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There Was Cheating!
Hi,
I was in a $50 NL tournament recently. The said tournament was held at my friend’s house. There was an agreement that second place would win back buy in and first would take the rest. The game started with 8 players, four players I actually knew then.
Unfortunately, though I was good, I was the first one to be eliminated as my pocket Kings ran into Aces preflop. Later, it went to 3 players, then much later to 2. One of the two had approximately a 2:1 chip lead. However, suddenly such player requested for a split pot. I then felt something was wrong. I can feel then something was agreed upon, there was a “teamwork cheating” if I may quote it. Well, I believe poker is an individual game and so players are expected to act out alone.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance!
Gierren
Gierren,
What you experience here is known as a deal. Many times when players reach the final table, a deal is made to split up the prize pool among the remaining players or to pay out each player a certain amount and play for the rest. This is done to lock up money for the players and counterbalance the high luck factor when it gets to just a few players.
I have been involved in quite a few deals. This is not illegal. It’s a normal part of poker. All players remaining in the tournament must agree to a deal in order for it to be valid. It must be unanimous.
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