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  1. pictomtr pictomtr is offline

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    Nov 7th, 2008 (11/7/2008 6:57am)

    Was just watching the video of yellowsub playing PLO with a few other high stakes players talking about the hand and giving out advice and it got me thinking. Would a few high stakes players playing one account together have a decent extra edge than just playing by themselves? Would the edge be enough to make it worth them giving up the extra volume that they could put in individually? It is probably much easier to stay tilt free when playing in a group, as well as having three players instincts working together.

    Obviously this also raises some big ethical questions (quite where this would stand as ghosting/multiaccounting/whatever I have no idea). Any thoughts?
  2. freeworld777 freeworld777 is offline

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    Nov 7th, 2008 (11/7/2008 7:03am) in reply to pictomtr

    you're fired
  3. quietchild quietchild is offline

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    Nov 7th, 2008 (11/7/2008 7:53am) in reply to pictomtr

    No offence meant, but this is a really bad idea that will never happen. They all have different strategies and ways of playing and are out to succeed for themselves not as a group, poker is an individual game and will stay like that.
  4. dgillis dgillis is offline Moderator

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    Nov 7th, 2008 (11/7/2008 8:08am) in reply to pictomtr

     
    Originally Posted by pictomtr View Post

    Was just watching the video of yellowsub playing PLO with a few other high stakes players talking about the hand and giving out advice and it got me thinking. Would a few high stakes players playing one account together have a decent extra edge than just playing by themselves? Would the edge be enough to make it worth them giving up the extra volume that they could put in individually? It is probably much easier to stay tilt free when playing in a group, as well as having three players instincts working together.

    Obviously this also raises some big ethical questions (quite where this would stand as ghosting/multiaccounting/whatever I have no idea). Any thoughts?

    There is a clear advantage to more people per hand in the short term, over the long run would be harder to prove. However there is a one player per hand rule for a reason, the idea posed would probably be considered cheating; at the least it would be in bad taste.
    If however you were to regularly get together to discuss hands that already occured you might see some great strides in your game.
     
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