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Based on the new information, here's my theory:

1) Kwazar played in the tourney, busted out on day 2.
2) He got into an accident shortly thereafter
3) Some acquaintance of his started up the Kwaz fund, but this person doesn't know Kwazar as well as we've been assuming.

Whether or not she started the fund in order to give the money to Kwazar or to keep it for herself remains to be seen. She didn't know the exact date that the accident occurred, didn't realize he was in the WSOP, and reported the date wrong by a couple of days. This is why she was evasive when people asked her how he could have played in the WSOP while he was in the hospital. The fact that she's not a close friend would also explain why she originally didn't know which hospital he was in -- she's relying on other people to relay the information to her. She's been getting secondhand information fed to her from someone who knows Kwazar, and has been updating the blog in order to keep the donations rolling in.

She's either a do-gooder who has made Kwazar's accident her "cause" and will give him every penny that comes in, or she's an acquaintance who will give Kwazar some of the money but keep the rest (because it's her word as to how much $$$ comes in), or she's a complete sham and will keep every last penny and then it'll come out that Kwazar has no idea who she was.

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This is one one the more reasonable posts in this thread.

Also, I met the player publicist for Pokerstars that represents the WSOP players (Raymer, Moneymaker, Ng, etc) when my buddy made the final table of event 22. I've sent an e-mail to her to see if she had any info on what happened to Kwazar in the WSOP, but no response as of yet.

Still, it's more probable than not that Kwazar was in an accident out in Vegas. If that's the case, I'm sure that his first thoughts weren't "how can I defraud Pokerstars and the WSOP by transferring my non-transferrable seat." The tourney directors were on top of things in the event I played in, and so were the players. If someone tried to get Kwazar's chips, they would have had to have an ID with his name. At the end of the days of play, your chips are bagged in big ziplock bags with your name in it. They're not just passing out chips to everyone that walks in asking for them when play resumes.