Greg RaymerGreg "Fossilman" Raymer is a world-class, prize-winning poker player originally from North Dakota. He is famous for winning the 2004 World Series of Poker Championship and for the holographic shades he wears while playing. He was previously a pharmaceuticals patent attorney by profession, and his "Fossilman" nickname originates in the fact that at the table, he uses fossils as card protectors. By 2006, his total live tournament winnings had exceeded $5,700,000.Raymer's experience in poker began while he was in college, majoring in chemistry at the University of Missouri-Rolla, where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He has said: "I started in my fraternity, playing nickel-dime poker. I didn't really play again until I was working in my first job as a lawyer in Chicago." In 1999, he moved to Stonington, Connecticut and began playing poker more regularly at the Foxwoods Resort Casino while working as a patent lawyer. Do you want instant cash bonuses; sign-up and reload bonuses? If so, BodogPoker is for you!! Bodog.com is a very popular online Sports/Poker/Casino website which offers a great player points system along with many free-roll tournaments! Are you ready to win a seat into this year's World Series of Poker Main Event? Bodog Poker has built the best reputation for Online Gaming by nailing four key service points; offering quick and simple depositing methods, instant cash bonuses, fast payouts, and the most impressive customer service department in the industry! Join Bodog Poker today! His first time finishing "in the money" of a World Series of Poker event came during 2001, in the $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 Or Better event, which was finally taken by Chris Ferguson. Playing in the World Series in 2004, Raymer beat David Williams and took the first prize of $5,000,000 in the main event $10,000 No Limit Texas Hold 'Em. Raymer famously managed to secure the tournament's entry fee by taking a $160 double-shoot qualifying tournament on PokerStars. Raymer now also stands as a representative for PokerStars. Check out the entire 2010 WSOP Schedule! Coolly showing that his win in 2004 was certainly no kind of fluke, in the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event, Raymer swept through the field again. He was eventually halted just short of the top spots, finishing 25th out of a total of 5,619 players. He earned the respect of many of his peers and a prize of $304,680 for his achievements. His performance has been described as "one of the most incredible achievements in poker," given the ever increasing and improving number of players entering the Main Event each year. In March 2006, Raymer secured 2nd place results in PokerStars's first quarterly $1,000,000 tournament. His efforts saw him take home a prize fund of over $180,000 from a field of more than 1,500 players. As well as rapidly establishing a status as one of the most respected No Limit Texas Holdem players operating in the world poker circuit, Raymer has equally quickly gained a reputation for being one of the most friendly and likeable players in the game. Win your seat into the next 2010 WSOP or WPT event by joining Bodog Poker and playing in a satellite tournament! --- by Bones McCoy at Poker Room on November 15, 2006
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