POKER PROFESSIONAL BARRY GREENSTEIN
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Barry Greenstein Early Years
Barry Greenstein (born December 30, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois) is a professional poker player. He was exposed to poker at a young age as his father, Jack, was a poker player in the Army. After graduating from Bogan High School, he earned a bachelor degree in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He also studied for a PhD in mathematics, but left before completing his dissertation. He worked for Symantec until retiring in 1991 at age 36 when he began to play poker full time. Greenstein has two children and four stepchildren, and resides in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. His stepson, Joe Sebok, is also a professional poker player.
In 2005, Barry Greenstein wrote a book titled Ace on the River. Tuan Le, a WPT Season 3 champion, claims that book showed him how to succeed on the poker circuit. Greenstein taught Mimi Tran how to play poker in exchange for her teaching him how to speak Vietnamese. He also plays online at Poker Stars, under the alias “barryg1” and is a member of the card room's Team Poker Stars.
POKER PROFESSIONAL BARRY GREENSTEIN
Barry Greenstein donates all of his tournament winnings to charities, mostly to Children, Incorporated, and is sometimes called the Robin Hood of poker. As of 2006, his total live poker tournament winnings exceed US$4,800,000. Barry Greenstein has appeared in each of the first three series of Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament and the first Five seasons of popular poker series by GSN called High Stakes Poker.
During the show high stakes poker in season five, barry greenstein ended up in hand with Tom Dwan losing a pot of $919,600 when Tom Dwan called barry greensteins all in call and caught trip queens against barry greensteins Pocket Aces.
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