Barry Greenstein

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**Barry Greenstein**
Barry Greenstein in the World Poker Tour World Poker Open
Nickname(s)	The Robin Hood of Poker
Hometown	Rancho Palos Verdes, California
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)	2
Money finishes	27
Highest ITM main event finish	22nd (1992)
World Poker Tour
Titles	2
Final tables	4
Money Finishes	12

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, 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 is known for giving away a free copy of his book to the player who eliminates him in a tournament, including his autograph and details of the hand. Greenstein 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 "barryg1" and is a member of the cardroom's Team PokerStars.

As of 2006, his total live tournament winnings exceed $5,000,000.

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Greenstein donates all of his tournament winnings to charities, mostly to Children, Incorporated, and is sometimes called the Robin Hood of poker. Greenstein has appeared in each of the first three series of Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament and the first two seasons of the GSN series High Stakes Poker.

Greenstein has two World Series of Poker bracelets: