2004 WSOP WINNER GREG RAYMER
At the bottom of this page you will find a short bio of 2004 WSOP winner Greg Raymer. Click on any one of the WSOP winners below to read their bio!
At the bottom of this page you will find a short bio of 2004 WSOP winner Greg Raymer. Click on any one of the WSOP winners below to read their bio!
2004 WSOP WINNER GREG RAYMER
Gregory (Greg) P. "Fossilman" Raymer (born 1964 in Minot, North Dakota) is a professional poker player. He is best known for winning the 2004 World Series of Poker main event, and for the opaque holographic sunglasses that he wears during hands.
Raymer moved to Lansing, Michigan when he was a few months old, then moved to Clearwater, Florida at the age of 11. After graduating from high school in St. Louis, he majored in chemistry at the University of Missouri, where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1992. He practiced as a patent attorney for more than a decade, but no longer works as a lawyer.
After moving to Stonington, Connecticut in 1999, Raymer began playing poker at Foxwoods Resort Casino while he was working as a patent lawyer for a pharmaceutical company.
Raymer first finished in the money of a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event during 2001 in the $1,500 Omaha hi-lo split 8 or better event won by Chris "Jesus" Ferguson. The next year he could be seen in the background as Robert Varkonyi celebrated after winning the main event at the 2002 World Series of Poker.
At the 2004 World Series, Raymer defeated David Williams to win the $5,000,000 first prize in the $10,000 no limit Texas hold 'em WSOP main event. (In the final hand, Raymer's 8 8 defeated Williams' A 4.) Raymer received the entry fee to the tournament by winning a $160 satellite event on PokerStars, just like the 2003 winner, Chris Moneymaker. Raymer is now a representative of PokerStars, alongside Moneymaker and the 2005 World Series of Poker champion Joe Hachem.
Raymer went on to finish in 25th place (out of 5,619 entrants) in the 2005 WSOP Main Event, earning him $304,680. This has been described by his peers as one of the most incredible achievements in poker, considering the rapidly increasing field of players in the Main Event every year. On the second-to-last day of play, Raymer held K K when he trapped Aaron Kanter into calling his all-in bet with Q J. Even though Raymer was a 4:1 favorite before the flop, Kanter came from behind to hit running hearts and win, thus crippling Raymer and effectively ending his tournament.
Raymer appeared in Poker Superstars III but was eliminated in the preliminaries.
In March 2006, Raymer (as "Fossilman") took 2nd place in the first quarterly $1,000,000 guaranteed tournament on PokerStars, winning over $180,000 in a field of over 1500 tournament players.
As of 2006, his total live tournament winnings exceed $5,700,000.
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Gregory (Greg) P. "Fossilman" Raymer (born 1964 in Minot, North Dakota) is a professional poker player. He is best known for winning the 2004 World Series of Poker main event, and for the opaque holographic sunglasses that he wears during hands.
Raymer moved to Lansing, Michigan when he was a few months old, then moved to Clearwater, Florida at the age of 11. After graduating from high school in St. Louis, he majored in chemistry at the University of Missouri, where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1992. He practiced as a patent attorney for more than a decade, but no longer works as a lawyer.
After moving to Stonington, Connecticut in 1999, Raymer began playing poker at Foxwoods Resort Casino while he was working as a patent lawyer for a pharmaceutical company.
Raymer first finished in the money of a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event during 2001 in the $1,500 Omaha hi-lo split 8 or better event won by Chris "Jesus" Ferguson. The next year he could be seen in the background as Robert Varkonyi celebrated after winning the main event at the 2002 World Series of Poker.
At the 2004 World Series, Raymer defeated David Williams to win the $5,000,000 first prize in the $10,000 no limit Texas hold 'em WSOP main event. (In the final hand, Raymer's 8 8 defeated Williams' A 4.) Raymer received the entry fee to the tournament by winning a $160 satellite event on PokerStars, just like the 2003 winner, Chris Moneymaker. Raymer is now a representative of PokerStars, alongside Moneymaker and the 2005 World Series of Poker champion Joe Hachem.
Raymer went on to finish in 25th place (out of 5,619 entrants) in the 2005 WSOP Main Event, earning him $304,680. This has been described by his peers as one of the most incredible achievements in poker, considering the rapidly increasing field of players in the Main Event every year. On the second-to-last day of play, Raymer held K K when he trapped Aaron Kanter into calling his all-in bet with Q J. Even though Raymer was a 4:1 favorite before the flop, Kanter came from behind to hit running hearts and win, thus crippling Raymer and effectively ending his tournament.
Raymer appeared in Poker Superstars III but was eliminated in the preliminaries.
In March 2006, Raymer (as "Fossilman") took 2nd place in the first quarterly $1,000,000 guaranteed tournament on PokerStars, winning over $180,000 in a field of over 1500 tournament players.
As of 2006, his total live tournament winnings exceed $5,700,000.
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