High Stakes Poker thread (11/19 - 500K buyin pt 3 - Spoilers on alert)

[shaniac]

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Yes one time him and Eli actually chopped, but that was a HU pot and for the most part doesn't affect anybody else at the table. I know that technically it's not right because some of the money in the pot that they're chopping isn't theirs

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I'm curious about how you figure some of the money in a pot when it's heads up could be anything but theirs? Anyone that has folded has no claim on that pot - once the money is in the pot it's not yours anymore and once you fold you have no claim on the pot whatsoever!

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This is very contradictory, and I think if you go with this kind of thinking it leads to straight-out collusion hardwired into the game. If two players have an agreement, tacit or explicit, to chop pots when they're headsup, any player who gets involved in a pot with them is gonna get screwed.

You're right that when money goes into the pot, it's not yours anymore, and I think that should apply to headsup, too.