We can say that a player has an elastic hand when he or she will decide to call or not based on the amounts of bet. On the other hand, an inelastic hand will be called or folded without any effect on the size of the betting.

Elastic hand

Let us say you have Q-spade, 10-heart. The board reveals A-diamond, Q-clubs, 8-heart, 5-heart, 2-clubs. The size of the pot is $10.

Here is what may happen:

• If the other player puts in a bet of $3-$5, you should call.
• If the other player puts in a bet of $5$8, you can call or fold.
• If the other player puts in a bet of $8-$10, you should fold.

This is said to be an elastic hand because your action will be based on the size of the bet of the other player. The action may vary and is flexible.

Inelastic hand

Let us say you have 10-heart, 9-diamond. The board reveals 10-diamond, 10-spade, 8-spade, 4-spade, 4-clubs. The pot is $10.

Here is what may happen:

• If the other player puts in a bet of $3-$5, you should call.
• If the other player puts in a bet of $5$8, you should call.
• If the other player puts in a bet of $8-$10, you should call.

The scenario may be of the opposite when you have 5-heart, 6-clubs and the board has 10-diamond, 10-spade, 8-spade, 4-spade, 4-clubs. The pot is $10.

• If the other player puts in a bet of $3-$5, you should fold.
• If the other player puts in a bet of $5$8, you should fold.
• If the other player puts in a bet of $8-$10, you should fold.

These are considered inelastic since the size of the bet will have not an effect if you will fold or call, and the decision is not flexible.

Barry Greenstein lives in Chicago and it is his hometown as well. He remains until today a great army card player. Although Barry Greenstein has a degree in computer science from the University of Illinois he prefers to play poker full time. Before that he did work at Symantec and then retired at the age of 36 to take up playing poker not only as a profession but a passionate one at that. He has also upped his education since then and has got himself a doctorate degree as well. That is quite a commendable academic background for someone who is playing poker in the big league and for a living now.

Barry Greenstein differs greatly from the other poker stars as most of his wins he does not take for himself but donates to his favorite charities. This is what has earned him the most coveted of nicknames called the Robin hood of the game of poker. He has also got a book to his credit called the Ace on the River which was a book that has motivated several other poker players on the path to success. So far, the wins that Barry Greenstein has been able to get for himself have amounted to as many as over 7,5000,000 millions of dollars. He continues to remain first place finishes at 12. At the WSOP Bracelet he was at 3.

Barry Greenstein is single and has six children including poker professional Joe Seebock. The hobbies that Barry Greenstein has are online bridge. Before that he loved the game of golf. His lifetime ambition at one point of time was to become an M.D. and find out the cure for the different kinds of diseases that come by people’s ways. However, now of course he has given up on it and all his time is taken up by poker and how to better himself at the game. He loves spending time at home just pottering around at times. He hates war and hatred and loves to help children in need. That is the reason most of his earnings are donated to the several charities that he is a part of. He’s convinced quite a few other poker professionals to start charitable works – and players like Jennifer Harman call him an inspiration.

Besides being an excellent ace player in the game of poker, Barry Greenstein continues to remain a wonderful human being as well. He does respect quite a few of his opponents but wouldn’t like to name any of them. The latest win by Barry Greenstein was for $16,120 in the Festa Al Lago WPT Season 9. The place that he stood at was 38^th. He has played poker all over the globe be it Europe or Australia and come out a winner.

He must have been playing reasonably solid as he ended with a profit. Nice to see the ever so busty Jennifer Tilly chearing him on, and Antonio Esfandiari playing with him too!

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I love Lex, but I’m a big fan of the mathematical views of Bill Chen too…

Greg Raymer just looks like he gained even more weight in 2010. Will this ever stop? xD

You like her or you don’t, but Vanessa Rousso knows what she’s doing at the poker table.

Has anyone tried her iPad app?