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Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein looks like a lot of things but a
professional poker player is not one of them.
With a slow looking face and some what blank look that hides the tells
better than any pair of sunglasses ever could, Barry Greenstein is one of the
top players in the game today. He was
born December 30, 1954 in Chicago,
Illinois to Jack Greenstein, his
role model for poker. Jack was a
prolific player in the Army and passed his knowledge down to his son. Poker was not the attraction for Greenstein
at first. He went to college where he earned a BA in Computer Science and
worked towards a PHD in Math. The call
of the cards would become too great however and he retired from Symantec at the
age of 36 to play poker full time. This
proved to be a very wise decision to say the least.
After
the last season, Barry Greenstein is the proud owner of two World Series of
Poker bracelets. One for the 2004 no
limit deuce to seven draw game and 2005 for the pot limit Omaha title against the incomparable Jesus
Ferguson and many other highly regarded players in the poker world. Two World Poker Tour wins have also bolstered
his fame and wallet. The first came at
the fifth Jack Binion World Poker Open where he took home over a million in
cash for the win. The second was the
Commerce Casino Invitational after beating Blair Rodman in a viscous head to
head duel that lasted several hours.
The
nickname “Robin Hood” has been attached to Greenstein and it is for good
reason. All of his tournament winnings are
donated to charity, most of which have to do with children. This is highly impressive when you consider
the fact that he has won over four and half million dollars in the tournaments
that he has played in.
At
age 54 Greenstein is still one of the top competitors in the world. He has also written a book, Ace on the River, which many new players
credit as the reason they are where they are today. There is no doubt that Greenstein is going to
go down in history as one of the finest in the world. This will be coupled with his overall
generosity and charm that comes with being the finest in the league. He will be around for a long time by the
looks of things and that will only help his appeal and his wallet.
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