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Jew Poker

by , Mar 22, 2007 | 5:25 am

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I’ve got a fun little speaking gig this weekend — visiting the Beth Torah men’s club to talk poker.

Last year’s appearance went well — in fact, click here if you’ve got 90 minutes to kill listening to some questionable audio — but while regaling the breakfast crowd with poker-boom lore, home-game theory, and tales from the WSOP, I did stumble on one question … “Are there any Jewish poker pros?”

“Absolutely,” I said. “A lot of them. Like, um … uh … um … oh! Barry Greenstein! He’s Jewish, right? Wait, is it GreenSTEEN or GreenSTINE? I never remember.”

Oy.

Actually, if you look back to the old days, you’ll find two types of people regularly making final tables — Jews and Texans. Huh, interesting. In fact, in one legendary WSOP showdown, that’s all there were.

Anyhow, this year I’m not gonna let the gentlemen of Beth Torah throw me. Here’s an interesting story about a different sort of Jewish poker. And below is a list of a few great Jewish players that come to mind. Any others I might be missing?

Barry Greenstein
Mike Matusow
David Grey
Jay Heimowitz
Stu Ungar
Gabe Kaplan
Eli Elezra
Scott Fischman
Annie Duke
Howard Lederer
David Sklansky
Wendeen Eolis
Mel Judah
Josh Arieh
Michael Mizrachi
Jack Strauss
Lyle Berman
Eric Seidel
Jamie Gold
David Levi
David Oppenheim
Barry Shulman
Michele Lewis
Austin Pete
Thum


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17 Comments to “Jew Poker”


  1. Thum     says:
    March 22nd, 2007 at 9:44am

    Thanks for the props Dan. Robert might be a little upset. Too bad.


  2. Fresh Princess     says:
    March 22nd, 2007 at 11:54am

    Mazel Tov!
    Are there just the two of us that fall under the Jewish/Texan category?

    And Allen Jaffey Shulman??


  3. Fresh Princess     says:
    March 22nd, 2007 at 11:57am

    Barney Boatman & Vicki Coren are both in the tribe.


  4. Lavigne in Austin     says:
    March 22nd, 2007 at 12:04pm

    At least there is one “sport” we can rock!


  5. Been nappin     says:
    March 22nd, 2007 at 2:22pm

    What are you talkin about? Jews Rock Baseball!!!!!!Even that kneepaded pecker puffer Brad Assmus is a heeb.


  6. Fresh Princess     says:
    March 22nd, 2007 at 4:13pm

    Been Nappin
    You are obviously soooooo jealous of Brad Ausmus!


  7. DanM     says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 5:07am

    Does that mean Ross Boatman is too?


  8. Fresh Princess     says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 10:09am

    Man…you are sooo smart! 🙂


  9. Fresh Princess     says:
    March 24th, 2007 at 7:06am

    And Tony Bloom…


  10. November Nine Tip: Bet on the Jews | Pokerati | Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas Poker Blog     says:
    October 30th, 2009 at 10:54pm

    […] Disclosure: I used to make an annual pilgrimage to a Dallas synagogue in an effort to bring people with money to the Lodge convert non-gentiles to the poker way. So yeah […]


  11. Gene     says:
    November 18th, 2009 at 7:46pm

    Phil Galfond and David Benyamine are also Jewish.


  12. bennju     says:
    April 4th, 2010 at 12:59pm

    wendeen is a great player? ha!


  13. manuel     says:
    May 18th, 2010 at 10:38pm

    and mike matusow he wears a HI


  14. Tobe     says:
    July 15th, 2010 at 5:41pm

    Andy Bloch.


  15. hahahah funny shit     says:
    July 21st, 2010 at 10:56pm

    how can you fucking not mention Phil Ivey? King of ALL jews, imo


  16. Hah     says:
    September 10th, 2011 at 7:33am

    dirty cunts


  17. Mib001x     says:
    December 3rd, 2011 at 11:51am

    ya aussi isai scheinber le PD de pokerstars