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  1. United States. $ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship. 23rd World Series of Poker - WSOP 1992, Las Vegas. 22nd. $ 8,080. Barry Greenstein's Results, Stats, Bio, Gallery & Pictures.

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    Barry Greenstein is an American professional poker player. He was born on December 30th, 1954 in Chicago, IL. He has 3 WSOP gold bracelets and a total of $8.396 million in live tournament earnings. Greenstein also appeared routinely on both of the two most classic and beloved poker TV shows, Poker After Dark and High Stakes Poker. He was inducted i...

    1991: He starts making enough money playing poker to quit his job and go professional.
    1992: He cashes in the Main Event in the first ever World Series of Poker he’s ever played in.
    2004: He wins the $10,000 Jack Binion World Poker Open Main Event for $1,278,370. That is his biggest single live tournament cash to date.
    2004: He wins his first WSOP gold bracelet in the $5,000 No Limit 2-7 Triple Draw event for $296,200.

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    According to his website, Greenstein grew up in the Irish-Catholic neighborhood in Chicago in a family which loved card games. His father taught him poker at the age of 4. He went on to graduate from the University of Illinois with a bachelor’s degree in computer science. He also started their PhD program that he never finished. During the course of his studies, he played poker in his local casinos to sustain himself. Later, Greenstein started working in California for Symantec, the security...

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    Barry Greenstein’s Hendon page shows $8.396 million in career earnings. That sum is the product of 224 individual ITM finishes over the course of 28 years. The first recorded cash on his profile is from the 1992 WSOP Main Event. However, we know from his biographical works that Greenstein was playing professionally by then. This means that there are likely to be some smaller tournament scores from California and Illinois that were untracked by Hendon. In 1995, Greenstein finished 4th in the $...

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    Barry Greenstein has won 3 WSOP braceletsto date. In 1992, he was able to cash in the first Main Event he ever played. He eventually busted in 22nd place and won $8,080. His first bracelet came in 2004. He claimed it in the $5,000 No Limit 2-7 Triple Draw event for $296,200. In 2005, he won the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha tournament for $128,505. Greenstein’s last WSOP title to date is from the 2008 $1,500 Razz event. He pocketed $157,619for that victory. Overall, Barry Greenstein has cashed in 10...

  2. There’s really no official numbers as to Barry’s net worth, so we can only roughly estimate it at $10+ Million. First, let’s not forget the recorded live tournament winnings of around $8.5+ Million to date.

  3. Jan 16, 2006 · Birth Date: Dec 30, 1954 (Age 69) W/L Streak: 🧊 1 Loss Streak. barrygreenstein. Barry Greenstein is an American professional poker player who currently resides in Los Angeles, California, USA. As of 2023, Greenstein has 3 WSOP bracelets and 2 WPT titles. Greenstein is known as the "Robin Hood of Poker", due to his frequent philanthropic acts ...

  4. Barry Greenstein (born December 30, 1954, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional poker player and former mathematics postgraduate student. He has won a number of major events, including three at the World Series of Poker and two on the World Poker Tour.

  5. $3,400,520. Player Bio. Fun Fact: Taught Mimi Tran to play poker. Worked at Symantec (known for Norton Anti-Virus and security products) from 1984 until 1991 when he left at the age of 36 to play poker professionally. Attended the University of Illinois to work on his PH.D. Nickname: The Robin Hood of poker.

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  7. How to become a successful poker player according to Barry Greenstein. Greenstein regularly plays at the highest stakes games in Las Vegas with names like Doyle Brunson, Chip Reese, and Phil Ivey. You’ll usually catch him on TV at WPT final tables or on GSN’s High-Stakes Poker.

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