I only started playing poker two years ago, when I was 28. Everyone assumes that because my dad is Barry Greenstein I was taught the game at an early age, but it was actually the opposite. He kept me away from it completely. We never played cards. My dad knew how tough it was. He’d seen the dirtier side of poker, people owing money and getting hurt. I think he made the right decision to keep me away from it.

So I ended up going to college and moving into tech work in San Francisco. I got laid off in late 2004, so I went travelling.