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10-25-04, 04:13 PM
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Good idea, but I assume this is only for higher limits players. At low limits, I am not really worried about online colluders, since they are probably not very good at it to be doing it at low limits to begin with.
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10-26-04, 03:47 AM
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Exactly.
Unless you are very confident in your ability to detect collusion, it pays to stay at the lower limits. Because I can guarantee you that there are many people who are colluding at some level in the higher limits. It's a simple fact of life - where there is money to be had, some people are willing to do anything to get their hands on that money. CF |
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10-26-04, 06:30 AM
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pokerstars has proven to be very good at not only stopping colluders, but also returning money to players who were cheated.
granted they cant stop all of it, but they do make an effort, which is more than i can say for other sites. on a side note, hopefully russ g...aka newgca....wont find this site and start his rantings yet again |
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10-26-04, 08:34 AM
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Sometimes it could even benefit to play colluders, especially when you do catch the nuts and slowplay them. These maniacs would be raising all around you and you can simply continue to call, call, call and not even have to raise the pot to get maximum value from it.
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10-26-04, 10:52 AM
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Collusion doesn't just mean getting you in the middle. Good colluders are not maniacs. For ex. I have JJ in the cutoff, my partner has 72o UTG. He open raises to cut down the field, one guy in between calls, it gets to me, I three bet, blinds and my partner fold and I am now HU with the caller. Or I have 10 10 and I am facing a raise and a call, but I fold because I know my partner mucked 10 6. I am just sayng you really need to be on the lookout for anything. It is not just happening at the lower limits, some say if you are playing alone you are already beat, which has not been the case for me. In fact, with all the money at the lower limits at the big sites and all the new players playing those lower limits where do you think cheaters would like to harvest?
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10-26-04, 11:13 AM
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If you are worried about 2 players at a table trading info about hole cards, that is nothing at all. It gives them very little of an edge other than the odd time knowing when to fold (if the have say 8 outs to a flush or straight and their partner has 2 of them). Or they could also run into the situation where the partner has none of the outs, in which case their chances increased by what, 2-4%. Hardly an edge worth worrying too much about.
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10-26-04, 01:20 PM
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i really like a lot of the strategy posts by russ. i thought the o8b post was great. it really helped my game.
the rantings get a little bit old, but i think that they actually have a lot more substance than most people would like to recognize. hopefully, his info is outdated though. |
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10-26-04, 10:43 AM
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You don't think there are people exchanging hole card info in the low limits like $25NL, 1/2 and 2/4 limits? Better think again.
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10-26-04, 05:39 PM
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I'm quite sure there are.
It's just that they wouldn't be very effective at what they do, or else they wouldn't be in the low limits. They would be making a killing at the higher limits. CF |
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10-26-04, 05:49 PM
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Wake up and smell the coffee
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