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Poker Champ Fights Off Attackers

Thu Dec 30, 8:05 AM ET

LAS VEGAS - Greg Raymer, the 2004 World Series (news - web sites) of Poker champion, apparently knows how to wield more than a stack of chips when everything is riding on it.

The soft-spoken patent attorney from Stonington, Conn., fought off a pair of attackers Dec. 20 at the Bellagio hotel-casino after he had finished playing a cash game of poker, according to a Las Vegas police report.

Raymer was returning to his room about 2 a.m. when two men approached, the report said. As he opened the door to the room, they tried to push him in.

But the heavyset Raymer resisted and began struggling with the men, the report said. As he was fighting, one of the men pulled out a gun and said: "We just want the money."

But Raymer didn't give up, and yelled for security, causing the men to flee.

A security officer said one of the suspects was a poker player and also recognized him from a previous incident.

Police made an arrest in the case but the report didn't identify the person.

Raymer, known as the "Fossilman" in poker circles, won the WSOP Texas Hold'Em title and $5 million in cash. He beat out a field of 2,576 in May to win the prestigious event.

On a poker message board, Raymer recently wrote: "I don't write this to brag, I just want any robbery-minded people out there who hear about this to know that I'm a tough mark, and they won't get that much off me even if they succeed."

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Good for him. Though, in this article, "heavyset" has to be one of the biggest euphemisms I have ever seen.

and they say poker players aren't athletes!

Raymer seems like a good guy. I've read a lot about him and he is a much better player than people think. I'd still like to go toe to toe with him though. Just wait, you'll see me on TV beating those guys a year from now

yeah, he looks like a dude that can hold his own.

I wonder if he did it with those crazy glasses on.

i hate those fucking glasses. i got this for christmas, it kicks ass:



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