Greg Raymer
Gregory Raymer (born 25 June 1964, in Minot, North Dakota) is a professional poker player. Raymer’s family moved several times during her childhood, she was born in Minot is a Clearwater, Florida and, finally, St. Louis, Missouri. After Raymer graduated from Parkway South High School St. Louis, he enrolled at the University of Missouri-Rolla, where he majored in chemistry and was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School in 1992 and practiced as a patent attorney for more than a decade. But he no longer works as a lawyer.
When you click Stonington, Connecticut in 1999, Raymer began playing poker with Foxwoods Resort Casino, even though he worked as a patent pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer.
Raymer first pre-money World Series of Poker (WSOP) event during the year 2001 is $ 1500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split-8 or better event won by Chris “Jesus” Ferguson. The next year he could see the background, like Robert VÁRKONYI celebrate the victory after the main event for the 2002 World Series of Poker.
The 2004 World Series, Raymer defeated David Williams to win $ 5000000 first prize is $ 10,000 No Limit Texas Hold ‘em WSOP Main Event. Raymer received the startup money tournament win by a $ 160 satellite event in PokerStars, as the 2003 winner Chris Moneymaker. Raymer is now a representative of PokerStars, together with Moneymaker and the 2005 World Series of Poker champion Joe Hachem.
As the defending champion, Raymer went to the end in 25 place (out of a total of 5,619 participants) in the 2005 WSOP Main Event, earning him 304,680 U.S. dollars. No player since Johnny Chan has been so close to repeat as World Series champions, and their deep end is out of their colleagues, an incredible success in poker, because the fast-growing sector main event each year. His second-to-last day of the game, Raymer in KK, when he caught Aaron Kanter in his call for all-in bet with the “Q” Although J. Raymer was a 9:2 favorite before the flop, Kanter was a guaranteed share the ongoing hearts, to change the color and win so crippling Raymer and effectively end his tournament.
In 2005, Raymer was also the first conference of the British Poker Open, which filmed in London and has UK’s biggest live poker event in history. Since the company the favorite Raymer, the final table for the third a live final and collect around £ 20,000
Raymer appeared in Poker Superstars III has been eliminated, but in the preparation.
In March 2006, Raymer (such as the “Fossilman”) was the second place in the first quarter of each year 1000000 U.S. dollars tournament is guaranteed the PokerStars, to attract more than 180,000 dollars in the area over 1500 tournament players.
On 17 September 2007, Raymer won the WCOOP $ 320 Pot Limit Omaha with rebuys event in PokerStars, winning 168,362 U.S. dollars.
From 2008, his total live tournament victory over 6,000,000 U.S. dollars.
Character and personality
Greg Raymer bear his trademark holographic glasses
Raymer is also known as the favorite as “Fossilman” because of his hobby of collecting fossils. He uses less than the fossil card protector when he plays poker. Early in his career with the poker, he supplemented his bank roll through the sale of fossils to other players at his table.
In addition, World Series, Raymer played a few tournaments have opted to spend time with his wife Cheryl and daughter Sophie instead of immersing himself poker circuit and the constant travel it requires. In November 2005, Raymer and his family in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Raymer said that he was allergic to alcohol during his appearance that the European Poker Tour.
20th December 2004, two men tried to rob Raymer with a gun, as he returned from the Bellagio hotel room after a game is money at stake. Raymer kept them away before police arrived and was unhurt.
After the December 2006 interview, Raymer said he is considering running the U.S. Vice-President in 2008 as the candidate of the Libertarian Party.
December 5, 2008