Re: PokerStars say you can break their rules
poker rules are arbitrary and are always subject to interpretation and the discrpency of the adjudicator.
That's life. And that's how it is practically everywehre in poker.
Furhtermore, this ruling is pretty consistent with what anyone experienced in live play would expect in such a situation.
In a live tourney it is not uncommon for there to be inexperienced noobs making stupid mistakes. If this happened in a live tourney then the violator would most likely get a warning not to do it again.
If another player started clamoring, "Violation!! Give me a refund right now!" the floor-person would likely laugh in his face.
If the floor-person could still look at both players' hole-cards he might do that to ensure that no blatant collusion was going on. That's what Stars did here.
Their first inclination is to give a warning. But they checked the cards just to be sure.
I disagree with your idea that the rules should somehow be different on Stars then everywhere else in poker.
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