Can't see the light

[rafiki]

Just to chime in, the smaller the player pool, the EASIER it is to cheat. I certainly don't collude online, but that's not to say I never have. When I was a newb we thought it would be fun to collude on msn. We quickly found that it was somewhat pointless since having another spot open for another opponent was often more useful. Now I dont' really play online enough to care either way.

But if people are going to collude, it's much better for there to only be a few tables. This way the poker sites algorithms for catching players playing together has very little success. If you always sit with the same people, they can't really link you. I imagine that if 2 expert cheats wanted to do this, they could mix it up a little, only colluding in scenarios that make sense (3 and 4 betting to fold out hands). Doing this in an omaha game for instance is pretty lethal. I'd certainly be on the lookout for people trying it.