Advantage Play & Game Integrity
Collusion poker
Collusion in poker is secret cooperation between two or more players who share information or coordinate actions to gain an unfair advantage over others at the table.
Key points
- Colluders exchange hole-card information or coordinate betting to trap opponents, often through raising and re-raising.16
- Chip dumping is a specific form where one player deliberately loses chips to a partner.14
- Tacit collusion involves no explicit communication and is distinct from active collusion described here.25
Where this term is used
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Sources
- Cheating in poker en.wikipedia.org Defines collusion in poker and lists common methods such as soft play and chip dumping.
- Collusion en.wikipedia.org Distinguishes collusion from tacit collusion.
- Online poker en.wikipedia.org Explains online poker's vulnerability to collusion and multi-accounting.
- Betting in poker en.wikipedia.org Describes chip dumping as a betting-related collusion method.
- Tacit collusion - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Clarifies tacit collusion as distinct from active collusion.
- Ask the Wizard Column 165 Addendum wizardofodds.com Details collusion methods including multi-accounting and coordinated betting.
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