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Barry Greenstein Poker Profile
Barry Greenstein (born December 30, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois) is a professional poker player.
Barry grew up in Chicago in the Scottsdale neighborhood where he excelled in math and computers in high school.
He got his B.S. in computer science and attended the University of Illinois, where he worked on his Ph.D. in mathematics.
He worked at Symantec (now known for its Norton anti-virus and security products) from 1984 until 1991 when he
retired at the age of 36. Since then he has pursued his passion for playing cards full-time. He has made a living playing
high stakes ring games in northern California and now in Larry Flynt's game at the Hustler Casino.
Greenstein was exposed to poker at a young age as his father was a noted poker player in the Army. After graduation
from Bogan High School, Barry earned his bachelors degree from the University of Illinois in Computer Science and is
just a few hours short of a doctorate in mathematics. He worked for Symantec until 1991 when he retired at age 36 to
become a full time poker player.
Player stats:
2011: 3rd place LA Poker Classic $1,585 Chinese Poker
2011: 4th place NAPT PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $5,000 Bounty Shootout
2010: Winner Doyle Brunson 5 Diamond World Poker Classic $1,000 Satellite to Championship
2010: 38th place WPT Festa al Lago Championship Event
2010: 23rd place WSOPE £10,000 Championship Event
2010: 5th place WSOP Tournament of Champions
2010: 24th place WSOP $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8
2010: 12th place WSOP $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8
2010: 9th place NBC National Heads UP Championship
2010: 50th place Aussie Millions Poker Championship Main Event
2009: 2nd place WSOPE Caesars Cup Europe vs USA
2009: 13th place Bellagio Cup V $5,000 No Limit Hold’em
2009: 45th place WSOP $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo
2009: 5th place WSOP $2,500 Mixed Limit/No Limit Hold’em
2009: 3rd place Poker After Dark Week 10 – Celebrities and Mentors
2009: 9th place WSOP Pot Limit Omaha Championship Event
2009: 53rd place WSOP $1,500 Limit Hold’em
2009: 43rd place WSOP $3,000 HORSE
2009: 30th place WSOP $2,500 Limit Hold’em – Six Handed
2009: 18th place WSOP $2,500 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw
2009: 12th place WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic Championship Event
2009: 7th place LA Poker Classic $5,000 No Limit Hold’em
2009: 2nd place LA Poker Classic $2,000 No Limit Hold’em
2009: 19th place LA Poker Classic $500 Limit Hold’em
2009: 148th place EPT PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event
2008: 38th place Doyle Brunson 5 Diamond World Poker Classic $15,000 No Limit Hold’em
2008: 16th place Doyle Brunson 5 Diamond World Poker Classic $2,000 No Limit Hold’em
2008: 30th place WPT Bellagio Cup IV Main Event
2008: 6th place WSOP $50,000 HORSE
2008: 108th place WSOP $1,500 No Limit Hold’em
2008: 14th place WSOP $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo World Championship
2008: Winner WSOP $1,500 Seven Card Razz
2008: 46th place WSOP $2,000 No Limit Hold’em
2008: 3rd place WSOP $5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw
2008: Winner EPT Grand Final €10,000 Stars of Poker- No Limit Hold’em
2008: 6th place Poker After Dark III Week 7 Jam up Week
2008: 18th place WPT Gold Strike Poker Open Championship Event
2007: 4th place WPT North American Poker Championship Main Event
2007: 31st place WPT Legends of Poker Championship Event
2007: 9th place Legends of Poker $4,850 No Limit Hold’em
2007: 7th place WSOP $50,000 HORSE
2007: 47th place WSOP $2,500 No Limit Hold’em – Six handed
2007: 61st place WSOP $1,500 No Limit Hold’em Shootout
2007: 4th place Poker After Dark II Week 18 Mega Match
2007: 4th place WSOP $1,500 Seven Card Stud
2007: 7th place WPT Mandalay Bay Poker Championship Main Event
2007: Winner WPT Poker by the Book: Chapter 2 No Limit Hold’em
2007: 12th place 5th Annual 5 Star World Poker Classic $5,000 No Limit Hold’em
2007: 6th place Poker After Dark Week 9
2007: 20th place 5th Annual 5 Star World Poker Classic $3,000 No Limit Hold’em
2007: 17th place WSOP Circuit – Caesars Indiana – Championship Event
2007: 9th place NBC National Heads UP $25,000 No Limit Hold’em
2007: 2nd place 1st Annual Heads Up Championship Event
2006: 5th place 5th Annual 5 Diamond World Poker Classic $2,000 No Limit Hold’em
2006: Winner WPT Father and Sons Tournament
2006: 23rd place WPT Borgata Poker Open No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
2006: 19th place Borgata Poker Open $2,500 No Limit Hold’em
2006: 29th place WSOP $1,500 No Limit Hold’em
2006: 21st place WSOP $3,000 Limit Hold’em
2006: 12th place WSOP $50,000 HORSE
2006: 13th place WSOP $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha
2006: 53rd place WSOP $1,000 No Limit Hold’em
2006: 87th place WSOP $2,500 Short Handed No Limit Hold’em
2006: 4th place WSOP Circuit Caesars Las Vegas $2,500 No Limit Hold’em
2006: 22nd place 4th Annual 5 Star World Poker Classic $5,000 No Limit Hold’em
2006: 2nd place 4th Annual 5 Star World Poker Classic $5,000 No Limit Hold’em
2006: 6th place World Poker Challenge $5,000 Championship Event
2006: 5th place National Heads Up Poker Championship
2006: Winner WPT LA Poker Classic
2006: 10th place LA Poker Classic $2,425 No Limit Hold’em
2006: 5th place Crown Australian Poker Championship A$ 100,000 Speed Poker Million Dollar Challenge
2005: 38th place WPT 4th Annual 5 Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event
2005: 13th place WPT 4th Annual 5 Diamond World Poker Classic $1,500 No Limit Hold’em
2005: 10th place WPT Bellagio Festa Al Lago Championship Event
2005: 9th place WPT Ultimate Poker Classic Championship Event
2005: 38th place WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship Event
2005: 7th place WSOP $1,000 No Limit Hold’em
2005: 25th place WSOP $2,000 No Limit Hold’em
2005: Winner WSOP $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha
2005: 36th place WSOP $1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo
2005: 20th place WSOP $1,000 No Limit Hold’em
2005: 11th place WPT World Poker Classic Championship Event
2005: 9th place National Heads UP Poker Championship
2005: 8th place Poker SuperStars Invitational $400,000 Grand Final
2004: 9th place 5 Diamond World Poker Classic $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha
2004: 10th place 5 Diamond World Poker Classic $3,000 No Limit Hold’em
2004: 4th place Plaza Ultimate Poker Challenge $1,000 No Limit Hold’em
2004: 4th place Festa Al Lago III $2,500 No Limit Hold’em Final Day
2004: 7th place Legends of Poker $500 Limit Hold’em
2004: 10th place Festa Al Lago II $1,500 No Limit Hold’em
2004: 2nd place WSOP $1,500 Limit Ace to Five Draw
2004: Winner WSOP $5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw
2004: 12th place WSOP $5,000 No Limit Hold’em
2004: 54th place WSOP $1,000 No Limit Hold’em
2004: 11th place WSOP $1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo Split
2004: 35th place WPT Bellagio 5 Star World Poker Classic $25,000 No Limit Hold’em
2004: Winner Bellagio 5 Star World Poker Classic $2,500 No Limit Hold’em
2004: 5th place PartyPoker.com Million III Limit Hold’em
2004: 2nd place LA Poker Classic $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha
2004: 11th place LA Poker Classic $1,500 Seven Card Stud Championship
2004: Winner 5th Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open $10,000 Main Event
2003: 8th place Bellagio 5 Diamond World Poker Classic $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha
2003: 14th place Bellagio 5 Diamond World Poker Classic $1,500 Omaha HI/Lo
2003: 10th place Showdown at the Sands Atlantic City $500 Limit Hold’em
2003: 13th place Showdown at the Sands Atlantic City $500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo
2003: 9th place World Poker Finals $2,000 Limit Hold’em
2003: 4th place World Poker Finals $1,000 Seven Card Stud
2003: Winner Tropicana Poker Championship Series $3,000 Seven Card Stud Main Event
2003: Winner US Poker Championship $500 No Limit Hold’em
2003: 2nd place Grand Slam of Poker $1,000 Seven Card Stud
2003: 2nd place California State Poker Championship $1,000 Omaha HI/Lo
2003: 5th place California State Poker Championship $500 Pot Limit Hold’em
2003: 8th place California State Poker Championship $300 Limit Hold’em
2003: Winner California State Poker Championship $500 No Limit Hold’em
2003: 49th place WSOP Main Event
2003: 11th place WSOP $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo Split
2003: 2nd place WPT Bellagio 5 Star World Poke Classic $1,500 Limit Hold’em
2003: Winner Larry Flynt’s Poker Challenge Cup $125,000 Million Dollar Seven Card Stud Tournament
2003: 14th place WPT LA Poker Classic $10,000 No Limit Hold’em Chamionship
2002: 3rd place Grand Slam of Poker $2,000 7 Card Stud with Larry Flynt
2002: 3rd place WSOP $3,000 Limit Hold’em
2002: 9th place LA Poker Classic $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha
2000: 31st place WSOP Main Event
2000: 9th place WSOP $5,000 Seven Card Stud
1998: 16th place WSOP $2,500 Seven Card Stud
1998: 16th place WSOP $2,000 Pot Limit Hold’em
1997: 3rd place Legends of Poker $2,500 No Limit Hold’em
1997: 5th place Hall of Fame Poker Classic $1,500 Limit Omaha HI/LO
1997: 6th place Hall of Fame Poker Classic $1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo
1997: Winner California State Poker Championship $500 Limit Hold’em
1997: 4th place WSOP $5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw
1997: 10th place WSOP $2,000 No Limit Hold’em
1996: 8th place Grand Finale $500 No Limit Hold’em
1996: 5th place WSOP $1,500 Limit Ace to Five Draw
1995: 202nd place WSOP Main Event
1995: 4th place LA Poker Classic $1,000 Limit Hold’em
1993: 3rd place LA Poker Classic $500 No Limit Hold’em
1992: 22nd place WSOP Main Event
Greenstein total live tournament winnings are now just shy of $4 million, and he donates all of his winnings to charities.
The charity Children, Incorporated receives the vast majority of his donations which is why Barry is sometimes called the
“Robin Hood of Poker”.
Barry taught Mimi Tran how to play poker in exchange for her teaching him how to speak Vietnamese. He also plays
online at PokerStars under the alias “crazyplayer” ( the username was originally set up for Mimi).
Greenstein also wrote a book titled Ace on the River which WPT Season 3 champion Tuan Le claims to have shown
him how to succeed on the poker circuit. He was also on of the elite players invited to play in the Poker Superstars
Invitational Tournament as well as contributing to Doyle Brunson’s new book “Super System 2”.
Barry Greenstein is a very unique professional poker player. His style of play is methodical and precise allowing him to
survive in the large fields of entrants. He learned to play at home from his poker-playing father and has been a student
of the game most of his life. While other players are seeking to draw attention to themselves, Barry exhibits a quiet,
unassuming persona. He has been at several televised final tables.
Greenstein currently resides in Rancho Palos Verdes, California with his wife and six children.
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