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The definitive poker player ranking system, Bluff Magazine's Poker Power Rankings are derived from our Player of the Year formula. Players receive full rank points for all tournaments that have occurred during the past year and half-points for the year before.
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
- Player
- Power Rank
- Power Pts
- 2011 POY Pts
- 2010 POY Pts
- Jonathan Duhamel
- 1st
- 1,325.29
- 507.53
- 765.95
- Shawn Buchanan
- 2nd
- 1,318.69
- 697.58
- 699.83
- Jason Mercier
- 3rd
- 1,243.62
- 811.61
- 882.40
- Bertrand Grospellier
- 4th
- 1,194.46
- 1,071.67
- 298.60
- Matthew Waxman
- 5th
- 1,152.02
- 968.20
- 489.55
- Will Failla
- 6th
- 1,125.37
- 692.10
- 566.75
- Eugene Katchalov
- 7th
- 1,110.17
- 1,089.28
- 521.28
- Ben Lamb
- 8th
- 1,108.93
- 988.10
- 241.67
- Vanessa Selbst
- 9th
- 1,102.15
- 618.81
- 986.77
- Stephen O'Dwyer
- 10th
- 1,048.60
- 964.77
- 185.95
- Marvin Rettenmaier
- 11th
- 1,044.35
- 935.14
- 245.80
- Sam Trickett
- 12th
- 1,032.70
- 938.32
- 511.68
- Pius Heinz
- 13th
- 971.79
- 892.75
- 0
- Elio Fox
- 14th
- 955.10
- 920.45
- 40.50
- Sorel Mizzi
- 15th
- 950.47
- 261.19
- 1,777.77
- Roberto Romanello
- 16th
- 940.16
- 678.26
- 459.01
- Chris Moorman
- 17th
- 936.48
- 925.88
- 102.80
- Sam Stein
- 18th
- 917.17
- 822.57
- 733.10
- David Peters
- 19th
- 917.16
- 372.66
- 1,009.26
- Justin Young
- 20th
- 909.84
- 615.88
- 592.17
- Allen Kessler
- 21st
- 908.16
- 513.58
- 734.58
- Phil Hellmuth
- 22nd
- 907.62
- 731.65
- 351.95
- Scott Clements
- 23rd
- 898.06
- 599.25
- 786.67
- Michael Mizrachi
- 24th
- 871.95
- 461.38
- 843.00
- David Sands
- 25th
- 849.41
- 715.55
- 311.22
- Maxim Lykov
- 26th
- 839.99
- 820.56
- 321.85
- James Dempsey
- 27th
- 831.98
- 557.73
- 517.90
- Thomas Marchese
- 28th
- 822.29
- 384.54
- 1,257.30
- Erik Seidel
- 29th
- 809.25
- 833.29
- 393.30
- Dwyte Pilgrim
- 30th
- 801.71
- 480.50
- 896.23
- Jeffrey Papola
- 31st
- 801.36
- 393.35
- 513.46
- Fernando Brito
- 32nd
- 794.76
- 264.49
- 1,060.53
- Joe Ebanks
- 33rd
- 787.04
- 602.48
- 399.73
- Philipp Gruissem
- 34th
- 784.38
- 784.38
- 0
- Ali (Shahryar) Eslami
- 35th
- 783.50
- 758.39
- 12.00
- Victor Ramdin
- 36th
- 782.75
- 639.13
- 222.70
- Andrew Frankenberger
- 37th
- 768.95
- 388.50
- 753.50
- Mikhail Lakhitov
- 38th
- 768.31
- 516.12
- 374.98
- Tim West
- 39th
- 761.44
- 684.76
- 118.10
- Scott Seiver
- 40th
- 761.15
- 483.45
- 555.40
- Allen Bari
- 41st
- 742.40
- 637.12
- 323.41
- Christian Harder
- 42nd
- 742.36
- 521.90
- 467.95
- David (Bakes) Baker
- 43rd
- 734.23
- 464.79
- 782.38
- John Juanda
- 44th
- 723.43
- 354.00
- 738.85
- John Eames
- 45th
- 710.62
- 577.07
- 349.75
- Oleksii Kovalchuk
- 46th
- 708.47
- 708.47
- 0
- Shannon Shorr
- 47th
- 702.62
- 499.95
- 223.30
- Eric Baldwin
- 48th
- 701.73
- 285.13
- 943.92
- Galen Hall
- 49th
- 700.83
- 762.45
- 13.75
- Michael Benvenuti
- 50th
- 697.83
- 465.55
- 367.38
- John Racener
- 51st
- 696.92
- 322.85
- 748.15
- Vivek Rajkumar
- 52nd
- 695.75
- 536.15
- 319.20
- Jonathan Little
- 53rd
- 693.70
- 318.51
- 575.18
- Dmitry Gromov
- 54th
- 685.41
- 382.80
- 107.38
- Steve Billirakis
- 55th
- 681.01
- 551.51
- 299.50
- Daniel Negreanu
- 56th
- 680.99
- 426.43
- 494.14
- Andrew Badecker
- 57th
- 678.38
- 579.40
- 112.45
- Roger Hairabedian
- 58th
- 673.84
- 496.31
- 351.81
- Daniel Idema
- 59th
- 667.14
- 431.83
- 282.95
- Tommy Vedes
- 60th
- 665.90
- 388.05
- 489.81
- Joe Tehan
- 61st
- 664.98
- 481.95
- 434.48
- Bryn Kenney
- 62nd
- 658.20
- 521.69
- 393.67
- Robert Suer
- 63rd
- 654.51
- 504.94
- 271.15
- Andrey Pateychuk
- 64th
- 653.55
- 653.55
- 0
- Konstantin Puchkov
- 65th
- 647.14
- 291.99
- 689.82
- Benjamin Spindler
- 66th
- 645.26
- 610.95
- 92.61
- Andrew Chen
- 67th
- 644.15
- 402.10
- 240.25
- Matt Giannetti
- 68th
- 643.00
- 609.40
- 67.20
- Fabrice Soulier
- 69th
- 641.31
- 436.40
- 482.73
- Ryan Schmidt
- 70th
- 639.11
- 591.56
- 179.10
- Matt Glantz
- 71st
- 636.85
- 493.35
- 353.33
- Jesse Cohen
- 72nd
- 636.13
- 491.25
- 201.75
- Dominick Nitsche
- 73rd
- 635.13
- 562.14
- 179.59
- Alexandru Masek
- 74th
- 630.76
- 375.16
- 340.45
- Byron Kaverman
- 75th
- 628.61
- 676.48
- 0
- Chris Bjorin
- 76th
- 627.78
- 238.90
- 889.25
- Jake Cody
- 77th
- 623.07
- 467.98
- 639.80
- Martin Jacobson
- 78th
- 621.33
- 520.62
- 297.16
- Daniel Buzgon
- 79th
- 620.18
- 454.35
- 67.35
- Dmitry Vitkind
- 80th
- 613.46
- 487.93
- 387.75
- Amir Lehavot
- 81st
- 608.43
- 577.45
- 61.95
- John Dolan
- 82nd
- 605.83
- 141.25
- 481.15
- Martin Staszko
- 83rd
- 600.60
- 592.20
- 45.90
- Vadzim Kursevich
- 84th
- 599.82
- 293.82
- 0
- Salman Behbehani
- 85th
- 596.97
- 518.27
- 99.80
- Faraz Jaka
- 86th
- 595.98
- 140.45
- 314.50
- Taylor von Kriegenbergh
- 87th
- 590.69
- 590.69
- 0
- Mustapha Kanit
- 88th
- 579.21
- 552.76
- 1.50
- Jose (Nacho) Barbero
- 89th
- 576.70
- 46.55
- 831.45
- Brian Rast
- 90th
- 574.38
- 508.00
- 178.35
- Freddy Deeb
- 91st
- 574.18
- 152.30
- 515.65
- Phil Ivey
- 92nd
- 571.05
- 0
- 782.05
- Juha Helppi
- 93rd
- 570.51
- 472.64
- 281.41
- Juan Carlos Mortensen
- 94th
- 569.40
- 284.78
- 758.55
- Huy Nguyen
- 95th
- 568.09
- 505.80
- 220.45
- Ruben Theo Visser
- 96th
- 566.19
- 148.82
- 21.55
- Tristan Wade
- 97th
- 565.53
- 526.57
- 152.91
- Joseph Cheong
- 98th
- 565.29
- 148.71
- 875.58
- Chris Klodnicki
- 99th
- 562.65
- 274.10
- 514.00
- McLean Karr
- 100th
- 562.00
- 146.40
- 778.40
- Oliver Speidel
- 101st
- 561.95
- 50.00
- 40.32
- Russell Crane
- 102nd
- 558.05
- 554.65
- 0
- Leonid Bilokur
- 103rd
- 556.39
- 176.53
- 194.35
- David Williams
- 104th
- 554.51
- 285.60
- 502.08
- Alexander Dovzhenko
- 105th
- 551.69
- 474.42
- 131.60
- Nicolas Levi
- 106th
- 544.25
- 401.80
- 339.13
- David Diaz
- 107th
- 542.88
- 465.60
- 181.11
- Samuel Chartier
- 108th
- 538.10
- 311.09
- 58.52
- Eric Froehlich
- 109th
- 534.78
- 536.72
- 137.88
- Nicolas Yunis
- 110th
- 532.51
- 454.71
- 26.00
- Sami Kelopuro
- 111th
- 527.88
- 494.13
- 67.50
- Matthew Matros
- 112th
- 526.64
- 384.88
- 318.63
- Alessio Isaia
- 113th
- 524.00
- 669.46
- 74.48
- Darren Elias
- 114th
- 523.60
- 523.46
- 273.40
- Ivan Freitez
- 115th
- 519.78
- 453.45
- 160.00
- Bryan Devonshire
- 116th
- 519.66
- 351.80
- 335.72
- Kyle Cartwright
- 117th
- 519.65
- 535.34
- 0
- Daniel Shak
- 118th
- 519.06
- 214.00
- 700.08
- Rupert Elder
- 119th
- 518.67
- 500.48
- 6.38
- Daniel Kelly
- 120th
- 516.93
- 178.63
- 423.60
- Max Heinzelmann
- 121st
- 513.35
- 495.20
- 36.30
- Mitch Schock
- 122nd
- 511.26
- 418.18
- 186.15
- Owais Ahmed
- 123rd
- 510.55
- 473.89
- 77.28
- Bernard Lee
- 124th
- 510.50
- 371.76
- 266.10
- Richard Ashby
- 125th
- 506.16
- 302.60
- 507.13
- Govert Metaal
- 126th
- 503.70
- 394.49
- 146.90
- Steven Kelly
- 127th
- 503.51
- 336.88
- 339.88
- Alexander Kravchenko
- 128th
- 501.34
- 332.58
- 301.52
- Tomer Berda
- 129th
- 500.15
- 109.35
- 846.35
- Joshua Brikis
- 130th
- 498.80
- 195.15
- 496.20
- Simon Charette
- 131st
- 497.88
- 546.28
- 105.29
- Owen Crowe
- 132nd
- 495.35
- 326.91
- 405.25
- Christopher (Chris) Demaci
- 133rd
- 493.79
- 360.79
- 266.00
- Andrew Lichtenberger
- 134th
- 493.20
- 246.90
- 539.85
- John Brock Parker
- 135th
- 492.90
- 1.75
- 201.15
- Darryll Fish
- 136th
- 490.86
- 446.92
- 208.93
- Kyle Julius
- 137th
- 490.11
- 122.75
- 159.85
- Sean Getzwiller
- 138th
- 488.19
- 464.55
- 58.53
- Nicolas Fierro
- 139th
- 487.89
- 337.13
- 42.90
- Hafiz Khan
- 140th
- 487.37
- 435.17
- 175.28
- Erich Kollmann
- 141st
- 486.88
- 436.58
- 176.10
- Leo Boxell
- 142nd
- 486.05
- 542.90
- 68.25
- David (DB) Baker
- 143rd
- 485.65
- 308.40
- 262.64
- Alexander Kuzmin
- 144th
- 483.66
- 537.06
- 166.25
- Randy Dorfman
- 145th
- 482.51
- 527.80
- 101.81
- Ondrej Vinklarek
- 146th
- 480.10
- 319.98
- 91.04
- Martin Finger
- 147th
- 479.25
- 451.75
- 55.00
- Gregory Brooks
- 148th
- 476.38
- 476.38
- 0
- Mihails Morozovs
- 149th
- 475.43
- 439.15
- 28.80
- Vanessa Rousso
- 150th
- 473.18
- 285.95
- 524.95
- Daniel O'Brien
- 151st
- 473.15
- 378.75
- 286.95
- Jason Somerville
- 152nd
- 470.67
- 291.50
- 450.74
- Kyle Bowker
- 153rd
- 468.64
- 409.47
- 265.35
- Kevin MacPhee
- 154th
- 468.60
- 180.35
- 637.75
- Pierre Neuville
- 155th
- 467.54
- 334.65
- 339.47
- Timothy Finne
- 156th
- 464.15
- 243.94
- 561.30
- Alan Sternberg
- 157th
- 463.98
- 376.80
- 174.35
- Thorsten Schafer
- 158th
- 458.98
- 364.35
- 202.06
- John-Paul (J.P.) Kelly
- 159th
- 458.65
- 320.15
- 316.86
- Nikolay Evdakov
- 160th
- 457.10
- 156.31
- 601.58
- David Vamplew
- 161st
- 456.51
- 360.37
- 320.38
- Dan Heimiller
- 162nd
- 456.41
- 333.80
- 326.84
- Ryan Welch
- 163rd
- 455.62
- 233.92
- 273.15
- Daniel Makowsky
- 164th
- 454.58
- 420.60
- 212.44
- Alexander Queen
- 165th
- 454.43
- 330.88
- 255.10
- Matt Jarvis
- 166th
- 452.05
- 296.25
- 316.85
- Nick Binger
- 167th
- 451.87
- 396.74
- 285.10
- Olivier Busquet
- 168th
- 451.51
- 283.81
- 403.35
- John Dibella
- 169th
- 450.75
- 0
- 16.00
- Simon Ravnsbaek
- 170th
- 450.67
- 243.60
- 237.65
- Yevgeniy Timoshenko
- 171st
- 450.10
- 349.90
- 114.91
- Ray Qartomy
- 172nd
- 449.32
- 339.42
- 267.50
- Nick Schulman
- 173rd
- 449.03
- 383.30
- 241.45
- Justin Smith
- 174th
- 448.40
- 131.68
- 674.70
- Frank Kassela
- 175th
- 447.20
- 83.55
- 727.30
- Bahbak (Bobby) Oboodi
- 176th
- 446.27
- 422.64
- 94.50
- Farzad (Freddy) Bonyadi
- 177th
- 443.90
- 416.00
- 55.80
- David Bach
- 178th
- 443.59
- 427.37
- 232.45
- William Reynolds
- 179th
- 442.71
- 350.28
- 435.00
- Nicolas Chouity
- 180th
- 441.52
- 124.95
- 633.14
- Isaac Haxton
- 181st
- 441.20
- 168.23
- 257.95
- Max Weinberg
- 182nd
- 440.40
- 506.55
- 0
- Jonathan Spinks
- 183rd
- 439.53
- 418.90
- 41.25
- Brandon Meyers
- 184th
- 438.43
- 442.25
- 47.60
- Tamas Lendvai
- 185th
- 438.35
- 429.07
- 107.75
- Roland Israelashvili
- 186th
- 435.95
- 303.86
- 110.00
- Christopher Tryba
- 187th
- 433.91
- 345.68
- 144.99
- Jesse Yaginuma
- 188th
- 433.63
- 363.53
- 218.40
- Michael Chow
- 189th
- 433.20
- 225.98
- 414.45
- Daniel Alaei
- 190th
- 432.96
- 110.88
- 644.18
- Manh Nguyen
- 191st
- 428.40
- 289.10
- 0
- Kunal Patel
- 192nd
- 425.85
- 415.40
- 0
- Aaron Steury
- 193rd
- 425.40
- 411.05
- 33.35
- Blake Kelso
- 194th
- 425.36
- 253.15
- 262.00
- Jason Koon
- 195th
- 424.53
- 159.48
- 179.68
- Daniel Sztenderowicz
- 196th
- 424.35
- 386.55
- 39.60
- Josh Evans
- 197th
- 423.53
- 391.45
- 23.63
- Vitaly Lunkin
- 198th
- 421.90
- 311.31
- 207.17
- Steve Brecher
- 199th
- 420.50
- 401.80
- 11.70
- Christopher Johnson
- 200th
- 420.34
- 419.85
- 40.98
- Mark Schmid
- 201st
- 419.83
- 391.43
- 49.30
- David Benyamine
- 202nd
- 419.45
- 369.85
- 280.71
- Jarred Solomon
- 203rd
- 417.52
- 317.52
- 165.13
- Tyler Bonkowski
- 204th
- 416.81
- 407.27
- 97.83
- Michael Michnik
- 205th
- 416.30
- 302.82
- 217.00
- Antonio Esfandiari
- 206th
- 416.25
- 188.80
- 454.90
- Micah Raskin
- 207th
- 415.98
- 251.65
- 183.30
- Dana Kellstrom
- 208th
- 413.80
- 312.54
- 220.35
- Arnaud Mattern
- 209th
- 413.38
- 198.42
- 355.05
- Todd Terry
- 210th
- 412.30
- 300.53
- 138.95
- Andrey Zaichenko
- 211th
- 411.88
- 412.95
- 139.76
- Jacob Bazeley
- 212th
- 411.18
- 264.87
- 260.20
- Brent Roberts
- 213th
- 411.10
- 314.75
- 182.50
- Thomas aleksander Middleton
- 214th
- 410.76
- 259.33
- 50.10
- Gus Hansen
- 215th
- 410.36
- 135.36
- 336.00
- Lars Bonding
- 216th
- 410.19
- 288.45
- 427.72
- Adam Cook
- 217th
- 407.25
- 407.25
- 0
- Andrew Hinrichsen
- 218th
- 407.03
- 388.48
- 35.90
- Everett Carlton
- 219th
- 405.80
- 313.26
- 90.03
- Xuan Liu
- 220th
- 405.71
- 216.35
- 11.63
- Eric Buchman
- 221st
- 405.55
- 303.50
- 251.35
- Mike Scarborough
- 222nd
- 404.25
- 343.55
- 43.20
- Erick Lindgren
- 223rd
- 401.67
- 362.47
- 118.90
- Stephen Chidwick
- 224th
- 400.55
- 245.75
- 152.85
- Adrien Allain
- 225th
- 397.87
- 244.77
- 63.45
- James Carroll
- 226th
- 397.54
- 253.83
- 285.66
- Thomas Koral
- 227th
- 397.04
- 384.77
- 137.95
- Hugo Lemaire
- 228th
- 396.65
- 393.60
- 59.50
- Chad Brown
- 229th
- 396.51
- 326.95
- 349.33
- Steve Landfish
- 230th
- 396.33
- 317.70
- 157.25
- Rob Akery
- 231st
- 395.99
- 350.23
- 293.18
- Luca Pagano
- 232nd
- 395.41
- 220.80
- 64.90
- Vladimir Geshkenbein
- 233rd
- 395.21
- 386.86
- 53.00
- Ilan Boujenah
- 234th
- 394.72
- 338.69
- 197.50
- Justin (looshle) Pechie
- 235th
- 392.54
- 358.05
- 68.97
- Cuong (Soi) Nguyen
- 236th
- 392.30
- 318.80
- 157.31
- David Nicholson
- 237th
- 392.10
- 340.35
- 29.85
- Jon Lane
- 238th
- 391.80
- 391.80
- 0
- Moritz Kranich
- 239th
- 390.25
- 199.00
- 382.50
- Frank Rusnak
- 240th
- 390.23
- 269.36
- 102.50
- Barry Greenstein
- 241st
- 389.39
- 298.55
- 93.83
- Lars tobias Garp
- 242nd
- 389.24
- 383.05
- 12.38
- Ronny Kaiser
- 243rd
- 389.00
- 273.32
- 232.55
- Abraham Araya
- 244th
- 388.80
- 179.80
- 0
- Guillaume Darcourt
- 245th
- 388.73
- 191.03
- 368.20
- Kenny Nguyen
- 246th
- 388.25
- 356.70
- 128.60
- Andrea Dato
- 247th
- 387.39
- 276.89
- 0
- Matt Stout
- 248th
- 386.63
- 221.75
- 243.58
- Mark Radoja
- 249th
- 385.38
- 284.13
- 202.50
- Arkadiy Tsinis
- 250th
- 385.06
- 336.00
- 94.88




