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Originally Posted by pig4bill
The above is not hard evidence I can show anyone because it's likely nobody else heard it. Everyone was watching seat 8 tank. Then a half-dozen hands later there are a couple limps, a pretty big raise from seat 2, and his wife in seat 3 calls, everyone else folds. They check down flop, turn, and river, he shows aces, and she mucks. The reg from seat 8 yells out "collusion!" half-jokingly (they all know each other). I got a table change.
Ok, so maybe it's because I play in a room with a bunch of regulars and see stuff like this somewhat regularly, but this doesn't seem like that big a deal. Did the wife calling in seat 3 change how any one would play the hand? Or does the husband (seat 2) take down the pot preflop if she doesn't call? It's not like they raised someone else out of the pot. Anyone else could have called his preflop raise and played the hand against them. This wasn't a squeeze play where someone in the middle got squeezed out due to the threat of a re-raise.
Assuming they both play pretty decently, I'd guess the wife had a legit hand here (10's or better?) and was wanting to see a flop. If anyone else calls, I'd guess the hand doesn't get checked down. In reality, here is a husband and wife where the money is going to one household when the day is over. If anything, betting against each other after everyone else folded could be seen a collusion and a way for the husband to get more chips on the table and build a stack.
Is there any sort of bad beat jackpot or high hand promotion in the room? Maybe she calls with a hand thinking they have a chance to hit a jackpot of some kind. In the hand you described, I doubt her action of calling prevent another player to call. Hard to see that truly as collusion.