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Message: [QUOTE="salim271, post: 1519666, member: 61976"] I hate collusion, it seems wrong that its somehow easier to get people caught online than in real life. Live tournaments are tricky, especially if they're going to be televised... once the cards are mucked there is no reviewing of hands to see what players had, unless you catch the collusion early and notify an official (very hard to do, how could you possibly know if its a coincidence or collusion at first?) no one might notice that the players are colluding. Online poker sites can keep detailed statistics on on players at the table, you notify them of possible colluders, in an hour they could have detailed stats layed out such as how often the accused are playing together, what games they play, what hands they played with each other, what their cards were, and how they played them... thats impossible in live tournaments. You may argue that for live tournaments that are broadcasted on TV that they can get the hands that way... but understand that none of the tournament officials are even seeing what's on the film to prevent any possible cheating going on between officials and players, mucked bluffs, times where players muck when they actually had the goods... if dirty officials work with players, it can change the pace of the tournament completely, especially at a final table. Collusion is despicable, no one doubts that. But live it is just way too hard to catch... especially in tournaments. Maybe it would be easier to spot in a live cash game but I think the benefits of collusion at a cash game are less than a tournament or sit n go. [/QUOTE]

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