$75 buy-in live SNG, is this unethical?

[Yossarian147]

Of course it's unethical. I would not speak to the dealer, I would speak to the floor immediately. Everyone else at the table should be on their case too, not just you.

[Josem]

the word for this is "collusion."


traditionally, people who do this to cheat in a game of poker get shot.

[Veop]

How did the dealer not notice this? Was it not that obvious?

I'd think that any one of the actions you describe would have resulted in a stern warning from the floor and any other action afterwards should've resulted in them being booted.

[winningfish]

The dealer didn't notice because in the less than an hour I was at this SNG, the dealer changed twice, which I thought was somewhat ridiculous too. The older grinders were sitting to my right so they weren't as affected as I was by the 2 young guys to my immediate left.