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This might not be the place for it, but I was told long ago by a pretty reliable force that Chip reese, Doyle, Stu unger, and others basically played as a corporation. in that they didnt cheat but split profits, so basically anyone coming from the outside had little chance in the long run. Im just curious why the best players supposedly in the world would sit arounfd playing eachother night after night ?

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Stu Ungar?? you do know he has been dead for several years?
Besides he was way to unstable to have been included in any part of a corporation. Now several of the top players have pooled thier money together to play headsup games againist a Texas billionaire Andy Beal and that has been called the corporation. Like you said though not sure why you posted that here.

RZ

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In S/S, Doyle states that during his Texas road gambler days he, Amarillo Slim & Sailor Roberts all played from a common BR, sharing wins and losses.

Three out of towners show up and ask to join the four locals at their regular game. Because the out of towners have deep pockets, the locals say yes. A seven handed game, and three of the players are playing from a common BR. Even if we assume they would never stoop to coluding, wouldn't that cut down on the out of towner's overall varience?

Could three players pull that off these days? Maybe. The biggest problem would be finding two other players worth staking.

I had a buddy who staked three of his friends and they tried to take over Foxwoods SnG circut. Thing was, since his pals weren't playing with "their own money" they donked off his entire BR. He had to get a day job.