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See, I'm not sure that's true. Let's say there's 2 tables online and 20 players. 2 of the 20 are sharks.

No HUD, both sharks are at table 1. The sharks won't tend to bump against each other much because they play few hands. The fish are hurting though because they have 2 players than know how to play and are going to punish the fish for mistakes. Fish at table 1 are clearly worse off.

At table 2, fish are just shoving money back and forth and the rake is bleeding them very very slowly.

Now, bring in HUDs and the 2 sharks see each other and end up on separate tables (better table selection). Now, the fish and table 1 are better off because there's only 1 shark instead of 2. The fish at table 2 are slightly worse as now they have a shark. But the two are offsetting as far as the net effect on the fish. 1 table gains a shark, the other loses one.

Sharks lose out when they end up at the same table as once in a while they'll be against each other, but I'm really not sure fish lose out in any meaningful way.

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But what would really happen is that both sharks would stay at the table they are on (since it has 8 fishes) and also join the table full with fishes.