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[QUOTE="zachvac, post: 825626, member: 26306"]
I think people make too big a deal over the advantage of collusion. Yes it's an edge, but it's not a huge edge. Just remember, they can't see your cards. In poker overall you should be only reaching showdown when you think you have the best hand (not exactly true, but hopefully you get the point, that's when you win the most money/chips), and no matter what the colluders do they can't get a better hand. The differences would be a little less dead money, for example you flop a set vs. TPTK and a lower set, if they're colluding the TPTK would fold when they may call without collusion. Other than that though they don't have as big an edge as you think, unless they are squeezing you as well, which is a telltale sign of collusion and the site would definitely pick up on that (ie you're in the middle of the two players, one bets extremely small, you call because of odds, other guy raises, you've given away that money, so you can't play for implied odds as much). Basically if they're doing anything to gain a huge edge, it's so obvious they're doing it. Other than that all they can do is make there be less dead money in monster vs. monster pots, and they can also gain the extra like 2% edge that knowing one spade's been folded and there's less of a chance of the flush hitting or 6 non-spades have been folded and there's more of a chance. But that's such a small edge anyway.
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