haven't been here for a while
but wtf's a chip dump

ah right....gotcha

what else should I be looking for?
I hear they got this strategy that pushes people out of pots? do they do this with marginal hands only, or either of them don't hit on the flop after they've committed

Originally Posted by jharding666

Lol, I was on the bubble of a MTT, and one guy limps in for 1200, folds round to the BB who goes in for another 70 and the limper folds. That's right another 70 to call in to a pot of 3070 with 1200 already committed. He did pretty much the same the next hand!

Another PStars favorite. I was in an 2 table sng with 5 people left. The UTG and BB have been yappin the whole time on the PStars chat box about where they might be going this weekend etc etc etc. The UTG calls 1600 of his 3400, small blind calls, BB chip leader w 13k raises pot to 3200, UTG pushes all in for 3400, SB folds (presumably to let BB go heads up), and BB FOLDS instead of calling $200. UTG say's "Thanks", BB says "No Prob", all of this on the PStars chat box. I think I got 2nd but this really steamed me. I took the history file, sent it support, and they did NOTHING!!! They yammered on how they studied the hands and found no evidence of collusion. I said "Read the fucking chat history". They wrote back and said I should use a more civil tone.... funny

I think it's important to recognize the difference between collusion and just bad play. There's plenty of bad play out there -- some of it truly incomprehensible -- and it can be due to many reasons such as someone suddenly having to leave their PC, someone being schizo and getting ultra-aggressive, someone just not thinking properly, someone being a bad player, etc.etc.

For a web site to conclude that someone was colluding they need more than just some bad play. I'm not saying it wasn't happening in your case but just that it's difficult for a web site to conclude that someone was colluding.

I've reported several people to pokerstars support for violations such as telling people what they have or had in still a live hand and that sort of thing in just 1c/2c tables and I've always received a favorable response from them. It may influence them that I am polite in my pointing out the issue plus I let them know the table number or hand number and time of day.