LAS VEGAS (AP) - In this poker hall, Greg Raymer is a star - signing autographs, posing for pictures and wading through hundreds of slaps on the back and attaboys as he makes his way to his seat. Such is life for one of the men who has rewritten what the World Series of Poker is all about. Once a patent lawyer who played poker as a hobby, Raymer won the main event in 2004, pocketed $5 million US and confirmed that, no, you didn't have to be a professional card shark to make it big in this wild world of gambling. "It's odd," Raymer said Sunday, his first day in this year's main event, of the fame that has come with his big win. "I'm just a poker player. It's not like I do anything unbelievable, or anything that anyone else can't do. It's not a 40-foot long jump." But to win a first prize that will eclipse $11 million this year - a figure bolstered in large part by the success of guys like Raymer - it will take lottery-like luck, to say nothing of tremendous patience and stamina.