One time I was swapping my action 50-50 with another pro for a few months to diversify risk at a time when we were both running low. We played nothing but live. During that time, we played in the same casino day in and day out, and he was playing exclusively no-limit, and I was playing almost exclusively limit. One day he got in my $20-40 limit game for about an hour, waiting for the NL game to start. We didn't talk about it. He just sat down and took a seat. We were playing out of the same bankroll, which somehow has to be an ethical breech. I knew I wouldn't do anything different as a result so in my own little mind, it was cool. What I want to share are some things we learned after some analysis. We made up common betting situations where we would deploy collusion tactics and thought them through. We discussed the risk of confusion and error and frustration. Would it really be worth it if we were already beating the game for the standard amount?
Even if we were really good at signalling and such, and using the additional info well, we concluded that the extra money we would make from our cheating would actually be less than we would make as a team if we just played at different tables. I'll leave out all the details. Our conclusions here were sound and took in many factors, some of then subtle, such as this: The effort it takes to cheat well could detract from the ability to simply play well.
This doesn't mean that colluders aren't bad for the game. These are just a few thoughts on the side.
(I don't think the word "colluder" should get a squiggly line under it at this forum! :-) )
Tommy
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Cheating at live cash game posted by Tommy Angelo @ Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:46:55 +0000
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