Barry Greenstein

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Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein (2008)
Barry Greenstein (2008)
  Personal information  
Date of birth December 30, 1954
place of birth United StatesUnited States Chicago
Nickname Robin Hood of Poker
Nickname
barryg1PokerStars
place of residence United StatesUnited States Rancho Palos Verdes
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 1,278,370
Total prize money $ 8,396,761
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 3
Cashes 110
Best main event 22. ( 1992 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title 3
Cashes 22nd
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 2
  Main Event of the PokerStars Championship  
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Cashes 1
Last updated: August 30, 2020

Barry Greenstein (born December 30, 1954 in Chicago , Illinois ) is a professional American poker player and author . He is three-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker , as well as three-time champions of the World Poker Tour . Greenstein has been a member of the Poker Hall of Fame since 2011 . As part of the 50th edition of the World Series of Poker , he was named one of the 50 best players in poker history in June 2019 .

Poker career

Career

Greenstein had his first contact with poker very early on when he asked his father about the meaning of the plastic chips that were on the table in the dining room. His father, Jack Greenstein , was a successful poker player in the army during World War II. After graduating from high school, Barry Greenstein studied mathematics and computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . Until he turned completely to poker at the age of 36, he worked at Symantec . Greenstein has two children and four stepchildren and currently lives in Rancho Palos Verdes , California . His stepson Joe Sebok is also a professional poker player.

In 2005 Greenstein published a poker book called Ace on the River: An Advanced Poker Guide (in German: Ace on the River ). Greenstein is known for sending his book with an autograph and the exact hand he was eliminated with to all players who eliminate him from a tournament. In October 2011, Greenstein was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame .

Greenstein has been donating all tournament proceeds to charities for some time and is therefore also known as the Robin Hood of poker . He earns his living with cash games . Greenstein was a member of Team PokerStars until March 2019 . He also appeared regularly on the television series High Stakes Poker . Overall, Greenstein has earned almost 8.5 million US dollars with poker in live tournaments .

Bracelets

Greenstein cashed 110 times at the WSOP and won three bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2004 5000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw 046 296.200
2005 1500 Pot Limit Omaha 291 128.505
2008 1500 Seven Card Razz 453 157,643

Works

  • Book Ace on the River: An Advanced Poker Guide - Last Knight Publishing Company, 2005, ISBN 978-0972044226 .

Web links

Commons : Barry Greenstein  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ WSOP Reveals List of 50 Greatest Players in Poker History , pokernews.com, accessed July 21, 2019.
  2. ↑ Barry Greenstein will join the Poker Hall of Fame on pokerstars.com on October 28, 2011, accessed on January 22, 2020.
  3. ↑ Barry Greenstein ( memento of July 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) on pokerstars.eu, accessed on January 22, 2020.
  4. ↑ Barry Greenstein in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 9, 2018.
  5. ↑ Barry Greenstein in the World Series of Poker database, accessed November 9, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Greenstein, Barry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Robin Hood of Poker (nickname); barryg1 (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player and author
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois , United States