Fossilman update
 

I am crossposting this from the WPT forum as many of us have known and played against Greg for a few years.

Per card player update less than fifty minutes ago:

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Russell Banes goes all-in preflop with J-J and is called by Greg Raymer, who holds Q-Q. The board comes 10-9-5-K-3. Raymer busts Banes and now has $545,000 in chips.

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Good luck Greg on another strong tournament!

Thank you,

Jim Kuhn
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Rock on, man!

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With the risk of being banned, please refrain from unprovoked personal attacks on other posters.

Thank you,

Jim Kuhn
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oh geez!

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Nice post, Havent you been banned yet?

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pound for pound....he still has way more money then you will ever have

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What amazes me is how luck can turn on you. Sam Farha started in 2nd place chip count at one point and got eliminated today. And this after he came in second to Moneymaker in 2003.

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he is now second in chips with 283 to go!! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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where are you getting these standings??

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cardplayer.com

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Is anyone else impressed that nearly 20% of the players this year are pokerstars qualifiers?

according to their site , they have more than 1100 qualifiers in a field of more than 5600

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It'll only be impressive if at least 2 of the players at the final table were poker stars qualifiers.

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What amazes me is how luck can turn on you. Sam Farha started in 2nd place chip count at one point and got eliminated today. And this after he came in second to Moneymaker in 2003.

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To see a great explanation of this please see :
TPFAP : pg.137

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Sweet, go greg.

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That is amazing. What a run. More impressive than Kobayshi?

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$850k in chips and the chip lead for Greg.

Jesus Christ that's amazing.

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$850k in chips and the chip lead for Greg.

Jesus Christ that's amazing.

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looks like that Rod Pardey guy is the leader. he just cracked 1 mil.

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That is amazing. What a run. More impressive than Kobayshi?

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Hell no. But I bet Greg would do better at hot-dog eating than Kobe would do at poker.

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I can't resist:
http://img188.echo.cx/img188/2820/greg1ub.jpg

If you haven't seen them yet, both the MS Paint Thread and the comics are worth seeing (5 year old stlye awesomeness). I'm not just tooting my own horn here. Add your [censored] to this great stuff. Warning: they are long and well worth the trip. You got nothing better to do. Go now!

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Date / Time: 2005-07-11 23:05:00

Title: Raymer Going Strong

Log: Greg Raymer is approaching $1,000,000 as he busts yet another player when his Aces hold up against Kings.

Fossilman is on fire
 

from cardplayer:

"With the board showing K-J-5-7, Raymer calls an all-in. His oppoent shows K-5 for two pair, while Raymer shows K-7 for a better two pair. The river is a blank, Raymer eliminates another, and now sits atop a stack of $1,000,500."

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man, he is cruising

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Date / Time: 2005-07-11 23:12:00

Title: Raymer!

Log:

In the very seat where the last player was eliminated, a player is seated and immediately picks up pocket 10's. This player moves all-in, who is called by none other than Greg Raymer, who has none other than pocket Aces. There is no help for either on the board, and Raymer eliminates yet another player.

Best of luck, Greg!
 

Best wishes, Greg! You will be a living legend if you win this, and I can think of no better person.

Ryan

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PokerWire just posted new chip counts, Raymer at 1.2 mil.


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1 Greg Raymer $ 1,200,000
2 Rod Pardey Jr. $ 1,100,000
3 Brad Komeracki $ 1,000,000
4 Gabe Walls $ 700,000
5 Steve Marks $ 600,000
6 Minh Ly $ 550,000
7 Tom Sartori $ 520,000
8 Layne Flack $ 500,000
9 Shaun Daulat $ 500,000
10 Phil Ivey $ 480,000
11 Howard Lederer $ 468,000
12 Hung La $ 460,000
13 Nick Cassavettes $ 450,000
14 Mike Matusow $ 440,000
15 Yakov Hirsch $ 400,000
16 Terry Myers $ 400,000
17 CK Hua $ 380,000
18 David Plastik $ 330,000
19 Jason Lester $ 300,000
20 Russ Salzer $ 300,000
21 Lee Watkinson $ 300,000
22 James Butts $ 280,000
23 Robert Turner $ 280,000
24 Will O'Brien $ 280,000
25 Kenna James $ 260,000
26 Russ Hamilton $ 260,000
27 Shawn Sheikham $ 240,000
28 JC Tran $ 230,000
29 David 'Chino' Rheem $ 220,000
30 Dutch Boyd $ 200,000
31 Daniel Shak $ 200,000
32 Daniel Alaei $ 200,000
33 Babak Razi $ 200,000
34 Mike May $ 180,000
35 Joe Toth $ 165,000
36 Paul Darden $ 150,000
37 John Juanda $ 145,000
38 Ralph Perry $ 130,000
39 Glyn Banks $ 120,000
40 Rene Wexler $ 120,000
41 Neil Channing $ 100,000
42 Louie 'Plenty4all' Calvo $ 100,000
43 Jim Meehan $ 97,000
44 Mike Wattel $ 60,000
45 Mark Napolitano $ 50,000
46 Gary Bush $ 50,000

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Only 46 left?

Dutch Boyd at 30...I wonder if he makes the final table (wins $1million) will he buck up and pay the debts. IIRC he claimed if he won the year Moneymaker won (2.x million) he would repay the debt.

rJ

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Greg Raymer is rigged.

Good luck!!!!!!!!!! [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

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4 Gabe Walls $ 700,000


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Another Magic:the Gathering pro about to do a David Williams maybe.

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Only 46 left?

Dutch Boyd at 30...I wonder if he makes the final table (wins $1million) will he buck up and pay the debts. IIRC he claimed if he won the year Moneymaker won (2.x million) he would repay the debt.

rJ

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A quick glance at the numbers says this is just the top counts, I have no clue what they are playing down to tonight. 400?

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Only 46 left?

Dutch Boyd at 30...I wonder if he makes the final table (wins $1million) will he buck up and pay the debts. IIRC he claimed if he won the year Moneymaker won (2.x million) he would repay the debt.

rJ

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A quick glance at the numbers says this is just the top counts, I have no clue what they are playing down to tonight. 400?

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its already down to less than 250. theyre playing another half level after the current break.

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What amazes me is how luck can turn on you. Sam Farha started in 2nd place chip count at one point and got eliminated today. And this after he came in second to Moneymaker in 2003.

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Farha is horrible.

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1 Greg Raymer $ 1,200,000
8 Layne Flack $ 500,000
10 Phil Ivey $ 480,000
11 Howard Lederer $ 468,000
14 Mike Matusow $ 440,000
21 Lee Watkinson $ 300,000
30 Dutch Boyd $ 200,000
36 Paul Darden $ 150,000
37 John Juanda $ 145,000

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My gosh. Even if only 1/2 of the above make it to the final table, I will actually watch the ME this year when it airs.

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PokerWire just posted new chip counts, Raymer at 1.2 mil.


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I had avoided commenting about Raymer, because I felt it was much too early.

But this is starting to get interesting...

Obviously the chances of him winning again aren't that high, but a final table appearance would be incredible to me.

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Does he have more pressure because he is defending or less because he has a full bank account, and a ME bracelet already?

rJ

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Raymer joins Matusow's table

Greg Raymer just drew Mike Matusow's table. We could be in for a rematch of last year's key confrontation between the two.

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My question is this...
How big an edge do you think being the defending champion is against online qualifiers? By this I simply mean how many pots are slightly inflated for Greg by players playing to knock out the world champ and get a story to tell? Thoughts?
~Justin

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300 players left or so...you listed 9 of the top 36...and somehow think that 4 or 5 of those that you listed could make the final table?
Highly unlikely.


In other news - What Greg is doing is absolutely sick. To battle his way through such a gigantic field and have the chip lead this late in the tournament is just freaking incredible.


I'm also half-rooting for JC Tran (26th place). He's the guy I sucked-out against in the double-shootout to win my seat.
The kid is freaking good and even though I got super lucky to beat him I wouldn't mind saying that I beat the world-champ.


I also can't begin to express how much it bugs me that Dutch Boyd is still around in this thing.
Big time bummer.

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"last year's key confrontation between the two."

What key confrontation? ESPN showed that and it becomes a key confrontation? Matusow was being a dick, yeah, that's a key moment in the tournament right there.

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"last year's key confrontation between the two."

What key confrontation? ESPN showed that and it becomes a key confrontation? Matusow was being a dick, yeah, that's a key moment in the tournament right there.

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It was clearly a very key pot for both Raymer and Matusow.

You must be talking about their altercation that took place when they weren't at the featured table.