[threeonefour]

i have never played at Canterbury but if there is a small player pool consisting mostly of just regulars, then i could definitely see the game being pretty 'hostile' even if there was no collusion going on.

i have been to a bunch of small casinos in the northwest where the vast majority of the players are regulars. its pretty hard playing in a game where virtually half the hands you aren't involved in are checked down, and literally (and i mean literally) every time you muck someone asks the dealer to see your hand (nobody asks to see any other player's hand). the dealers had no problem digging my hand out of the muck either, its not like i am there tipping them 6 days a week.

none of that is technically collusion (though any reasonable place would think asking to see a mucked hand every time is insane), but with all those activities combined its practically 9v1 (or 10v1 with the dealer).