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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Satellite of Love
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Poker: Collusion
Has anyone else here been a victim of player collusion in a tournament? I just played a Sit N Go on PokerStars, and one of the players kept folding hands to his friend who was very short stacked. What's worse, the guy even admitted to it in chat! Basically the short stacked guy said "Help me out here" and the other said "I'm trying." They must have said similar things several times when it was down to 4.
So of course, this guy keeps his short stacked friend in the game and I get AA and go out 4th on a bad beat. Nice way to finish out my Sunday night. (And yes, I emailed PokerStars and reported them.) |
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Death Herald
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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If they have it in chat, then those guys are pretty much screwed. All you can do is report it to support.
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Kansas City, MO
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I've never run into anything that blatant. I've seen some very suspicious behavior that I have wondered if it was collusion, such as players making unusual losing all-in bets either early or late in the tournament to double someone up and improve their chip position. But nothing that I could link to collusion other than it smelled fishy.
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Not too far away
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Wow, that's pretty incredible. I hope you've reported them and demanded your entry fee back.
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: back in Nebraska (for a couple years)
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Wow, I've been lucky enough to not have that happen to me so far.
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Ohio
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I would seriously demand my money back...they'll give it to you, as shit like that can make a person quit a site permanently. I know I'd be royally pissed...btw, we having a FOFC event next Sunday?
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Not too far away
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lolzcat
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: sans pants
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Last night I started three 25+2 turbos up at roughly the same time. On one table I had pocket kings and kind of lost track of it - saw I got raised and pushed. But...whoops...my 3rd tourney had started and popped up over my pocket kings window. So I actually pushed with 92s and lost to...ummm...QQ. So, I am sure it looked like chip dumping to others at the table. Or chimp dumping. Or I suck.
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Hog Country
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I've actually had worse. I had all the other players left in a SNG start talking about how I was folding every hand. They said they thought it was unfair and they began talking about how they would fold every hand to each other and try to beat me in every pot, even talking about what everyone else had right in chat ("don't call me, I've got him beaten" or "I've got a big draw, don't raise" after I had already called). I just calmly reported it and a site manager was at the table in a few minutes telling them to cut it out. I wasn't very happy with that solution, but it did stop.
I think a lot of players just don't understand that they are breaking one of the most fundamental rules of the game. |
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Roster Filler
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Cicero
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Unfair that you were folding? That's a new one to me.
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Hog Country
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Believe me when I tell you it was a foreign concept to these guys. |
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Kansas City, MO
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On the lighter side of the sport, I was called an "Internet hothead" last night because some clown went all-in with A-high, no flush and no draw and I called him with two pairs kings and jacks. We'd played a few hands at this point and I knew the raiser had no clue what he was doing, so I was 99% sure I had the best hand.
The guy had me covered though and stayed in a few more hands until I raised him preflop with pocket kings then put him all-in after the flop came Q high. He called with Q6o and was done for the night and immediately went into the tirade about how Party Poker has a program that keeps you from winning if you've been on a roll and what an awful beat he just suffered. Nothing really to do with collusion, but I thought it was darn funny. ![]() |
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Roster Filler
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Cicero
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I love these guys. I should take no satisfaction in beating them, but I must confess, I do.
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Kansas City, MO
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Nothing is better than when somebody gets clobbered in a hand and starts going on about the site being rigged or complaining about all the "poker bots" at the table.
I stumbled on this recently when somebody went off about the "evidence" that online poker is rigged. The comments are hilarious. Here are a couple of my favorites: hxxp://www.homepokergames.com/party.php Quote:
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Coordinator
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Dayton, OH
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You'd think for 2 million a year that guy could get someone to type an intelligible message for him.
I recently lost my "free" $100 at Party Poker, and I can safely say without a doubt it's because I suck.
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: North Carolina
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If I didn't lose all of the time at the live game that I play, I would blame my losing on the computer, too. Turns out that I am just a defective player.
Anyway, I don't play poker to make money (though it is a nice side effect). I play to enjoy myself. I am still ahead online, but that is only through getting extremely lucky and getting a very generous knockout bonus from cartman in an FOFC tournament. |
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Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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Saboti, what was the outcome?
As alot of you knowe I used to play on pokerstars about 30-35 hours a week. I always did well. I started playing in alot of the $25 turbo sit and goes. I noticed alot of times there same 2-4 players in a few games, after a while it seemed obvious they were colluding and I reported it. Pokerstars basicly told me they couldn't prove it, etc... so I closed my account and now play at absolute, the software isn't as good at stars but the tournies have alot less people so it is easier to win and takes less time, they also have a nice bonus structure. |
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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Satellite of Love
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EDIT: I used to play on Absolute but I canceled my account there the night they had a telemarketer call my house. ![]() Last edited by sabotai : 09-19-2005 at 02:09 PM. |
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Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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Wow, what did the telemarketer say?
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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Satellite of Love
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Baiscally tried to get me to deposit more money. I think at the time I had taken all of my money (I didn't like the software so I stopped playing there)...or I might not have even deposited any yet. Either way, he tried to get me to deposit money into my account. I said no and deleted my account. |
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Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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High School JV
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: San Francisco
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A few weeks back I had a strange thing occur while on PokerStars. One of the players at my sit n go would tell everyone in the game his cards via the chat, good hand or not. Obviously no one could tell when he folded if he was being honest, but when he won, the hand he showed was the one he said he had. I reported him because it was annoying but also because it did bring the integrity of the tourney into question, and after the tournament they emailed me back saying they had suspended his chat. The kicker is, they didn't do it because he was telling everyone his cards, but because when he got knocked out he went on a swearing rampage. I couldn't have given a shit about the swearing, but I guess the end result was the same.
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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Satellite of Love
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About a year ago I think. Maybe not even that long. |
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Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Not too far away
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Sparkle: That sounds less like collusion and more like stupidity since everyone got the same info. What a strange thing to do.
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Dynasty Boy
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Michigan
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Why can't I find players like this? The game's a lot easier when you know someone's hole cards. |
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Captain Obvious
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Norman, Oklahoma
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Telling people what cards you have is a poker way of life. Of course, most of the time the person telling is lying
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Kansas City, MO
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Can't you get throw out of a casino for doing announcing your cards while the hand is in plan? Even if you fold, it could influence the betting of others know what cards are or are not available. Isn't there also "technically" a rule about lying about your cards? Everyonce in a while you'll see someone on TV lie about what they had and the analysts go nuts.
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#29 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Hog Country
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Yes there are rules that disallow discussing the specific cards you have in multi-way pots. In some places the rule is relaxed for heads-up situations.
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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Satellite of Love
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Update. Got a response from support again. He said he saw the comments made but can't find any specific cases of him dumping. In other words, he said he was trying, and either was lying or just didn't get any/enough chances to do it.
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