John_3_16 said:
It is illegal across the board because you could end up at the same table. Leaves door wide open for "collusion" parties by anyone.
Just taking strangers word they won't peek is not good enough.
https://www.americascardroom.eu/poker-customer-support/poker-faq/
Why can’t my friend play from the same IP?
For your protection to avoid collusion we do not allow multiple accounts to play from the same IP address
GL & God bless.
Thanks for your help and comments John 3:16!!
It makes sense and I have wondered if this was a problem and what stops people from colluding. I guess this is the first line of defense. I always wonder if there is much organized collusion over sharing
hands with people on the phone or skype, etc..
I was watching a poker streamer the other day and he had a friend of his seated at one of his tourney tables, so he called him up to chat and banter back and forth with him. While they were doing this I wondered why less honest individuals wouldn't do the same to share hand info. I am sure it does to some extent, hopefully all the
poker sites are vigilant in trying to combat this.
I also wonder about collusion at live tables when I sit at them. Two years in a row I ran into the same group of 5 guys from Holland that go, every year, to Vegas for 10 days to gamble and have fun. As much as they can they like to be seated at the same tables because it's more fun for them. I had no worries from them, but it occurred to me that several individuals could collude to take advantage of the rest of the players. I am sure that the big
casinos are good at spotting this type of action. I sure hope they are!!