G
glworden
Visionary
Silver Level
CHEATING
I and four friends played a tourney last night at the Leelanau Sands. Prior the tourney, one friend suggested we take it easy on each other and stay out of each other's pockets. I said no way. I take no quarter and give no quarter. I have to admit that if I'm short stacked, it's late in the tournament, and I have my choice of dumping my chips to a friend or to a stranger, I'd be tempted to steer them to my friend.
But soft play and chip dumping constitutes collusion and it is cheating. I'm sure other people do it, which I decry. I know that players back each other in the big tourneys, and I really think that creates some conflict of interest. At the very least, I think tournaments should demand full disclosure of such deals so that they can scrutinize suspicious play when "partners" or "team members" are seated together. What I'm saying is this: put me at a table with Doyle Brunson or Daniel Negreanu, and I'm sure I could whip either one handily. But if they're invested in each other, there's bound to be a temptation to support their investment to my detriment. I don't think you can stop players from buying a piece of another, but it should be out in the open.
I and four friends played a tourney last night at the Leelanau Sands. Prior the tourney, one friend suggested we take it easy on each other and stay out of each other's pockets. I said no way. I take no quarter and give no quarter. I have to admit that if I'm short stacked, it's late in the tournament, and I have my choice of dumping my chips to a friend or to a stranger, I'd be tempted to steer them to my friend.
But soft play and chip dumping constitutes collusion and it is cheating. I'm sure other people do it, which I decry. I know that players back each other in the big tourneys, and I really think that creates some conflict of interest. At the very least, I think tournaments should demand full disclosure of such deals so that they can scrutinize suspicious play when "partners" or "team members" are seated together. What I'm saying is this: put me at a table with Doyle Brunson or Daniel Negreanu, and I'm sure I could whip either one handily. But if they're invested in each other, there's bound to be a temptation to support their investment to my detriment. I don't think you can stop players from buying a piece of another, but it should be out in the open.