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At the Bellagio, two friends are obviously checking down / soft playing. They raised me out of a pot, then check each other down. One has a monster, one has nothing.


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If one had a monster, why would he want you out? And unless Vegas changed rules, two players can raise you out and chop the pot. It doesn't mean they are colluding. It just means they are more perceptive than you are.