I would like us to all give a standing round of applause to the following companies for stepping up and giving us our beloved poker tournament this year.

Azoogle Ads hit it out of the park with what they did! They basically proved that even in a supposedly crummy economy, if you know what you are doing, you can deliver value to your customers and thrive! Good job Azoogle, and thanks so much for all the help! Without their help, we might well not have been able to have a poker tournament! Azoogle has some big surprises coming out in the near future, so keep your eyes on them!

Shoemoney, as the head of Fighters.com took the lead and was the first one to spearhead the poker tournament. He’s Shoemoney! He dipped into his sacred shoe, and all I can say is he has been very, very, very generous with us! From the bottom of my heart! Thank You!

We Build Pages stepped up too! They also asked me to pass on a huge chunk of their change to Heaven Can Wait, a really cool doggy and kitty place that keeps them from having babies, and keeps the extra ones from having to check out!

Neil Patel introduced me to his buddy who runs Epiar. They are a very cool company that does SEO, and have their own search engine. They have a really cool tool I was reading about that gives you a mess of negative key words to use when doing PPC and other aplications, that I am very curious about.They kick out like 10,000 negative keywords. Their stats on this are through the roof allowing wasted money on PPC to go way down! Without giving away some of the future surprises, all I can tell you is that Ken the president has a fantastic sense of humor.

Easy Tweets jumped in and signed up as soon as they heard about the sponsorships. I have been playing with the Beta of the tool, and it just makes a lot of tweeting easier. Hence the name! It is easy to use and self explanatory.

The Unique Blogging Design guys came through with this theme. What do you think? I spent an hour on the phone with Nate describing what I wanted, a few weeks later Nate told me to check my themes and blammo! There it was! They really pulled through to give the tournament the image and feel it deserves.

Michael Dorausch of Planet Chiropractic also kicked in for a final help to make the tournament even better. Michael is a great friend and a fellow chiropractor. I told him I just love to have the word chiropractic on the t-shirts!

Kevin K. from Chipotle is a man on a mission armed with killer burritos. I told Kevin we were having the poker tournament again. He just asked how many burrito certificates we needed. I smiled. He smiled. The next time I saw him he delivered a grip load of certificates for the winners. There are way over a 100!

Dean Yeagle, the famous playboy cartoonist is doing the graphic for us. I love it. I hope you do too! Huge thank you Dean! The guys (and gals) are going to love it!

The final supporter of the tournament is also the first, Best of The Web. Gregg Hartnet who started it pretty much invented the internet. Greg is an amazing guy who has been involved with a lot of plays on the internet, is a way, way cool, laid back guy, and is your friend even if you haven’t met him yet. Thank you so much bro, I am proud to have you part of it. He also fricken loves poker!

The charity portion of the tournament? We are currently pushing the Nevada Gaming Commission to approve the charity portion of the tournament. My hands are tied until this gets through. Then we have to get it through the Venetian Casino legal department. If it does not turn out to get approved in time to be a charity poker tournament, it will still be a tournament, with oddly more money left over for the purse! If you are in the mood to make a donation, I highly recommend Heaven can Wait, or the Xtreme Couture GI Foundation! Stay posted until the Nevada Gaming Comission and the Venetian sort it out!

Last year the only complaint we got was that there were not enough cocktail waitresses. I am currently working with the Venetian on a solution to this, so you can enjoy yourselves in the velvety comfort of the Venetian Poker Room!

It is going to be a mind blowing time in Vegas. I say to turn off the T.V., create your own economy like the people mentioned above are doing! Let’s have some fun, make new contacts, share new ideas, and creates some new value on the internet that no one has even thought of yet!

Some of the partnerships and businesses that have already come out of the Think Tank are mindblowing! There are is no shortage of opportunity out there for those who are ready to create things of value! Join me and the companies above in creating a new vibrant economy full of creativity, value, and most of all…fun!