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Raymond Rahme : ウィキペディア英語版 | Raymond Rahme
Raymond Rahme (Born in 1945) is a South African professional poker player. He was the first African to reach a final table at a World Series of Poker Main Event, finishing third and earning $3,048,025,〔(Justgambleforfree.com: WSOP 2007 Main Event Final Table ) Accessed 2007-11-26〕 equating to some R21,000,000 in his own country."〔Redelinghuys, Pieter. "Poker Face." ''SA Sports Illustrated'', October 2008: 67-68〕 He took his seat at the 2007 Main Event by finishing fourth at the All Africa Poker Championship, the largest poker tournament ever played on the African continent.〔(PokerPages.com profile )〕 Because of this windfall, Rahme has made more money than any other African tournament poker player.〔(Hendon Mob all-time money list )〕 == Early days == Rahme left school at the age of fifteen — "I have no formal education behind me (but ) I guess you could say I've been streetwise since an early age"〔 — and bought his first automobile with money garnered from illegal gambling dens in Hillbrow, Gauteng, where he made ends meet. As an adult, however, he became a successful businessman, involved in such a variety of concerns as construction, car dealerships, nightclubs, bookmaking, restaurants and "you name it".〔
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