Re: On Ghosting
I agree with Ansky and co., "ghosting" (I learned a new word, yay!) is fine by me, and in fact like the best way to teach/learn.
I also agree that it's not unethical to do something online just because it is unethical to do it live (e.g. I wouldn't ask to see opponents' cards at showdown live every time if they would prefer to muck, but I'm damn sure checking online).
Back to 'ghosting', I am however uncomfortable with the idea that one player buys another into an online MTT and "ghosts" him when the person giving the directions is (1) in the MTT himself, (2) doing this with multiple players in said MTT or (3) clear that he's not going to back the player in future events if the player doesn't follow his "advice".
But that's something else all together and there's no logical reason to ban ghosting (if such a thing we even possible) because of this. 'One person to a hand' isn't a part of online poker and I have no quarrel with that.
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