A fourth player jumps up from the table and waylays Raymer to tell him that he has a great idea in need of a patent. Someone else remarks that he's waiting to see Raymer on TV.
Another player asks Raymer if he's bought himself a new car yet. 'Get some chips for me,' one guy quips as he mucks his cards. He needs chips so that he can play in the $75/$150 game of Omaha (a variation of Texas Hold'em, in which you get four down cards and must use two of them along with three of five community cards). He drops his money upon the green felt and it lands with a satisfying thud. He reaches inside the bag, past the fossils, 'Tower of Terror' sunglasses and aspirin, and fishes out a wad of hundred-dollar bills rubber-banded into a tight roll. On a Saturday afternoon at a back table in Foxwoods Casino's sprawling poker room, Greg 'Fossilman' Raymer steps up and sets down his blue nylon gym bag.
