Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
Raymer was one of the original members
Raymer was one of the original members of Team PokerStars Pro, a group of professional poker players who represent and endorse PokerStars.com, the world's largest online poker site. As of early 2011, he is no longer a member of Team PokerStars Pro. Raymer has lobbied extensively to have poker regulated and classified as a game of skill, after the passage of the UIGEA in 2006.[3] As part of this effort, he is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Poker Players Alliance. In a December 2006 interview Raymer said that he was considering running for Vice-President of the United States in 2008 as a candidate of the Libertarian Party.[9] However, Raymer did not end up running. On December 20, 2004, 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 until police arrived
Raymer held them off until police arrived and was unharmed.[10] On March 14, 2013 Raymer was arrested along with five other men in Wake Forest, NC, and charged with prostitution and attempted crimes against nature and received a $1,000 secured bond.[11] Notes[edit]1.^ Pokerlistings.com: About Greg Raymer 2.^ Pokerlistings.com: Greg Raymer 2004 Main Event Champion 3.^ a b Greg Raymer Poker player profile 4.^ Wehner, Matt (September 18, 2007). "WCOOP – Event #6, $320 PLO: Greg 'FossilMan' Raymer Wins First WCOOP Title". PokerNews.com. Retrieved 2007-09-18. 5.^ Wsop.com: 40th Annual No-Limit Holdem 6.^ a b Hendon Mob tournament results: Greg Raymer 7.^ World Series of Poker Earnings, worldseriesofpoker.com 8.^ Fossilman Poker Training 9.^ Pokernews.com: Poker Champ and Vice Presidential Candidate? 10.^ Las Vegas Review Journal: Suspects identified in robbery attempt 11.^ Local news article WRAL In October 2004, Sportingbet, at the time the world's largest publicly traded online gaming company (SBT.L), announced the acquisition of ParadisePoker.com, one of the online