Barry Greenstein

Barry Greenstein “Robin Hood of Poker“

Birthplace
Chicago, IL

Hometown
Ranchos Palos Verde, CA

Birthday
December 30

Total Winnings
$2,296,284

WPT Career Stats

Stat Rank Value
Tournaments Played 2 78
WPT Win % 69 02.56%
WPT Final Tables 7 5
In The Money Finishes 1 16
WPT Career Earnings 20 $2,296,284
Player Rating 1 0

One-time Symantec software designer and math PhD Barry Greenstein grew up in Chicago, but eventually made his way out west and into the world of poker. His early years, however, consisted of obtaining a computer science degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, then the PhD in mathematics. He retired from Symantec in 1991 at the age of 36, which was when he took the game that his father taught him at a young age and made it into a lucrative career. Now known for his charity work and nickname "Robin Hood of Poker," Greenstein says people wrongly assumed he cashed out of Symantec a rich man. That was not the case. He made his poker roll playing poker.

Greenstein is one of the world's top tournament and cash game players. While only the IRS knows how much Greenstein makes in the cash games, his tournament winnings (more than $2.3 million on the World Poker Tour alone) are well-documented and add up to nearly $6 million. He has cashed in more than ten WPT events, including earning two first place finishes. In addition, he has cashed in 32 World Series of Poker events, two of which were bracelet wins. Greenstein continues to donate a portion of his net tournament winnings to charity, most of which goes Children Incorporated, an organization that sponsors some 15,000 children in 21 countries.

While Greenstein continues to travel the global tournament circuit and play in some of the biggest cash games in the world, most notably in the Big Game at Bellagio with fellow high-stakes players like Doyle Brunson, Jennifer Harman, Eli Elezra, and Daniel Negreanu. He is the celebrated author of Ace on the River, a book about the poker lifestyle that he has made a habit of signing each time a player busts him during a tournament. In his spare time, he attends to his family and just began a business venture with son Joe Sebok to launch the popular PokerRoad website. has also turned him into the celebrated author of Ace on the River.

WPT Career Stats

Stat Rank Value
Tournaments Played 2 78
WPT Win % 69 02.56%
WPT Final Tables 7 5
In The Money Finishes 1 16
WPT Career Earnings 20 $2,296,284
Player Rating 1 0

Final Table Key Stats

Stat Rank Value
Total Hands 14 346
Times All In 28 15
Players Busted 3 7
Luck Rating 114 177.000
Win % 69 02.56%
 

Aggression Stats

Stat Rank Value
Bluff % 7 23.99%
Preflop Raise % 13 37.86%
Reraise Preflop % 55 00.00%
Steal Blind % 16 77.60%
Check Raise % 117 02.11%
Continuation Bet % 72 96.97%

Preflop Stats

Stat Rank Value
Hands Played 14 346
Open Limp % 307 00.00%
Open Raise % 9 29.48%
Preflop Raise % 13 37.86%
Reraise Preflop % 55 00.00%
Steal Blind % 16 77.60%
Cold Call % 185 00.00%
 

From the Blinds Stats

Stat Rank Value
Fold BB to Steal % 245 83.33%
Fold SB to Steal % 327 34.85%
Raise from BB vs. Steal 7 4
Raise from SB vs. Steal 4 43

Post Flop Stats

Stat Rank Value
Flop Aggression Ratio 19 7.000
Turn Aggression Ratio 116 1.667
River Aggression Ratio 96 1.000
Total Post Flop Aggression Ratio 1 30.333
Check Raise % 117 02.11%
Continuation Bet % 72 96.97%
Call Continuation Bet % 97 30.00%
Raise Continuation Bet % 96 20.00%
Win % When Saw Flop 109 51.32%
Showdown % 325 28.95%
Showdown Win % 55 68.18%
Season Tournament Casino Place Points Winnings
I L.A. Poker Classic Commerce Casino 14 0 $18,685
Season I Total: 0 $18,685
II World Poker Open Gold Strike Casino 1 1000 $1,278,370
II PartyPoker Million PartyPoker Million 5 400 $194,763
II WPT Championship Bellagio 35 0 $41,583
Season II Total: 1400 $1,514,716
III World Poker Challenge Reno Hilton 11 0 $20,704
Season III Total: 0 $20,704
IV Borgata Poker Open Borgata 38 0 $12,489
IV Aruba Poker Classic WPT Aruba 9 0 $30,000
IV Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship Bellagio 10 0 $41,380
IV Five Diamond World Poker Classic Bellagio 38 0 $40,250
IV WPT Invitational Commerce Casino 1 0 $125,000
IV Foxwoods Poker Classic Foxwoods Resort Casino 6 300 $85,370
Season IV Total: 300 $334,489
V Borgata Poker Open Borgata 23 0 $26,190
Season V Total: 0 $26,190
VI Mandalay Bay Poker Championship Mandalay Bay 7 200 $54,655
VI Legends of Poker The Bicycle Casino 31 0 $20,575
VI North American Poker Championship Fallsview Casino Resort 4 500 $291,798
VI World Poker Open Gold Strike Casino 18 0 $14,472
Season VI Total: 700 $381,500
Grand Total: 2400 $2,296,284

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