Players having pieces of others in cash games

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They'll tend to check it down when the third party has folded because there is no or less monitary reward for betting. This is going on isn't it!

There are many forms of collusion, some are unspoken yet still unethical.

I think your in a situation that if it isn't frought with cheating or playing in some unnatural way, it's a miracle like the virgin birth.

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They'll make one token bet when you drop then check it down.
There's no other collusion or cheating going on.

The question is simply this. Whether or not the staker has an edge on you by having pieces of others in the game. Them soft playing each other as you point out definitely can be part of the edge I'm asking about. My buddy and I were talking strictly from a math/EV perspective though.