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2018 POY Leader Boards - Overall

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Rank ↑	Player	Location	POY Points	Titles	Final Tables	POY Winnings

1	Jake Schindler	Brynmawr, PA	9,407	6	31	$8,731,019
2	Stephen Chidwick	Deal	8,845	5	26	$9,950,805
3	Alex Foxen	Cold Spring Harbor, NY	8,259	5	18	$6,606,037
4	David Peters	Toledo, OH	8,059	7	26	$10,598,504
5	Justin Bonomo	Los Angeles, CA	7,752	10	23	$25,295,441
6	Adrian Mateos	Madrid	6,477	3	21	$4,844,609
7	Rainer Kempe	Berlin	5,924	6	26	$5,464,179
8	Jason Koon	Las Vegas, NV	5,827	3	16	$12,404,918
9	Steve O'Dwyer	Las Vegas, NV	5,688	4	14	$6,129,062
10	Pavel Plesuv	Prague	5,626	2	8	$2,886,963
11	Michael Soyza	Kuala Lumpur	5,281	4	14	$2,500,726
12	Isaac Haxton	Syracuse, NY	4,950	3	19	$8,037,728
13	Mikita Badziakouski		4,926	5	11	$14,594,839
14	Nick Petrangelo	Old Westbury, NY	4,734	4	14	$6,693,018
15	Dominik Nitsche	Minden	4,732	2	13	$5,371,902
16	Michael Addamo	Melbourne	4,674	2	9	$2,581,347
17	Ben Yu	Henderson, NV	4,671	1	13	$3,448,959
18	Shaun Deeb	Troy, NY	4,610	2	7	$2,936,292
19	Cary Katz	Las Vegas, NV	4,306	2	21	$4,903,239
20	Benjamin Tollerene	Lubbock, TX	4,269	4	14	$3,328,532

21	Joe McKeehen	Conshohocken, PA	4,229	0	9	$1,631,950
22	Ivan Leow		4,093	5	16	$5,685,423
23	Ali Imsirovic	Vancouver, WA	3,997	4	14	$3,114,628
24	Dylan Linde	Coeur d'Alene, ID	3,911	2	6	$1,963,896
25	Anthony Zinno	Boston, MA	3,905	1	8	$1,205,571
26	Koray Aldemir	Vienna	3,900	1	10	$2,608,196
27	Toby Lewis	Hampshire	3,780	1	2	$1,756,835
28	Tony Ruberto	Hallandale, FL	3,768	2	5	$1,331,110
29	Elio Fox	New York, NY	3,716	5	10	$3,975,387
30	Bryn Kenney	Long Beach, NY	3,707	2	15	$4,995,715
31	Manig Loeser	Bad Homburg	3,696	2	14	$2,745,270
32	Barry Hutter	Bradenton, FL	3,586	0	8	$1,400,490
33	Ryan Riess	East Lansing, MI	3,574	2	11	$1,820,051
34	Joseph Cada	Shelby Township, MI	3,560	2	4	$3,016,686
35	Joseph Cheong	La Mirada, CA	3,535	4	17	$640,286
36	Darryll Fish	Cape Coral, FL	3,524	1	5	$1,492,903
37	Maxwell Young	Seaside, OR	3,506	5	19	$548,396
38	Paul Volpe	Philadelphia, PA	3,490	1	5	$1,268,248
39	Joey Weissman	Boca Raton, FL	3,475	0	9	$895,400
40	Benjamin Pollak	Paris	3,414	2	12	$3,422,703

41	Matthias Eibinger	Graz	3,390	3	13	$4,409,777
42	Romain Lewis	Wimbledon	3,370	0	5	$863,643
43	Sam Soverel	Palm Beach Gardens, FL	3,355	6	18	$2,522,258
44	Timur Margolin	Ramla	3,318	2	5	$873,488
45	Marc MacDonnell	Dublin	3,308	1	4	$1,447,650
46	John Cynn	Evanston, IL	3,300	1	1	$8,800,000
47	Mike Leah	Innisfil, ON	3,272	1	7	$978,902
48	Sean Winter	Jacksonville, FL	3,208	0	13	$4,824,460
49	Adam Owen	Folkestone	3,194	2	6	$1,770,086
50	Ognyan Dimov	Veliko Tarnovo	3,140	2	4	$1,392,181