winnings come from other players' losses and winnings are shared with investors at an agreed price.
my quote reads that it is mathematically impossible to have any tangible risk of ruin.
http://www.evplusplus.com/poker_tools/risk_of_ruin/use the link above and type in the following conservative values (1000 for bb, 5 for wr, 250 for standard deviation, RoR = 0.0000113% - and thats conservative)
with games as low as 1 (sb) / 2 (bb = big blind) and 10,000 units / 2 bb = 5,000 (where only 1,000 is used above) so now you can see that it is in fact mathematically impossible as the WR (winrate) exceeds 5 and the deviation is likely half of what is listed above.
now add in the fact that the site does freerolls (win units without any investment) and you can see how even the most risk averse person should have no problems.
I just got back from the casino and made $68 in 3 hours time (a little better than par for the course against my lifetime wr) and while that is nothing astounding nor breath taking, it was in a $1 (sb) $2 (bb) uncapped game (buy in for $1,000,000 if you like) and seals runs penny, nickel, and dime equivalent poker. All things considered, I am supposed to be beating it for a good wr. I have my reasons for why I play there (I think bitcoin poker will grow and the games offered will be better) along with a few others. I do play on another anonymous poker site (Bovada) where I play $.25 (sb) $.50 (bb) games and I beat that for a solid wr.
I understand that there are gambling degenerates out there with poor RoR management that are willing to roll over on a debt, but like most bad things in the world, these people represent a minority of the (poker) population. My original goal was to establish a line of credit (trust) with someone with a good amount of BTC and prove dividends so that if games on seals (or any other bitcoin poker site) ever do get to the point of player liquidity (like the mainstream sites) that I can play bigger games and have as many BTC readily available as needed (which equates to larger dividends for the investor). Unfortunately, since bitcoin poker is in its infancy, poker staking sites do not have investors with readily available BTC. Perhaps, I am ahead of my time here or perhaps bitcoin poker will never make the mainstream. However nonetheless, I found it important to create trust (win shares of dividends for loaner) on a smallish loan. It's like giving someone free money. The proof is in the math above.