** Update at the bottom **

Short and quick update ... this is a key question for me moving forward and I'm glad that Rizen, the Lock Poker Room Mananger, is going to address this.

(From 2+2):

Me: PokerStars had player funds segregated from their general funds and FTP did not. We know how that turned out. Where does Lock/Merge stand with regards to this?

Rizen: I honestly don't know the answer, I will ask and see if it is something I can talk about publicly. If I haven't posted something in the next 48 hrs one way or another please call me out on it, or if the thread is blown up PM or e-mail me.

Obviously if this is addressed, evaluating risk/reward will be significantly easier. Communication has been much better, and as far as checks, we'll see soon enough. It sounds like going through the casino side is def the way to go - something that's exclusive to Lock in the Merge network.

Progress makes me happy.

** 6/10/2011 Update **

From Rizen, when asked about an update:

Yes, I've been asked not to comment on specifics on anything related to player funds.

It is a bit frustrating for me not being able to talk specifics on player funds, security, and issues like that because I believe most of the answers would put players minds at ease, but I understand the flip side that we don't want to be publicly saying things that would draw undue attention to us.

I do apologize that that's as much as I can say, I promised some sort of update though.

Read that for what it is. Personally, I am not going to keep a penny more than I need to. I would rather have to redeposit than get more money stuck.