Name	Barry Greenstein
Website	Barrygreenstein.com
Location	California
Known Screenames	barryg1 on Pokerstars
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Birthdate	December 30, 1954

Barry Greenstein is known as the “Robin Hood of Poker” for his charitable ways, giving away all of his tournament winnings to various charities.  Barry earns money for himself by playing in high stakes poker cash games.

Barry was born in Chicago on December 30, 1954, and was taught to play poker by his father.  He has a bachelor’s degree in computer science and was studying for a Ph.D. in mathematics when he quit school.  Barry Greenstein went to work for Symantec, a computer security company known for its antivirus software, currently Norton Antivirus.  Barry quit his job and became a full time poker player in 1991.

In 2004, Barry won his first World Series of Poker Bracelet while playing in the $5000 No Limit Deuce To Seven Triple Draw event.  The following year he won his second bracelet in the $1500 Pot Limit Omaha game. Barry Greenstein has made it to four different World Poker Tour final tables, winning twice.

Barry Greenstein taught Mimi Tran how to play poker, and she is now one of the best female poker players around. In exchange for teaching her how to play poker, Mimi Tran had to teach Barry Vietnamese.

Barry Greenstein has written a poker book, Ace on the River, which Barry said can bring up everyone’s game one level from where they are at.  If you eliminate Barry from a tournament he will typically give you a copy of his book along with his autograph and details of the hand that he was eliminated on.

Barry now resides in California, and plays online at PokerStars.  He is a member of Team PokerStars and plays under the screenname barryg1.  PokerStars is one of the best online poker rooms, and you can sign up to play through our review of Pokerstars, in which you might be able to get a Pokerstars deposit bonus.