If you haven’t seen your name in the Pacific Northwest Poker Leaderboard lately, you might wonder where you fit in the grand scheme of things. If you have seen your name on the Leaderboard, why are you wasting your time here on the Northwest’s most boring poker blog? You should be out playing poker.

At this point (17 June 2022), the Leaderboard has exactly 7,501 entries on it; one for every player in the Oregon, Washington, Idaho, British Columbia, Alberta, and Alaska leaderboards at Hendon Mob that has $3,000 or more in recorded poker tournament earnings. There are at least a few players with double entries, but 7,500 players, more or less.

Top 1 — $15,000,000

There’s one player way above the rest of the pack, and that’s Seth Davies with just under $15 million—and by “just under”, I mean within $25K, so I expect by the time I’ve published this, Davies will have eclipsed that mark. It’s nearly twice as much as the nearest contender.

Number 2 — $8,000,000

Scott Clements has maintained the #2 spot for a while, with a bit more than $8 million. Over a million dollars separates Clements from the next person on the Leaderboard.

A Third — $7,000,000

#3 is Shawn Buchanan, at just under $7 million, nearly equidistant between Clements and Kevin MacPhee at #4.

Four at $5,000,000+

Places #4 to #7 are currently ranged between $6 million and $5.3 million. They’re currently MacPhee and Chris Brewer, essentially tied at the top end, with James Romero and Dylan Linde close to each other on the lower end.

Five(?) at $4,000,000+

Technically, there are five players (#8 to #12) with seven figures starting with a four, but one of them is Annie Duke who hasn’t been a PNW player for a lot of years.

$3,000,000+

Five more players have $3 million to $4 million dollars. That’s places #13 to #17.

$2,000,000+

Nine more players have part of a third million in earnings. Everyone above #26.

$1,000,000+

51 PNW players have more than a million in lifetime recorded tournament earnings. That’s about two-thirds of a percent of the players tracked by the Leaderboard.

• $725,000+ #75–#52
• $530,000+ #100–#76
• $395,000+ #150–#101
• $325,000+ #200–#151
• $260,000+ #250–#201
• $222,000+ #300–#251
• $190,000+ #350–#301
• $172,000+ #400–#351
• $150,000+ #450–#401
• $137,000+ #500–#451
• $118,000+ #600–#501
• $100,000+ #700–#601
• $88,000+ #800–#701
• $77,000+ #900–#801
• $68,500+ #1000–#901
• $56,000+ #1200–#1001
• $47,400+ #1400–#1201
• $40,000+ #1600–#1401
• $34,900+ #1800–#1601 *
• $30,400+ #2000–#1801
• $22,400+ #2500–#2001
• $17,200+ #3000–#2501
• $13,500+ #3500–#3001
• $10,000+ #4197–#3501

* Yes, that is my bracket. On the plus side, I’m in the top 25% of players on the PNW Poker Leaderboard.