[Theodore Donald Kiravatsos]

Question:

Bob Ciaffone is/was the public face of Checknraise. Has the Coach had anything to say, either on the home page or somewhere else? If Checknraise's ambassador to the poker community has something to say, it would be of interest.

I have found it interesting that people who probably take their reputation in the gaming world very seriously have wound up endorsing, among others...

Checkamite Poker
Fabulous Poker
Poo Mountain
Highlands Club

It would be unseemly at best to be cashing an endorsement check (or the check from a publisher with funds from all the extra books sold based on visibility at Checknraise) while people who had earned a spot to play in the WSOP had to settle for a bag of Funyuns and reruns on ESPN.

My closing thought is that you aren't totally hosed yet, and you may never be. These people contacted YOU with their plan (if I read this correctly), which is a million percent better than you panicked-like trying to get ahold of them to find all their numbers disco'd and their server down for the count. Clearly they are under some duress or they would not have had to take the measures that they did. But it seems their intentions are honorable and your best shot at some satisfaction is that THEY restore their viability through the health of their room. I have no doubt that starting a business such as theirs is no easy feat and proprietors experience some setbacks as to many wanna-be pros playing at their tables. This may be a case of honorable intentions and a bankroll not currently able to tolerate some current adversity/recent downswings. I will be pulling for you.