Main Event Champ Greg Raymer Back To His Old Stomping Grounds

Event 8
Level 4 (100/200/25)

Total Entries: 153

Greg Raymer (Raleigh, NC)

For every poker player and champion, theres a poker room where they got their "start" and for World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Greg Raymer, that poker room is Foxwoods Resort Casino.

While the majority of our blog followers and the poker community may only know Raymer as the WSOP ME Champion, before that fateful day in 2004, Raymer was a regular at the New England poker room, making some of his first early scores at Foxwoods, even winning two Foxwoods titles from 2001 to 2003. 

Since that WSOP victory, which earned Raymer $5,000,000 and made him an instant celebrity in the poker community, he's cashed in and won tournaments from coast to coast and around the globe, but he makes a point of always returning to his "old stomping grounds" and has chosen the Event 8 Seniors tournament and the second half of the Card Player Poker Tour series to make his return to Foxwoods. 

back in my old stomping grounds @FoxwoodspPoker for the seniors event of @CardPlayerPoker your, 15K start stack. #gogogo #dontbreakahip
— Greg Raymer (@FossilMan) February 5, 2015

While the rest of the Event 8 field just went on their first break of the day, Raymer spent the majority of his break talking with a group of players and tournament staff and while many people who gain instant stardom and fame might not like that part of it, Raymer, who we've seen at other local tournament stops like the Borgata Fall Poker Open last November, remains one of the best ambassadors to poker and is clearly one of the friendliest and well respected champions we've ever had the pleasure to cover. 

While the majority of the coverage of the Seniors Event isn't going to be picked up until we close in on a Final Table, Raymer will certainly be a player to watch throughout this event and throughout the rest of the CPPT series.