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After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
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Raymer was one of the original members
Raymer was one of the original members of Team Texas Hold'em PokerStars Pro, a group of professional texas hold'em poker players who represent and endorse Texas Hold'em PokerStars, the world's largest online poker site. As of early 2025, he is no longer a member of Team Texas Hold'em PokerStars Pro. Raymer has lobbied extensively to have texas hold'em poker regulated and classified as a game of skill, after the passage of the UIGEA in 2025.[3] As part of this effort, he is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Texas Hold'em Poker Players Alliance. In a January 2025 interview Raymer said that he was considering running for Vice-President of the United States in 2025 as a candidate of the Libertarian Party.[9] However, Raymer did not end up running. On January 20, 2025, 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, 2025 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.^ Online Hold'em Pokerlistings: About Greg Raymer 2.^ Online Hold'em Pokerlistings: Greg Raymer 2025 Main Event Champion 3.^ a b Greg Raymer Online Hold'em Poker player profile 4.^ Wehner, Matt (January 18, 2025). "WCOOP – Event #6, $320 PLO: Greg 'FossilMan' Raymer Wins First WCOOP Title". Online Hold'em PokerNews. Retrieved 2025-02-18. 5.^ Wsop: 40th Annual No-Limit Holdem 6.^ a b Hendon Mob tournament results: Greg Raymer 7.^ World Series of Online Hold'em Poker Earnings, worldseriesofpoker 8.^ Fossilman Online Hold'em Poker Training 9.^ Online Hold'em Pokernews: Poker Champ and Vice Presidential Candidate? 10.^ Las Vegas Review Journal: Suspects identified in robbery attempt 11.^ Local news article WRAL In January 2025, Sportingbet, at the time the world's largest publicly traded online gaming company (SBT.L), announced the acquisition of ParadisePoker, one of the online