Topic: What the fuck is up at Seals? (Read 648 times)

I am the first to say that I enjoy playing at seals and didn't even really look at other poker websites until this DDoS thing happened.  Great volume of players, great tournament selection and a good vibe.  I really enjoy online poker and do quite well at it.  In the last few days, I have had a chance to play at 4 different rooms and here are my thoughts.  I think it would be good to have a second place to play or third in case this happens again and it will help make my favorite destination seals even stronger because of competition.  First, let me say Micon and ST6 we support you and know you are working hard and probably much more upset than we all are, but we are sure you will get it fixed.  Here are my thoughts on the other rooms.

SealswithClubs - The best and can't wait for it to come back with software and network upgrades

BetcoinPoker.com - Excellent software, no lags, clean interface, great customer service, received withdrawals quickly, however needs more players of course and tournaments.  It reminded me of the old days of playing at PartyPoker, Poker Stars or on the WPN now.  1 bitcoin = 1,000 chips.

Kate Poker - Good software, played clean, good customer service, didn't have a chance to withdraw, however customer service was good, again needs more players, mobile friendly.  1 btc = 10,000 chips

SatoshiPoker.org - Ok software, played clean, good customer service, many options for tournaments and a low 2% rake.  1 btc = 10,000 chips

I believe all three options are worth trying as we need a second place to play bitcoin poker because it will just make the community stronger.  I personally will be in and out of all three throughout the day and I welcome anybody else's comments because I just want to play poker.

Why even MENTION complete dead poker rooms? I just wasted 30 min of my life because of this shit.

Fuck off.

We've compiled a list of some of the more populated poker rooms here: http://bitcoinreviewer.com/poker/

Seals is the largest by far. We will publish a review of Betcoin Poker soon, as they seem to be becoming a popular choice.

I've looked around, you would think at least with the site being down people would play somewhere else, but that isn't the case either.

I plan to return to Seals when it gets back up, but does anyone know a Bitcoin poker site that actually has players other than Seals? I'm getting annoyed at my inability to play poker with Bitcoin.

OP has downs.

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The thread doesn't violate forum rules.

What's wrong with Seals? DDoS attacks are aplenty in the Bitcoin world (unfortunately).

I hope I'm not breaking the rules by starting a thread criticizing Seals.  In fact, I think we need one.  I will note I usually defend Seals from fucking retards who criticize it as rigged and other bullshit.  In any event, I do not believe this thread violates rules.  It is not a thread promoting Seals, but a thread for criticism.

If anything, consider this a "quarantine thread" where attacking Seals is on-topic in this thread only, and idiots attacking Seals for no good reason can be banished here.

DDoS is nothing new for Seals.  Seals has repeatedly dealt with this shit in the past.  And almost always made it up to the players.

Anyway, this post is basically my suggestion that Seals deserves a "Seals sucks" thread to quarantine this crap from the thread about the actual site.