Greg raymer biography
Greg Raymer
American poker player
Gregory Raymer (born June 25, ) nicknamed "Fossilman," is a professional poker player and author. He is best known for winning the World Series of Poker Main Event.[1]
Early life
Raymer's family moved numerous times during his childhood, from his birthplace of Minot, North Dakota to Lansing, Michigan, where he lived until age He then moved to Clearwater, Florida, attending Dunedin Middle School, and would move later once again, this time to St.
Louis, Missouri.[2]
After Raymer graduated from Parkway South High School in St. Louis, he enrolled at the University of Missouri–Rolla, where he majored in chemistry and became a member of Kappa Sigmafraternity.
He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a master's degree in biochemistry in , and then again from the University of Minnesota Law School in He then practiced law as a patent attorney for more than a decade, spending the last six years of his legal career at the pharmaceutical company Pfizer.[2]
Raymer is nicknamed "Fossilman" because of his fossil collecting hobby.
He uses a small fossil as a card protector while he plays poker.[3]
Poker
Raymer first finished in the money of a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event during in the $1, Omaha hi-lo split 8 or better event won by Chris Ferguson.[4] At the World Series of Poker, he defeated David Williams to win the $5,, first prize in the $10, no limitTexas hold 'em WSOP main event.[5]
The following year, as defending champion, Raymer finished 25th (out of 5, entrants) in the WSOP Main Event, earning him $,[6] Arguably, this two-year accomplishment ranks as one of the most impressive performances in the Main Event in recent history, along with Dan Harrington's.
Both players posted deep runs in consecutive years (Harrington finished 3rd and 4th in /), and both looked to repeat as world champion within a ten-year span (Harrington won the Main Event in ).[7]
In , Raymer entered the inaugural British Poker Open, which was filmed in London and was the UK's biggest live poker event in history.
As one of the favorites, he made the final table and came in third in a live final, worth around £20,[8]
On September 17, , Raymer won his first World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) bracelet by winning Event #6 of the WCOOP, a $ Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys event. The victory netted him $,[9]
At the World Series of Poker $40, No Limit hold 'em event, he placed third out of entrants and won $,[10]
In , he won an unprecedented four Heartland Poker Tour events.
On July 30, he bested opponents at the Route 66 Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on October 1, he defeated players at the River City Casino in St. Louis, on October 22, he took down another title at the Prairie Meadows Racetrack Casino In Iowa, and on November 19 he capped it off with a win at the HPT Champ Open at the Belterra Casino in Indiana.
Raymer easily won the Heartland Poker Tour Player of The Year title earning a total of $, in winnings.[11]
At the World Series of Poker Main Event, he made another deep run finishing nd in a field of 6, players earning $49,[12]
In , he won a record fifth Heartland Poker Tour Main Event.
On January 20, he bested opponents at the Ameristar Casino East Chicago in East Chicago, Indiana earning him $, on a $1, buy-in.[13]
In October , Raymer won a Platinum Pass to the PokerStars Players' Championship worth $30, (plus top prize of $4,) in the $ HORSE tournament at the inaugural Cardplayer Lifestyle Mixed Game Festival, hosted by Robbie Strazynski.[14]
As of , his total live tournament winnings exceed $ million.[11] Most of his winnings ($6,,) have come from his 60+ cashes at WSOP tournament events.[3]
Other activities
On December 20, , two men attempted to rob Raymer at gunpoint as he returned to his Bellagio hotel room after playing in a cash game.
Raymer held them off by using a karate chop until police arrived and was unharmed.[15]
Raymer has lobbied extensively to have poker regulated and classified as a game of skill, after the passage of the UIGEA in [7] As part of this effort, he was a member of the Board of Directors of the now defunct Poker Players Alliance.
In a December interview, Raymer said that he was considering running for Vice President of the United States in as a candidate of the Libertarian Party.[16] However, Raymer did not end up running.
Since , Raymer has operated a poker training school called Fossilman Poker Training.[17] The day training classes are conducted at poker rooms around the US and Canada.
Raymer was one of the original members of Team PokerStars Pro, a group of professional poker players who represent and endorse , the world's largest online poker site. As of early , he is no longer a member of Team PokerStars.
In March Raymer was arrested for soliciting a prostitute in North Carolina.
The charges were dropped after he completed 75 hours of community service.[18]
In June , his book Fossilman's Winning Tournament Strategies was published by D+B Poker[19]
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