Open-Face Chinese Poker has really taken off. For example, during previous years at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure we always had a $200/$400 or $400/$800 mixed game. But this year rather than a big mixed game, there were four tables of Open-Face Chinese Poker going. I've just started to play the game. I'm not real good as yet, but I ventured in during the last day at PCA because it looked like a pretty good game and that there might be some people I thought I still might be able to...more
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You can't live off dessert...
We are a little more than a month into the new year, and with the new year comes thoughts of how I'll be spending it in terms of my poker-playing. When I plan out my year in poker, there are certain things that are already marked off on the schedule....more
Traveling for the best games
One of the things that I haven't done recently as much as I should have is travel to play in good games. When I was younger and single, if there was a good poker situation I found out where it was and went there, because I was free to travel....more
Outplayed by a chess master, beat up by Ramdin, and still running well
I spent the last month playing poker pretty close to where I live in the Los Angeles area. First there was the month-long tournament at the Commerce and I can't remember doing much of anything in the tournaments. I played the Chinese Poker Tournament and came in third out of...more
My Year in Tournaments (Summer) by Barry Greenstiein
Barry Greenstein is giving us a monthly peek into his books and being honest about how his tournament year is going.For more check out: January, February, and March. by Barry Greenstein Events 18-41: The WSOP 2010 Buy-ins: $186,000 Airfare: 400 Room and Board: $9,000 Cashout: $51,000 2010 Cumulative Profit -$422,400...more
My Year in Tournaments (March) by Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein is giving us a monthly peek into his books and being honest about how his tournament year is going.For more check out: January and February by Barry Greenstein I won my first two matches (against Vanessa Rousso and Sammy Farha) in the NBC heads up. Most of the...more
My Year in Tournaments (February) by Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein is giving us a monthly peek into his books and being honest about how his tournament year is going. Read: January's update. by Barry Greenstein There were no airfare or hotel room costs for me in LA since I live there. I wasted good starts in the NAPT...more
My Year in Tournaments (January) by Barry Greenstein
I have a really nice job. It's part of my job to wear a PokerStars patch whenever I play in a live tournament. To give you an idea of how many events PokerStars is sponsoring, I heard that they are planning to introduce their tenth poker tour, the JPT, on...more
2009 WCOOP: Greenstein finds another way to multi-table
One of my favorite blog posts I've written here was Seventeen steps with Barry Greenstein. That was back during the 2007 World Series of Poker when Greenstein managed to get himself involved in two tournaments at once. Instead of doing what a lot of people do at the WSOP--play one...more
2009 WCOOP: Greenstein's tips
Team PokerStars Pro is a vast and deep well of resources when it comes to all things poker. Whether it's high stakes cash games or deep stacked tournaments, Team PokerStars Pro has somebody who can talk to you about it. When it comes to the World Championship of Online Poker,...more


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