Interview with Barry Greenstein

[Texter]

Barry discusses Charity, his new book, and why he seriously considered giving up poker.

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[Yeti]

Barry: I only played online while I was writing the short internet chapter in my book. I can’t use all of my skills when I can’t see faces and body language, but I still won more than $20,000 during the week I played.

Heh.

[augie00]

He must have been playing the 100/200 game at stars. Does anybody know when his book is coming out? I'm really, really interested in reading this.

[rusellmj]

Good interview. Very open and honest about his stregnths and weaknesses, both poker and personally. I'm kinda looking forward to the psychology section.
Russ

[Jim T]

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Barry: I only played online while I was writing the short internet chapter in my book. I can’t use all of my skills when I can’t see faces and body language, but I still won more than $20,000 during the week I played.

Heh.

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As anyone who reads 2+2 knows, that is far too small a sample size to tell if he's actually any good at online poker.



PS Yes, this is a joke.

[johnnybeef]

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As anyone who reads 2+2 knows, that is far too small a sample size to tell if he's actually any good at online poker.


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hilarious!

[jakethebake]

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Barry: I only played online while I was writing the short internet chapter in my book. I can’t use all of my skills when I can’t see faces and body language, but I still won more than $20,000 during the week I played.

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This is kind of weird. If he never played Internet poker before, why on Earth would he include a chapter on it? What could he add that's specific to playing on the Internet, given his lack of experience there. (Note: I'm not saying he's not a great Internet player. Just why an Internet-specific chapter?) Comments Barry if you see this?

[barryg1]

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Barry: I only played online while I was writing the short internet chapter in my book. I can’t use all of my skills when I can’t see faces and body language, but I still won more than $20,000 during the week I played.

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This is kind of weird. If he never played Internet poker before, why on Earth would he include a chapter on it? What could he add that's specific to playing on the Internet, given his lack of experience there. (Note: I'm not saying he's not a great Internet player. Just why an Internet-specific chapter?) Comments Barry if you see this?

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Good point. After I wrote the chapter, I had Phil Ivey read it. At that time, he had made more than $100,000 a month for several months on the internet. He wrote me a surprisingly lucid e-mail with some great changes and additions. (He hasn't been to college, but his writing was a lot better than most of the students I had when I taught at the University of Illinois. I realized he's smarter than I thought he was.)

[J.A.Sucker]

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He hasn't been to college, but his writing was a lot better than most of the students I had when I taught at the University of Illinois. I realized he's smarter than I thought he was.

[/ QUOTE ] You should tell David about this. Maybe he'll be added to his list.

[That guy]

I had Phil Ivey read it. At that time, he had made more than $100,000 a month for several months on the internet.

I have played for several months on the internet, I would be happy to take one more look at it for you Barry.