Barry Greenstein was born in December 1954, in Chicago, Illinois. He completed his PhD at the University of Illinois. After finishing his education Barry Greenstein joined Symantec as a software developer. Play online poker now at UltimateBet.com with new online poker tournaments starting every 5 minutes.

Barry Greenstein started playing professional poker at the age of 36, in 1991 after having retired from his job. Barry first learned to play poker, and developed an interest in the profitable game from his poker-playing father, so it can be said that he had been a student of poker for most of his life. What is unique about Barry is that unlike most other poker players he does not like to draw attention to himself and tries to maintain a low profile. He exhibits a quiet and unassuming persona and currently resides in California with his family.

Barry Greenstein plays poker in a very methodical and precise manner. In his long and eventful career as a poker player he has won two World Series of PokerHigh Stakes Poker , which was a series on GSN. He is known to play online poker at PokerStars and is a member of Team PokerStars. Greenstein has also published a book titled “Ace on the River.”  bracelets, and two World Poker Tour titles. As of 2007 his live tournament winnings in poker have been estimated at over 5,700,000 $. Barry has also made a number of television appearances including three series of Poker Superstars International Tournament, and all the four seasons of

One very unique and commendable act of Barry Greenstein is that he donates a major portion of his poker winnings to various charitable organizations, primarily to those that support aid for poverty stricken children around the world. As of date he has literally donated millions of dollars to different charities. For this selfless act of his he is also known as “The Robin Hood of poker.“

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