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World's Best Poker Players


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2005 POY Leader Boards - World

 
 
Rank ↑ Player Location POY Points Titles Final Tables POY Winnings
 
1 (43) Joe Hachem AUSTRALIA Melbourne 2,180 1 2 $7,588,172
2 (233) Christian Kruel BRAZIL Rio de Janeiro 984 0 3 $139,694
3 (320) Rafi Amit ISRAEL Holon 816 1 1 $511,835
4 (931) Sherkhan Farnood AFGHANISTAN Dubay 328 0 2 $55,460
5 (1127) Hiroshi Shimamura JAPAN Tokyo 264 0 1 $52,640
6 (1322) Ralph Burd AUSTRALIA No. Cualfied 220 0 2 $18,296
7 (1590) Andre Hawit PHILIPPINES 160 0 1 $16,000
8 (1886) Shawn Tobin THAILAND Phuket 120 0 1 $5,124
9 (2202) Frank Ryan NAURU Sag Harbor, NY 96 0 1 $6,810
9 (2202) Nick Wong CHINA 96 0 2 $3,705
9 (2202) Tino Lechich AUSTRALIA Melbourne 96 0 0 $65,165
12 (2351) Yoshitaka Oku JAPAN Tokyo 80 0 1 $19,870
13 (3089) Jae Chun KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF Seoul 30 0 1 $1,480
14 (3217) Yeon Byung KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 20 0 1 $850