Hey All!

To see the Poker Tournament Pics or to win a T-shirt.

To read about or see pictures of the Werewolf at Pubcon.

To read about the charities.

I am still in awe of the event and the tournament. Thanks again to the first pubcon sponsors of a Poker Tournament.

Everyone I spoke to was thrilled about the event. The only two complaints I have heard about the entire event were a few people said that the waitress service was too infrequent, and one person complained that some of the pictures came out blurry.

The photos as mentioned were a last minnute action as I got permission from the Nevada Gaming Commision a short time before the event and did not have professional equipment for the photos.

As far as the cocktail waitress issue goes I have allready met with the poker director at the Venetian (more about this later) and she  and I have plans for mucho cocktail waitresses next year, plus something else that should add the capital f and the exclamation point to fun for the enent next year.

And yes, unless I am trampled by a herd of 600 pound bunnies, there will be an SEO poker event with a Pubcon sponsor or two next year.

Lots of people got involved with the Name the SEO contest to win a free t-shirt. There are still many unnamed SEO’s where a free t-shirt may be won. As soon as I have all of the photos up I will set it up so the winners can pay for shipping, and the shirts will roll out, assuming there are enough to go around.

Next week when I am back in the office, I will ship out the t-shirts to the sponsors who have waited patiently.

(FULL DISCLOSURE ON THE HANDLING OF THE MONEY BELOW)

I am still letting the money trickle in and the final expenses trickle out of the pay pal account set up for the event. Probably next week I will issue the initial checks to the charities for the majority of their payments, with a small check to each to follow in a few months when all the pennies have settled.

Overall the event still has a few expenses waiting to be covered that I have just covered myself that total maybe around $200. So unless someone can give me a compelling reason why not, I am going to give a few t-shirts to my freinds and keep a few myself, and then sell whatever t-shirts if any that are left after the above, and use the money to cover the few hundred bucks the tournament is still short. If there is any extra income after selling the t-shirts then it will be split amongst the charities with absolutely nothing going to myself excepts some uber cool t-shirts (do you think this site will rank for that?), some sweet photos, one of the best memories of my life, and a truckload of new friends.

By the way, if you got to the end of this post after all that financial disclosure stuff you were probably pretty into the tournament one way or another. I am listening to suggestions now for future SEO events of different types. So if you have any input send me an e-mail at dk = @ = purposeinc.com of course without the = signs.

Much Love,

Happy New Year,

dk