[Meatmaw]

Is it widely considered unethical to strategically try to keep the shortstack in the game in a 4-handed game if you are a large chip leader? I could see how strategically I might assess players 2 and 3 as being much easier candidates to steals while the play is in bubble mode (top 3 paying). That being the case, you could easily see that, without things being "personal", you might want to keep the small stack in, or even explicitly dump chips on him to keep the masses about even and in fear.

Would that be collusion or unfair playing? I don't see how that's any different than Sklansky's suggestion to dump high pocket pairs in a 2 table situation when keeping the tables unjoined will result in your ability to steal much more effectively from everyone.