Barry Greenstein has car stolen and returned detailed

Experienced poker players are used to running both hot and cold. On Saturday Barry Greenstein relayed via his Twitter feed the peculiar story of having his Aston Martin DB9 stolen from valet parking in Sand Diego, California where he was playing poker, only to be returned later by the apologizing thief who had it detailed.

Greenstein was in San Diego to play in a mixed game at the Palomar Card Club. On Saturday afternoon, Greenstein posted this:

"I don't think twitter can help with this but you never know: my Aston Martin DB9 was stolen from valet parking!"

Followed shortly by:

"Guy came up to valet and said his name was Greenstein. Didn't have a valet ticket. Flashed a california ID."

Only an hour or so later:

"Unbelievable, but the guy dropped the car back at the mariott. He's now claiming I asked him to detail it."

After talking with police, Greenstein relayed the true details of what happened:

"the valet guy knew he had screwed up and lied about the ID and Greenstein story. He's terminated. The guy who took the car saw it in the valet parking lot and told the valet guy the plate and asked for the car."

Wrapping the bizarre episode, Greenstein tweeted:

"The perp's mother claimed he has mental issues and somewhat believes it's his car. He is now in the hospital."

"The guy detailed the car, inside also. I feel bad for him. Normal person would have dropped it off somewhere."

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