He uses a small fossil as a card protector while he plays poker. Raymer is nicknamed 'Fossilman' because of his fossil collecting hobby. He then practiced law as a patent attorney for more than a decade, spending the last six years of his legal career at the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a master's degree in biochemistry in 1989, and then again from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1992. Louis, he enrolled at the University of Missouri–Rolla, where he majored in chemistry and became a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. Īfter Raymer graduated from Parkway South High School in St. He then moved to Clearwater, Florida, attending Dunedin Middle School, and would move later once again, this time to St. Raymer's family moved numerous times during his childhood, from his birthplace of Minot, North Dakota to Lansing, Michigan, where he lived until age 10. He is best known for winning the 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event. Gregory Raymer, nicknamed 'Fossilman,' is a professional poker player and author. Information accurate as of 22 February 2020.
Greg Raymer at the 2008 World Series of Poker
