Raymond Rahme

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firstname=Raymond
lastname=Rahme
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caption=Rahme at the 2007 World Series of Poker.
hometown=Johannesburg, South Africa
wsop bracelet count="None"
wsop money finishes=1
wsop main event best finish rank=3rd
wsop main event best finish year=2007
multi-year wsop winner=
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wpt final tables=
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ept titles="None"
ept final tables="None"
ept money finishes=2

Raymond Rahme (born 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 in third place and earning $3,048,025. [ [http://www.justgambleforfree.com/MainEventFinalTable.htm Justgambleforfree.com: WSOP 2007 Main Event Final Table] Accessed 2007-11-26] He won his seat for the Main Event by finishing fourth at the All African Poker Championship, which was the largest poker tournament ever played on the African continent. [ [http://www.pokerpages.com/players/profiles/97949/raymond-rahme.htm PokerPages.com profile] ] Because of this windfall, Rahme has made more money than any other African tournament poker player. [ [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/ranking/1 Hendon Mob all-time money list] ]

Rahme and his wife Teresa have six children.

Raymond Rahme plays as a member of "Team PokerStars" under the screen name "Ray Rahme" [ [http://www.pokerstars.com/team-pokerstars/raymond-rahme/ pokerstars.com: Team PokerStars - Raymond Rahme] ]

As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,300,000.cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=s&n=88369|title=Raymond Rahme|publisher=The Hendon Mob|author=Butt, Robert|accessdate=2008-04-16]

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