Greg Raymer
Before becoming a professional poker player, Greg Raymer was a patent lawyer with a degree from the University of Missouri-Rolla, majoring in chemistry. From 1992 to 2002 he worked as a patent lawyer, and today he has dedicated his time to being a professional poker player. It was during the late days of his being a lawyer that he discovered the joys of playing poker seriously.
It was in 1999 that he started playing poker. He had just moved to Connecticut, and he played at the Foxwoods Resort Casino when he did not have to work as the patent lawyer at Pfizer. Two years later, in 2001, he joined the World Series of Poker and won ITM. His big win in the WSOP would come not too long after, in 2004. He got a seat to the WSOP by joining a $160 satellite game at Pokerstars, and at the WSOP he ended up being the champion inthe $10,000 no-limit Texas Hold’em main event. As the champion, he took home $5,000,000 and the WSOP bracelet. He was not able to defend his title as the champion, but he placed 25th the following year, taking home $304,680.
After his big win at the WSOP, he continued to join different major tournaments, although he tried to make the WSOP his main poker event. This is because he still leaves enough time to spend with his family, and so he only participates in the major poker events that take place yearly, such as the WSOP, the WPT, and the EPT. In the present day, his overall winnings amount to nearly $6.8 million, and almost $6.5 million came from his winnings at the WSOP alone.
He plays in online poker rooms using the nickname Fossilman. He got the nickname from his means of supporting himself before he became a professional poker player or a lawyer: he would sell fossil card protectors in order to make money, hence the name. You would find him in poker tournaments wearing his trademark holographic glasses.