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1) Obviously very wrong
2) I think it depends on the nature of it, this is to some extent how I went from playing 1/2 limit to being good at poker within like 2 months(except I wasn't being staked).

If the goal is to teach someone how to play poker, I think this is a great idea, if the person playing has no intention of learning, then I think its pretty immoral.

I have had friends who I want to teach to play poker, and what I'll do is if they come by on a normal day, they'll just play their standard 4/180's, $6 SNGs etc, once they get better and come by on Sundays and want to have a shot at the Stars million(like just about every other person), I'd much rather pay a % of their buyin, or fully stake them then have them spending $215 on a stupidly high variance tournament on a 1k roll.


3) Perfectly fine
4) Perfectly fine
5) I'm pretty sure most people are smart enough(I could be wrong) to play the same independent of whether you are right beside your friend or in different rooms.