 4 $482,705
40 (52) Matthew Burnitz UNITED STATES Wilmington, DE 1,930 0 3 $579,089
 
41 (53) Panayote Vilandos UNITED STATES Houston, TX 1,920 1 1 $952,694
42 (58) Olivier Busquet UNITED STATES New York, NY 1,860 0 5 $623,953
43 (60) Timothy Adams CANADA Burlington, ONT 1,842 1 2 $637,621
44 (61) Erik Cajelais CANADA Montreal, QC 1,840 0 4 $467,776
45 (62) Moon Kim UNITED STATES Dublin, CA 1,832 1 3 $1,086,899
46 (64) Jacob Bazeley UNITED STATES Cincinnati, OH 1,820 0 4 $472,594
47 (65) Aaron Massey UNITED STATES Chicago, IL 1,810 2 6 $750,054
48 (66) Jeremy Ausmus UNITED STATES Las Vegas, NV 1,807 1 2 $2,233,188
49 (69) John Juanda UNITED STATES Marina Del Rey, CA 1,780 0 5 $3,087,983
50 (71) Joey Weissman UNITED STATES Boca Raton, FL 1,772 1 3 $711,922
 
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