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2016 POY Leader Boards - Overall

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Rank ↑	Player	Location	POY Points	Titles	Final Tables	POY Winnings

1	David Peters	Toledo, OH	8,601	5	22	$7,370,255
2	Fedor Holz	Vienna	7,058	6	15	$16,288,714
3	Justin Bonomo	Los Angeles, CA	6,520	2	11	$4,148,354
4	Ari Engel	Toronto, Ontario	5,653	3	17	$1,831,640
5	Jake Schindler	Brynmawr, PA	5,528	3	14	$3,519,396
6	Cary Katz	Las Vegas, NV	5,160	4	18	$3,311,073
7	Sam Soverel	Palm Beach Gardens, FL	4,989	3	11	$2,501,347
8	Chance Kornuth	Denver, CO	4,838	3	13	$2,282,181
9	Dan Smith	Las Vegas, NV	4,799	4	9	$5,063,362
10	Tom Marchese	Boonton, NJ	4,685	4	14	$3,750,324
11	Connor Drinan	Arlington Heights, IL	4,637	1	9	$3,226,731
12	Ankush Mandavia	Atlanta, GA	4,460	2	10	$2,250,438
13	Bryn Kenney	Long Beach, NY	4,299	3	15	$5,171,203
14	Gordon Vayo	San Francisco, CA	4,190	1	2	$5,248,348
15	Adrian Mateos	Madrid	4,113	1	13	$1,684,112
16	Charlie Carrel	London	4,100	3	13	$2,035,512
17	Jason Koon	Las Vegas, NV	4,053	3	7	$2,753,236
18	Nick Petrangelo	Old Westbury, NY	4,023	3	11	$1,992,339
19	Ivan Luca	Buenos Aires	3,958	3	14	$1,768,778
20	Joe McKeehen	Conshohocken, PA	3,843	1	11	$3,013,550

21	Samuel Panzica	Saline, MI	3,743	3	7	$1,045,945
22	Tony Dunst	Las Vegas	3,740	1	4	$1,125,803
23	Erik Seidel	Las Vegas, NV	3,720	0	13	$5,041,972
24	Jack Salter	London	3,718	2	11	$2,547,459
25	Paul Volpe	Philadelphia, PA	3,671	2	6	$932,213
26	Steve O'Dwyer	Las Vegas, NV	3,633	2	9	$3,500,557
27	Niall Farrell	Glasgow	3,464	1	7	$1,230,075
28	Michael Gagliano	Rockaway, NJ	3,388	2	5	$717,708
29	Andjelko Andrejevic	Belgrade	3,332	2	5	$1,329,682
30	Igor Kurganov	St, Petersburg	3,309	3	11	$2,063,300
31	Qui Nguyen	Las Vegas, NV	3,300	1	1	$8,005,310
32	Anthony Gregg	Columbia, MD	3,223	0	7	$1,775,529
33	Aaron Mermelstein	Philadelphia, PA	3,220	0	7	$584,857
34	Ali Fazeli	Las Vegas, NV	3,177	3	11	$1,823,160
34	Rainer Kempe	Berlin	3,177	2	9	$6,314,130
36	Stephen Chidwick	Deal	3,167	1	14	$1,829,184
37	Koray Aldemir	Vienna	3,052	1	5	$2,566,966
38	Kuljinder Sidhu	Wolverhampton	3,026	2	5	$1,054,896
39	Benjamin Zamani	Boca Raton, FL	3,015	0	4	$868,843
40	Adrien Allain	Rennes	3,000	0	2	$1,005,700

41	Sean Winter	Jacksonville, FL	2,991	0	8	$2,215,574
42	Stefan Schillhabel	Brighton	2,988	3	4	$1,638,720
43	Loren Klein	Verdi, NV	2,976	3	4	$875,209
44	Seth Davies	Bend, OR	2,936	2	3	$843,497
45	Michael Gathy	Brussels	2,894	1	4	$853,934
46	Dominik Nitsche	Minden	2,893	1	8	$1,288,735
47	Brandon Shack-Harris	Chicago, IL	2,880	1	3	$1,045,730
48	Michael Gentili	Lasalle	2,782	0	3	$628,736
49	Cliff Josephy	Syosset, NY	2,680	1	2	$3,616,285
50	Johanssy Joseph	Mansfield, CT	2,650	2	6	$553,321