In a 2/5 session today at a casino, a situation came up several times which bothered me.
Two players were seated next to each other who plainly knew each other well from both the casino, and outside private games. They were chatting and bullshitting nonstop.
The hands would go like this:
Someone opens to $15 or $20.
There’s a call.
Buddy-A raises to $75 or $80.
Buddy-B calls.
The $15-$20 opener and caller both fold.
Then, still preflop, the buddies agree to “check it down.”
Now in the game I host, I would have warned the players to knock it off. It stinks of collusion, and is bad for the game.
Since I was not involved in any of these hands, and the people who folded did not complain, I decided not to say anything.
But if it had happened when I was in a hand, I would’ve said something when it happened more than once, like “Hey, that’s not kosher.”
And I was kind of steamed that the dealer didn’t say anything, which might have then led to asking for a ruling.
Thoughts?
Two players were seated next to each other who plainly knew each other well from both the casino, and outside private games. They were chatting and bullshitting nonstop.
The hands would go like this:
Someone opens to $15 or $20.
There’s a call.
Buddy-A raises to $75 or $80.
Buddy-B calls.
The $15-$20 opener and caller both fold.
Then, still preflop, the buddies agree to “check it down.”
Now in the game I host, I would have warned the players to knock it off. It stinks of collusion, and is bad for the game.
Since I was not involved in any of these hands, and the people who folded did not complain, I decided not to say anything.
But if it had happened when I was in a hand, I would’ve said something when it happened more than once, like “Hey, that’s not kosher.”
And I was kind of steamed that the dealer didn’t say anything, which might have then led to asking for a ruling.
Thoughts?