cow_phunk
06-29-2005, 10:37 AM
So it seems as though collusion is slightly more rampant on Bodog than other sites, or the colluders are just dumber and more obvious. I've had some major problems w/ this at the $10/20/30 sng's. I think it may have started casue of it being a smaller site, easier to sit at the same table, and general ease of the cheating.
I'll try and recap the hand. Big Stack, 4k chips, small to his immediate right, 430 chips. So small stack bb, big stack sb. Small stack raises 100 chips preflop, big stack calls. Flop,. short stack bets 100, immediate call. Turn, another 100, immediate call. Short stack's got 10 chips left. he checks on the river, big stack folds to the free check. Most blatantly obvious and plain dumb collusion I've ever seen.
So I call Bodog w/ the hand # and tell them to get back to me. Email 10 minutes later saying we've reviewed the chat and betting and can't see any collusion. I immediately called back and complained that if they couldn't see the obvious collusion I question their ability to prevent any sort of cheating. I mean, what exactly are they looking for, signals in their chat room? They said they couldn't do anything, but after threatening to pull my bankroll finally said they'd prevent these two from playing the same table in the future.
I thought this to be a fair decision that probably should have been made a lot earlier. I mean, what's the difference if these two can't play sng's together. Shouldn't mean anything to them if they aren't cheating.
On a plus side, the customer service in general for bodog is great. A direct line to a rep for poker right away and immediate response w/ email afterwards.
What are your thoughts on this in general. If they can't tell obvious pushing of chips from one player to another, should i move my bankroll?
I'll try and recap the hand. Big Stack, 4k chips, small to his immediate right, 430 chips. So small stack bb, big stack sb. Small stack raises 100 chips preflop, big stack calls. Flop,. short stack bets 100, immediate call. Turn, another 100, immediate call. Short stack's got 10 chips left. he checks on the river, big stack folds to the free check. Most blatantly obvious and plain dumb collusion I've ever seen.
So I call Bodog w/ the hand # and tell them to get back to me. Email 10 minutes later saying we've reviewed the chat and betting and can't see any collusion. I immediately called back and complained that if they couldn't see the obvious collusion I question their ability to prevent any sort of cheating. I mean, what exactly are they looking for, signals in their chat room? They said they couldn't do anything, but after threatening to pull my bankroll finally said they'd prevent these two from playing the same table in the future.
I thought this to be a fair decision that probably should have been made a lot earlier. I mean, what's the difference if these two can't play sng's together. Shouldn't mean anything to them if they aren't cheating.
On a plus side, the customer service in general for bodog is great. A direct line to a rep for poker right away and immediate response w/ email afterwards.
What are your thoughts on this in general. If they can't tell obvious pushing of chips from one player to another, should i move my bankroll?