memikey,
you are partly correct in repeating what i said, but what i have said in the past was that some foreign players had ORIGINALLY requested the ipt hold funds for the vegas event until their tax statuses were resolved.
Some of the players changed their minds BEFORE reno took place, and all of the rest requested payment in full shortly after reno, iregardless of the tax status.
So in short, the players ultimately decided they would pay the 30% tax liability, resolve the working visa problem later, and STILL did not get the checks.
I understand that some of the players have VERY recently been paid for vegas, although i have not confirmed thismyself. I don't think there is a player alive at this point who would request the ipt hold onto money that they could recieve today, and take a chance it might not be there tommorow.
rg