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The poker world has lost another talented, well-respected, player this week after long-time poker pro and author Barry Tanenbaum lost his battle with a Kidney Disease. Tanenbaum was 66 years-old. He leaves behind his wife Betty.

For anyone who became interested in poker prior to the poker boom, Barry Tanenbaum was one of the best-known figures in the poker community. Tanenbaum was a long-time strategic columnist for Card Player, specializing in Limit Holdem, and had written two recent books on Limit Holdem: Advanced Limit Hold’ Em Strategy, and as the co-author of Limit Hold’em: Winning Short-Handed Strategies along with Terry Borer and Lawrence Mak.

Tanenbaum was also a constant in the mid-stakes Limit Holdem games for decades, and could be found at the Bellagio playing $30/$60 and $40/$80 Limit Holdem tables. Tanenbaum was a true professional and ambassador for the game of poker.

Tanenbaum’s friend and long-time colleague at Card Player Magazine, Jan Fisher, summed up Tanenbaum’s life perfectly in the following passage from a recent column at pokerplayernewspaper.com:

“The poker world has lost a true hero, a real champion of the game, who “had it all” going on. Always a gentleman, even during his rare defeats, he inspired me to be a good person both at and away from the table. He always respected the game and the people around him. A class act, he will be missed more than words can describe.”