Player Profile on Barry Greenstein
Posted on May 16, 2008
Filed Under Pocker
Barry Greenstein alias ‘the bear’ was born on December the 30th 1954 in Chicago. Now living in California, he is one of ‘Pokerstars’ team of top professionals and has always had a very calm and calculating character at the poker tables. Barry Greenstein has also always been known as a very approachable and likeable guy, he never seems to get flustered by bad beats and almost always makes the right choices. The fact that he is a very astute mathematician no doubt helps his poker play, and he also has a degree in computer science too.
Barry quit doing what you might call normal jobs in 1991 to pursue earning his living as a poker player. He also has a book published too called ‘Ace on the River’ which he is known to give away signed copies of, to players who knock him out of tournaments. This act of generosity though, is just a small token of what Barry has used his poker skill to do for the greater good over the years, giving away huge amounts of his career winnings to charities which shows you what a remarkable and kind man Barry is.
He has two WPT titles to go with his two WSOP bracelets and has amassed career earnings of over $5.5 million, and still competes at the highest level each year both in live tournaments and in online play too. As you can see from his record in poker he is a very talented as well as generous individual, and there will be many people including myself wishing him all the best at this years World Series, and beyond.
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