I appreciate those words.
I have personally been in the online poker industry in some capacity for over a decade. I have seen some of the most egregious thefts (UB / AP) and some of the most colossal implosions (FTP) and we see what those sites have become and in what regard the public holds their past principals...
Our plan is quite simple: Do everything right.
Including, but not limited to:
-- Always keeping player BTC segregated (Always have, always will. obvious & a no-brainer. 100% always able to pay all players immediately)
-- Keeping rake extremely low (as we scale I wonder how low we can go...)
-- Ever vigilant customer support (I think our record stands for itself on this matter - this is impossible to fake - you msg us with an issue we will respond ASAP.
micon@sealswithclubs.eu for any issue, I will personally help you)
-- Strong affiliate program to build from within (I personally believe players currently playing on SwC are the only ones qualified to become an affiliate - it damages the brand to have someone that doesn't know BTC backwards and forwards try to get a guy to sign up. With all the current slow-pay going on in the poker world, my first question as a player in 2013 is "what are the payout terms" and the 2nd is always "what is their history of meeting said terms?" A guy needs to be a bitcoin poker player to properly explain how they currently buy & sell their coins, as that front is ever-changing as well)
-- Build the sickest gaming platform you have ever seen with every option on every game all at an extremely low rake (we are working on it. I want 14-game with a round of OFC as much as the next degenerate. Shit I just want to blast BTC OFC during WSOP. But that won't likely happen in 2013, but IMO is a likely reality in 2014. Hang with us, we can feel that love coming off our ever-growing player pool. We are hard at work in the background on all fronts. I am personally fired up to see what happens during the rest of 2013)
I've played on a bunch of sites since I started playing online in '05. I was screwed multiple times by UB, and had most of my roll locked up because of Full Tilt.
I've been playing on Seals for a little over a month and I have to agree with everything Micon said. From what I've seen Seals is doing it right.
The improvements I'm looking forward to are some more features added to the software and an increase in the number of players. But even in my short time here I've seen improvements in both of those areas and I am confident that they will continue.
I haven't seriously played online since Black Friday because it's too difficult to move money on and off and I don't trust leaving a large amount on their site. Like Micon said, I think that's the number one question by potential players. I see people complain about their withdrawal taking
hours from Seals... while players on other sites are waiting weeks and months for a check that might not even be good by the time it arrives. That's why I'm so confident that Seals will continue to grow as more people find out about it. People are interested when you tell them that they can go from cash to the site in about an hour, and from the site to their bank in a couple days.
Right now Seals is the only site that I would play on. I'm excited about the future and will do what I can to help it grow.