PLEASE HELP Missing Person from the forum - Page 2

Cat · #1 07-06-2007, 10:41 PM

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he left all his personal effects in his hotel room and did not checkout, did not return his rental car ontime and missed a flight home for work.
and his cell phone is off and now the voicemail is full

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That must be very worrying for his friends and family. I really hope everything turns out ok and it's just some temporary Vegas madness. Please let us know how it turns out.

burtonbl103 · #2 07-06-2007, 10:47 PM

burton,
I hope you find your friend alive and well.
I saw that you posted on the CF that someone did see him on the 3rd. I wouldn’t assume that the other posters possible sighting is accurate. As he said himself, a few of the pictures “look like him”, but that’s it. Unfortunately your friend looks like about 70% of the people here at the WSOP; middle aged white male with sunglasses.

Scanning the results of the WSOP tournaments probably won’t lead you anywhere. I did a quick search and didn’t find where he cashed in any WSOP events or make any of the day 2 chip counts.
Where you might have some luck is with the WSOP registration people. Every player that plays in an official event (tournament or satellite) has to get a Total Rewards card from Harrah’s. They then use that card to register for a tournament/satellite. The registration system tracks all of the events a player registers/pays for. They should be able to pull his name up and tell you what he paid for. That doesn’t mean he actually played in the event though, and unfortunately there is no way to know what he actually did pay for.
From his post on 2+2 it appears he definitely played in Event 49, which started on June 30th. He did not make day 2 of that event, and the tone of his post makes it sound like he busted out during the second level, which would have been between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. on June 30th.

thanks
that is a great idea
I did not know that harrahs runs the the poker tour

JackOfSpeed · #3 07-06-2007, 10:58 PM

Yes, I still think it's more likely than not I saw someone else, given that 2 of the three pictures don't look particularly familiar. But Lord_strife had me thinking I might have actually had seen the guy you are talking about. Hoping for the best either way.

JackOfSpeed · #4 07-06-2007, 09:56 PM

this probably isn't much help, but the first picture looks like someone I played with in a mega-satellite on the night of the 2nd. unfortunately, people with sunglasses tend to make people harder to distinguish.

i saw the guy again near the single table satellite area, and i think (but am not sure) that his sunglasses were off at this point, but he didn't seem to look too similar to either of the other pictures you posted (definitely not the third one, only a little like the 2nd one). we talked briefly, since i had busted him out of the mega-sat -- he had just won a $525 single table satellite for $5,000 and chopped for $2k or so in another one, so he jokingly thanked me for busting him out of the mega. seemed in pretty good spirits, although he was very serious at the table. (just a rough guess, but i think this exchange was somewhere in the neighborhood of 11:30 pm on the 2nd.)

that's all i've got, and i doubt it will help at all, but he seemed like a nice guy so, if it is the same fella you're looking for, i hope everything is all right with him.

EDIT -- I'm actually pretty sure this exchange was on the night of the 3rd, not the 2nd. But I have been playing a lot of poker over the last week, and am not 100% sure. Sorry.

Lord_Strife · #5 07-06-2007, 09:58 PM

Honestly Jack, your description of him was dead on from what I recall at the table... very serious but with good spirits

WHoSBeTTaTHaNuS · #6 07-06-2007, 09:58 PM

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burtonbl103 · #7 07-06-2007, 10:03 PM

Thanks for the info

JackOfSpeed · #8 07-06-2007, 10:06 PM

burton - after looking back at my calendar, i'm pretty sure this exchange was on the night of the 3rd. wanted to make sure you didn't miss that from my edit.

ACG2x · #9 07-07-2007, 01:25 AM

Not currently in Vegas so unfortunately I can't be of much assistance other than keeping good thoughts, which I'm definitely doing.

Definitely let us know how it turns out, hope all goes well.

fleece_me · #10 07-07-2007, 03:17 AM

All cell phones have GPS. I would get a court order ordering the cell phone company to turn over all records from their towers and calling info for the last week. They probably won't give it to you without the court order and good luck getting the police to do any work. They can tell you any calls he made and what towers they were routed through.