[CardSharpCook]

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instead of calling people goofballs... lets try and keep this polite and informative?

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Too late. Part of the problem is that the RGP crew, both here and in the relevant thread at RGP, is just ranting without trying to make any sense of what's going on, assuming that Jerrod was trying to be smug when he said "What one player to a hand rule?"

But he's not. The rule that you're talking about exists in B&M casinos. But I've read the rules for Party, Paradise, and Stars tournaments and there is no one player to a hand rule. (At Stars there's some room for debate: Poker is an individual (not a team) game. Any action intended to help another player is unethical and is prohibited.; the examples given are chip dumping and softplay though) There are anti-collusion rules, but these are not the same thing, I don't think, as these typically refer to situations where players AT THE SAME TABLE are sharing information or softplaying, something that Jerrod stresses they don't do.

There are also occasionally vague "poker etiquette" rules. Does violating one player to a hand break poker etiquette? Perhaps, but being a table coach is bad poker etiqutte too, but it's hardly cheating.

Instead of ranting about how these guys are cheating, which they are almost certainly not, a better question might be is what they are doing ethical? That's tough.

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Very nice post, sir.