Barry Greenstein, better known as the "Robin Hood of Poker", has won the WPT Invitational at L.A.'s Commerce Casino. Living up to his reputation Greenstein will donate the $100,000 first prize to Children, Incorporated, a charity that provides food, clothing, medical and school supplies for children all over the world.
The WPT Invitational is an invitation-only event in which selected celebrities can match their poker wits against seasoned poker veterans. The event is hosted by Los Angeles' Commerce Casino, the biggest real poker room in the world, and also home to another WPT event, the L.A. Poker Classic.
Notable celebs that participated in the event were James Woods, Cindy Margolis, Lou Diamond Phillips, Meatloaf and Adrian Young, the drummer from No Doubt. Steve Lipscomb, the CEO of WPT Enterprises, also joined the fun, and did quite well until he was eliminated by the eventual winner of the tourney, Barry Greenstein.
No celebs at he final TV table but only the following poker pros: Barry Greenstein, Blair Rodman, Allen Kessler, Jesse Jones, Tom Lock and Ugur Marangoz. Greenstein was the chipleader and the obvious favorite. After the prize presentation Greenstein and Rodman went heads up. In the final hand Greenstein raised AK and Rodman reacted by going all-in with AT. Rodman's hand didn't improve and Barry Greenstein could add the WPT Invitational title to his impressive poker resume.
Barry Greenstein, the author of "Ace on the River", an advanced poker guide, will donate the $100,000 first prize to Children, Incorporated, a charity that provides food, clothing, medical and school supplies for children all over the world. So far, Greenstein has raised over $1.5 million for Children Incorporated and we're sure there's a lot more coming their way from the "Robin Hood of Poker". Greenstein als won a $25K entry into the WPT Championship to be held later this year at the Bellagio.
The WPT Invitational will be broadcast on the Travel Channel as part of the World Poker Tour's Season IV.