The staking-intense environment found in the main/logins chatbox gives Seals
a certain air of sleaziness not seen on other sites, esp. to new users.
The staking SHOULD take place off-line iyam.
He is making money off the site for a service he provides for the site and is being compensated for it by the site directly.
Yeah, this was more OK at the earlier, "start-up" era, esp. when BTC's were trading @ <10$.
Now it borders on a racket.
It's not "fair" that Hellmuth can buy into every event
It damn sure wouln't be if Hellmuth
was an employee/contractor @ the casino.
In smaller live cardrooms [ex: CircusCircus/Reno, little dives in Cali] I've seen playing dealers and floor staff.
But we're not talkin about Aria or the Rio... stricter guidelines would apply.
Personally, I'm not playing @ Ender's stakes. Nor he @ mine.
So I'm not personally affected.
It just don't look kewl.