Barry Greenstein is an American professional poker player born December 30, 1954, in Chicago, Illinois, who holds a computer science degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and worked briefly at Symantec before turning to poker full time. He has won three World Series of Poker bracelets, in 2004, 2005 and 2008, and two World Poker Tour titles, including the Jack Binion World Poker Open for 1,278,370 dollars, with career live tournament winnings exceeding 8.5 million dollars, and he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2011. Known as the Robin Hood of Poker for donating much of his winnings to charities including Children Incorporated, he finished second in the 2008 WSOP Player of the Year standings.
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Career HighlightHe has won a number of major events, including three at the World Series of Poker and two on the World Poker Tour. 1 Classification
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Why is Barry Greenstein called the Robin Hood of Poker?
He donates much of his poker winnings to charity.
Barry Greenstein earned the nickname because he gives away much of his poker income to charity, mainly Children Incorporated. After he won 770,000 dollars at Larry Flynt's 1 million dollar Seven-Card Stud event in 2003, he donated 440,000 dollars to the charity, a gift of 1,000 dollars to each of its 440 employees. In 2006 he announced that he would donate his net tournament earnings to charity.
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Barry Greenstein (born December 30, 1954, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional poker player and former mathematics postgraduate student.
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Barry Greenstein (born December 30, 1954, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional poker player and former mathematics postgraduate student.
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is an American professional poker player and former mathematics postgraduate student
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He has won a number of major events, including three at the World Series of Poker and two on the World Poker Tour.
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Barry Greenstein (born December 30, 1954, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional poker player and former mathematics postgraduate student.
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He has won a number of major events, including three at the World Series of Poker and two on the World Poker Tour.
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is an American professional poker player and former mathematics postgraduate student.
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