Some of these are ridiculous. People are ok with this? Let's examine a couple more closely:
Note though that none of these decisions involve verbally announcing that they are going to collude by ganging up on the other player in the pot. YES, they should know to check it down and not bluff into the dry side pot (especially in a tourney and especially well into the money), but they CAN NOT verbally say it. That's no different than saying, "Go ahead and bet and I'll raise. If that gets this other dude behind me to fold, I'll give you your bet back." Or better yet: Player A bets small, Player B calls, Player C makes a huge raise, Player A shoves in - Player B obviously folds. Players A and B then take ALL of their money back and split the money that Player B had put in the pot.
WTF?
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