Great one 4D
LOL 4D that pic is awesome
Just dumping this here because everyone is looking at this thread anyway.
FROM FORBES
Seals With Clubs is an innovative and friendly bitcoin poker site launched in August 2011 by a small team of former online poker players. Choosing to remain anonymous, they happily accept players worldwide and all cash-ins and cash-outs are denominated in bitcoin so no bank accounts are required and even your email address is optional. Poker Mavens by Briggs Softworks provides the gaming software for the site. Seals affiliate manager and site pro is the enthusiastic Bryan Micon, who said “with the upcoming release of our Android app we hope to explode the BTC poker space in 2013.”
Seals confirmed that the company has paid out ฿110,587 over 7,972 transactions in the 16 months since their opening. They have over 10,600 player accounts with 5,697 of those logging in since October 1st, 2012. Typically, their busiest game time is 7-11pm EST and 972 types of Sit’N Go tournaments are also available. Players can open custom ring games and December brought in 1,000 unique players to at least one raked hand.
With game servers based in Iceland, Seals With Clubs is dealing about 10,000 hands of poker per day and raking only about 4,000 of them. If it is a tournament hand, no flop dealt, or below ฿0.04, then there is no rake. The current rake is 2.5% with a cap of ฿0.10 per hand which is slightly less than half of what other poker sites would charge.
Conservatively assuming that only 5% of the raked hands get to the maximum rake, then Seals With Clubs would be earning at least ฿20 per day on 4,000 raked hands dealt (or ฿600 per month on average). The operator does not make details available down to that level so we have no way of knowing with certainty. However, they do give a generous share of their rake back to high volume players and to others indirectly via freerolls and other promotions.
With privacy, efficiency, growth, payment irreversibility, and cost savings as demonstrated by the above, it’s only a matter of time before the mainstream casino operators of Gibraltar and Malta realize the benefits of a gaming economy that leverages the ideal digital casino chip.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmaton...2012-earnings/
Here is the archive of last night's emergency radio show with Brandon and Chinamaniac:
http://pokerfraudalert.com/forum/sho...dal-02-04-2013
It will be in iTunes shortly, as well.
and god, and the bible.
Not even close:
http://pokerfraudalert.com/forum/for...ews&order=desc
It's the 6th... I wonder who gets paid first today!
The man is sick...needs serious intervention...
Pathological Liar – Impulsive, Compulsive Lying, Self-Deception
Pathological Liar – All About PATHOLOGICAL LYING, Lying, Self-Deception, Types, Classification, from Pseudologia Fantastica to Habitual Lying.
1.
Pathological Liar – Definition
Pathological liar refers to a liar that is compulsive or impulsive, lies on a regular basis and is unable to control their lying despite of foreseeing inevitable negative consequences or ultimate disclosure of the lie. Generally lies told by a pathological liar have self-defeating quality to them and don’t serve the long term material needs of the person. Therefore pathological lying is lying that is caused by a pathology, occurs on a regular basis, is compulsive or impulsive & uncontrolled, and has self-defeating, self-trapping quality to it.
Lying or self-deception is a part of everyday human interactions. In many cases lying can be beneficial for those who lie and those who are being lied to. Most of this type of lying with positive consequences occurs in a controlled way, thoughtfully, with careful weighting of beneficial consequences. Unlike these, the lies told by a pathological liar are uncontrolled and are likely to have damaging consequences.
Pathological lying covers a wide range of lying behavior, from pseudologia fantastica to habitual lying. Lying is a commonly found clinical component with people who suffer from impulse control disorders such as gambling, compulsive shopping, substance abuse, kleptomania etc. Pathological lying is generally caused by a combination of factors, which may include genetic components, dysfunctional or insecure childhood, dyslexia or other type of cerebral dysfunction. Such conditions may host environment that is likely to emerge chronic or pathological lying as an adaptive defense mechanism. Dysfunctional family, parental overprotection, sibling rivalry, mental retardation are among many causes of pathological lying.
2.
Low Self-Esteem And Pathological Lying
Low self-esteem is a commonly found feature in pathological liars. The lie maybe an attempt to feel good about themselves, generally for a short period of time, similar to the effect of drugs & alcohol. The same lie or deceit repeated over and over may create a myth of personal well-being or success or displacement of faults of own failures on others, thus creating an imaginary fantasy protection bubble, which may reinforce self-esteem. Pathological liars repeatedly use deceit as an ego defense mechanism, which is primarily caused by the lack of ability to cope with everyday problems in more mature ways (Selling 1942).
3.
Pathological Liar – Causes
Causes of development of pathological lying can be, but are not limited to, one or more of the factors mentioned below:
A dysfunctional family;
Sexual or physical abuse in childhood;
Neuropsychological abnormalities; such as borderline mental retardation, learning disabilities etc.
Impulse control disorders; such as kleptomania, pathological gambling, compulsive shopping.
Accommodating or suggestible personality traits;
Personality disorders such as Sociopathic, Narcissistic, Borderline, Histrionic and more;
Substance abuse or substance abuse in family;
4.
Pathological Liar – Types
4.1
Daydreaming Pathological Liar – Pseudologia Fantastica
Some of the more extreme forms of pathological lying is Pseudologia Fantastica. This is a matrix of facts & fiction, mixed together in a way that makes the reality and fantasy almost indistinguishable. The pseudologue type pathological liar makes up stories that seem possible on the surface, but over time things start falling apart. Pseudologues have dynamic approach to their lies, they are likely to change the story if confronted or faced with disbelief, they have excessive anxiety of being caught and they desperately try to modify their story to something that would seem plausible to create or preserve a sense of self that is something they wish they were or at least something better than they fear others would find out they are. The excessive anxiety is driven by unusually low self-esteem, the person tries to hide reality by creating a fake reality, and once the story has enduring quality to it, he/she is likely to repeat it and if repeated enough times he/she might start believing in it as well. This reality escape can be triggered of a past incident or of an unbearable present for the pseudologue.
About 30% of daydreaming pathological liars have brain dysfunction. For some it may take the form of learning disabilities, ex. dyslexia. Often those with cerebral dysfunction have greater verbal production & lower developed logical, analytical parts of the brain, thus they often fail to control verbal output.
4.2
Habitual Liar
Habitual pathological lying is, as the name suggest, habitual. Habitual liar lies so frequently, that it becomes a habit, as a result, he/she puts very little effort in giving a thought about what the output is going to be, nor does he/she care much to process whether it’s a lie or not, it’s simply a reflex & very often can be completely unnecessary or even opposite to his/her own needs. If he/she stops & thinks about it, he/she knows clearly it’s a lie.
Habitual liars lie for a variety of reasons, which include, but are not limited to:
Take advantage of the situation or misguide a rival
Avoid confrontation or punishment
Cover up lack of knowledge
Cover up embarrassment
To entertain oneself or others
Reinforce self-esteem, because of failing own expectation
Receive unearned praise or avoid disappointment or disproval
For no reason whatsoever
Habitual liars gives very few if any psychical or vocal signs of lying, due to the effortless nature of lying. That said, since he/she gives a very little thought to his/her lies, they are usually inconsistent & obvious.
Fear is a major contributor in developing habitual lying in a child & further advancement into adulthood, more so in conditions when the child finds truth telling results in more frequent or more severe punishment. Lack of appreciating and likelihood of unwanted consequences of telling the truth may result in frequent opting out for lying, which often involves less punishment & therefore becomes more desirable.
4.3
Impulsive Pathological Liar – Impulse Control Disorders & Lying
Impulsive pathological liar lies due to impulse control problem, he/she lies to fulfill his/her present (in the moment) needs, without thinking of future negative effects that can be caused because of the lie. Impulsive pathological liar generally suffers from impulse control disorders, such as kleptomania, pathological gambling, compulsive shopping etc. Those suffering from impulse control disorders fail to learn from past negative experiences, frequently suffer from depression, likely to have history of substance abuse in family or have substance abuse problems themselves, likely to have deficiency in brain serotonin. Increase in brain serotonin may have positive effect in decreasing impulsiveness, such medication may have positive effects, however there hasn’t been clinical research performed to confirm or deny this theory.
4.4
Substance Abuse Associated Pathological Liar
Self-Deception is an undeniable part of addictive process. People abuse alcohol or other drugs constantly lie to themselves & others to avoid embarrassment, conflict, as well as to obtain the substance. Getting off substance requires learning to distance oneself from the deceit, therefore learning to be truthful is generally a part of any Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous program.
5.
Signs of Lying
Human detection of deceit can be summarized by the following seven signs.
7 Signs of Lying
Disguised smiling
Lack of head movement
Increased rate of self-adapters (eg., movements such playing with an object in hands, scratching one’s head etc.)
Increased/Heightened pitch of voice
Reduced rate of speech
Pause fillers (“uh”, “hm”, “er”)
Less corresponding, matching nonverbal behavior from the other communication methods (ex. the movement of hands doesn’t match the substance of the lie that is being told orally)
Read more http://depressiond.com/pathological-liar/
BAP – all should have questioned anyone requesting funds to play in those games. Also giving funds to someone with zero poker ratings, I don’t care whose name he used to back him up, is just plain crazy. I also know that no one went to at least one of those people for a recommendation. Hmmm
22Q – There is no excuse for this, weather he is telling the truth or not makes not one bit of difference, the funds should have went to the charity. I also agree that the missing funds not being noticed by the charity should be something that should be addressed. Do I feel it needs to be addressed in a forum? No, but at least it needs to be brought to the attention of the board in their next meeting.
His Daughter: MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS. Really? All of you have it together; all of you can come to this collective decision what is best for his daughter? All of you have become social workers or, psychologists? I feel that this is for revenge and not for the best interest of his daughter. I have read some of these posts in relation to his ex and his daughter and they have disgusted me as much as his actions.
His Family: If you think that they are not aware of what has happened you are sadly mistaken. If you think that they need to have their faces rubbed in this you are just sad. These people did not take these funds; they did not lie or steal from anyone. They are concerned and saddened by these events and do not deserve to be in the middle of this. They are not responsible for Jaseps actions, he is an adult.
I believe that Drex ,China and JoeU have the right idea. I don’t see them running with the lynch mob that is on this forum. They are handling this like adults/business people would. I don’t know handicapme but it looks like a vendetta to me. I understand the he had jasep’s back and was duped. That stinks, but are you doing this for all the right reasons. I have read your posts, heard you on the radio, your intense anger is the only thing I see and hear. If I were you I would check first if you going to the state police is something that is going to really matter, have you checked the laws? I don’t think you have. I am not putting you down, I understand your anger to a certain extent but I feel that you are reacting to feeling somewhat embarrassed for your loyalty to him.
Finally the constant speculation into Jaseps thoughts and actions. STOP! Because that’s all it is, speculation. It has been confirmed that he has stolen money. It has been confirmed that 22Q has not received the funds. I know that Jasep posted on this forum and I know his explanations are not believed. Ok but as for his state of mind when this was happening, premeditation and him being a predator, no one knows and all of this speculation is to me just grandstanding to see who can have the better story or keep the thread going longer. Whatever the next few days brings I am sure that Jasep will deserve what he gets but I believe that is up to the authorities and the people directly affected. We do not live in a 3rd would country and cannot line the streets with sticks, bats and a noose. So all of these pictures and stupid sayings are just that, Stupid and immature.
Good luck to those who have lost and hopefully 22Q will recoup their
I guess we should welcome Jasep's dupe to the discussion.
How exactly do you know this?
and I'd agree w/this until it was stated it was his idea for the charity thing, that changed everything.
We all know how I feel about Anal, but I agree 100 % w/ this gambling thing sure was convenient.
Nobody knew??? He hid it from anyone, huh? that seems impossible to me.
I'm in handicap's boat, but mad, (not embarrassed) I stood up for this guy, but its down to 100 that he owes me, I've had bar tabs twice that size. I'll put no effort into following up on that.
And IMO even if some chick turns up w/this donation, it wasn't his to lend out. That sounds illegal to me.
I haven't since the Ipad story, and the Pikachar podcast sealed any deal for me.
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