Why wouldn't WSOP Main Event champion Greg Raymer give the fossil to "the bastard"?

2004 WSOP Main Event champion Greg Raymer made a deep run in the $1,000 Super Elder event. He revealed a "bastard clause"—if the player who eliminated him behaved rudely, they wouldn't receive his fossil card set.

Greg "Fossilman" Raymer, the 2004 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion, is known for gifting real fossil card holders to the players who eliminated him, but not all players are so lucky.

Raymer is currently on a deep run in the #61:$1,000 Super Elder event. He revealed to PokerNews that his fossil giveaway came with a "bastard clause," which prevented some players who eliminated him from obtaining the prehistoric card despite receiving chips and a story.

Card Player from Another World

Raymer earned the nickname "Fossilman" for his passion for collecting fossils dating back hundreds of millions of years, long before humans and playing cards were invented, when the earth was covered in swamp forests inhabited by giant insects and amphibians.

At some point, Raymer decided to share this hobby with the poker community.

“Every tournament will have a new fossil,” he explained. “If I win, it will be put in the trophy cabinet with the other fossils. If I don’t win, the person who eliminated me will get the fossil.”

Will this fossil end up in the trophy cabinet?

This 330-million-year-old diamniote fossil is still awaiting its fate in the Super Oldest Tournament, but it may end up in the trophy cabinet. With only 18 players remaining, Raymer, in second place in chips, is chasing his second gold bracelet and the $355,263 first-place prize.

“Any tournament that goes deep is fun,” Raymer said. “We’ve made some money, but we have the chance to win more. So you have all the tension and excitement. You want to get to that point where you just enjoy the game.”

This isn't even Raymer's first seniors win this year. In April, he won the RunGood Poker Series Pennsylvania Grand Prix $250 Seniors event, earning $7,382, allowing him to retain another fossil record.

"That tournament was much easier than this one. I had such good luck, I was bruised and battered. I started the final table with more than half the chips, and I had about 90% when I was up three. So it was just good hands, good hands, middle flop, middle flop. This tournament was much tougher for me."

Raymer wasn't the only 2000s Main Event champion to make a deep run at this year's WSOP. Just yesterday, Jamie Gold—celebrating the 20th anniversary of his record $12 million Main Event win in 2006—finished 17th in the $500 Tribute Warrior event, earning $9,940.

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