Barry Greenstein

Name: Barry Greenstein
Nickname: The Robin Hood of Poker
Current Residence: Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
Birth Date: December 30, 1954
Birth Place: Chicago, Ill., United States
Poker Room: Poker Stars

Small and unassuming, Barry Greenstein is not a man who intimidates or who inspires fear. But poker players beware: The Robin Hood of Poker doesn't steal money from the rich; he steals pots from the fish. And he's been doing it since childhood.

Born and raised in the Chicago suburb of Scottsdale, Ill., Barry learned to play cards at a young age from his parents. Gin rummy, hearts and poker were the games of choice, and Barry was...

Trivia

Skipped a grade in elementary school
Has a company with poker pro son Joe Sebok called GreenBok Productions
Mentored and dated Mimi Tran
Donates net tournament winnings to charity
Was a Ph.D. candidate in mathematics at the University of Illinois
Was a software developer with Symantec, creators of Norton Anti-Virus
Author of Ace on the River
Is a member of Team PokerStars and has helped develop software for the poker room
Had a crush on fellow pro Liz Lieu
Has a younger brother

Recent Tournament Placings

Tournament	Place	Winnings
2009 WSOP, Event 53 - $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	45th	$2,690
2009 WSOP, Event 47 - $2,500 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit)	5th	$57,671
2009 WSOP, Event 40 - $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship	9th	$82,746
2009 WSOP, Event 26 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em	53rd	$3,405
2009 WSOP, Event 21 - $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.	43rd	$5,277
2009 WSOP, Event 14 - Limit Hold'em/ Six Handed	30th	$5,360
2009 WSOP, Event 8 - $2500 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit)	18th	$38,892
WPT Season 7, Foxwoods Poker Classic	12th	$40,209
WPT Season 7, Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic	38th	$36,030
WPT Season 7, Bellagio Cup IV	30th	$38,785
2008 WSOP, Event 45, World Championship H.O.R.S.E.	6th	$355,200
2008 WSOP, Event 39, No-Limit Hold'em	108th	$4,084
2008 WSOP, Event 33, World Championship 7-Card Stud Hi-Lo...	14th	$18,400
2008 WSOP, Event 26, Seven-Card Razz	1st	$158,659
2008 WSOP, Event 23, No-Limit Hold'em	46th	$7,582
2008 WSOP, Event 18, No-Limit 2-7 Draw w/re-buys	3rd	$225,553
WPT Season 6, World Poker Open	18th	$14,472
WPT Season 6, North American Poker Championship	4th	$291,798
WPT Season 6, Legends of Poker	31st	$20,575
2007 WSOP, Event 39, World Championship H.O.R.S.E.	7th	$259,296
2007 WSOP, Event 30, No-Limit Hold'em/Six Handed	47th	$5,260
2007 WSOP, Event 21, No-Limit Hold'em Shootout	61st	$6,757
2007 WSOP, Event 14, 7-Card Stud	4th	$33,698
WPT Season 6, Mandalay Bay Poker Championship	7th	$54,655
2006 WSOPC, Caesars Indiana	17th	$8,843
2007 Special, NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship	9th	$25,000
2006 WSOP, Event 42, No-Limit Hold'em	29th	$1,977
2006 WSOP, Event 23, Limit Hold'em	21st	$5,647
2006 WSOP, Event 20, H.O.R.S.E.	12th	$205,920
2006 WSOP, Event 16, Pot-Limit Omaha	13th	$20,492
2006 WSOP, Event 14, No-Limit Hold'em w/re-buys	53rd	$5,447
2006 WSOP, Event 5, No-Limit Hold'em Short-Handed, 6/table	87th	$3,790
2005 WSOP, Event 37, $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/Re-buys	7th	$94,000
2005 WSOP, Event 29, $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em	25th	$9,860
2005 WSOP, Event 19, $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha	1st	$128,505
2005 WSOP, Event 14, $1,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	36th	$1,625
2005 WSOP, Event 7, $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/Re-buys	20th	$11,010
2004 WSOP, Event 32, Ace-to-Five Draw Lowball	2nd	$44,700
WPT Season 2, PartyPoker Million	5th	$194,763
WPT Season 2, Jack Binion World Poker Open	1st	$1,278,370
2002 WSOP, Event 13, Limit Hold'em	3rd	$43,700
1997 WSOP, Event 16, $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Lowball	4th	$36,500
1996 WSOP, Event 14, Limit Ace to Five Draw	5th	$10,710
2000 WSOP, Event 19, Limit Seven-Card Stud	9th	$7,575
1997 WSOP, Event 7, No-Limit Hold'em	10th	$8,520
2003 WSOP, Event 7, Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	11th	$3,980
1998 WSOP, Event 9, Pot-Limit Hold'em	16th	$3,664
1998 WSOP, Event 10, Limit Seven-Card Stud	16th	$3,800
1992 WSOP, World Series of Poker Main Event - 1992	22nd	$8,080
2000 WSOP, World Series of Poker Main Event - 2000	31st	$25,000

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Player Statistics

Cashes	50
Total Winnings	$3,958,532
First Place Finishes	4
WSOP Bracelets	3

Player Analysis of Barry Greenstein

Description

PokerListings.com and Barry Greenstein recommend anyone interested in an analysis of Barrys' game to read Ace on the River.

Best Game

Whatever I have been playing a lot of recently

Weakness

So many that I needed to write a book to cover them all

Barry Greenstein's Score

7.5 7.5/10

Aggressiveness 7
Looseness 6
Limit 8
No-Limit 8
Side Games 9
Steam Control 7
Against Strong Players 8
Tournaments 8
Short-Handed 7
Against Weak Players 7

Amusing Anecdote

When I played in the 2004 World Poker Open WPT event, I was not in the best frame of mind. I was saddened by the temporary breakup with my girlfriend whom I hadn’t seen for a while. Not surprisingly, I wasn’t doing well in the side games and I just wanted to go home. But I play tournaments for charity and so I stayed.

In the middle of the first day, I was all in for $2,500 with a straight draw against Erick Lindgren’s slow-played aces. When I made the straight on the river, I snapped at Erick that winning the pot caused me to miss my 6:45 flight home.

I survived the first day with under-average chips and played in the big side game until about 6:00 a.m. I had checked out of my room the previous afternoon and I retrieved my bags from the bell desk and checked back in. I checked out again at noon before the start of the second day. I wanted to make the late flight and I figured that I needed to leave by 4:30 to make it to the Memphis airport on time for the last flight.

I survived with under-average chips again and lost in a late session in the side game. I repeated my check-in-check-out-check-my-bags routine and eventually made it to the TV table. I got a couple of hours of sleep after a short losing side-game session and I was lucky enough to win the tournament the next day. And after the tournament, I went back to “work” and finally booked a win.

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