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It was sickening to watch how this played out and what Todd "had" to do to ensure his playoff spot. It kind of ruins the integrity of the game if you ask me.

And while I doubt any of it happened this tourney, it widely opens up the possibility of collusion to ensure one person continues onto the next round, or to ensure that one person DOESN'T continue to the next round. That's not exciting poker to me.

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I think it's rather interesting in it's own way, similar to keeping a short stack around near the bubble so as to allow your big stack to keep stealing blinds... or raising out a strong player so a weak player gets the chips in a pot that you have a better shot at capturing in a cash game.

Your last point, while a good one, doesn't strike me as too likely given the individuals involved. Not impossible, of course, and so it is a negative.