yeah i know they are from different countries, and thats just proves the point they arent bots or w/e. proxy is possible but i think it will be just too complicated, but who knows..

A clever person can open multiple ones on the same computer. It's just risky as far as alarm bells playing from the same IP, but there are solutions for that too.

me vs the clones. lets leave well enough alone here...

just because you do well vs them doesnt mean there not bots or arent still winning a large amount of money

i kno, it was kind of a joke/brag.

plus they arent going to get any worse (if bots)

Is there actually any proof that they are colluding/botting? Like all I see is a group of people (who probably learned/study together) playing similar styles and different from most 2p2ers and winning. I know I've seen guys similar to that at midstakes full ring on Stars/FTP that win don't see why it's hard to believe they simply play differently but also are good poker players thus win. Haven't played any of them and don't play ipoker so if I'm missing something I apologize but isn't this just an example of how preflop stats aren't everything?

None of them ever chats on Everest. And I never saw any blatant collusion between them. They happen to spew big time against each other sometimes, and I didn't notice any collusion-type preflop play.

And I think it's somewhat likely that they are bots.

Another behavior maybe worth noticing : sometimes (Im not sure if it's always or not) they insta sit out after a double up and don't play until the big bling hit them again. That's really weird.

Weird stuff.

I don't see any evidence in this thread that these players are doing anything unsavoury. Yes their style is unusual, but there are plenty of non English training/discussion sites where a group might concoct this style. Nothing about their play seems to indicate collusion or softplaying. It's hard to conclusively say it isn't botting, but this doesn't look like that either. It would be strange if bots were capable of beating mid stakes NLHE but iPoker was the only site affected.

These players play a very strange style, but one I have seen before from multiple players. It's strange, but certainly not unheard of for many players to play a similar style. Many 2p2 mindset regulars have similar stats and have similar reactions to different spots. Lots of shady things happen in the poker world, but this seems like paranoia to me. If there is evidence I'd be interested to see it.

Wow. That is insanely high. Run in perma god mode? Time to review some hands...

It's not. Similar stats have been reported on FTP and Party.

Without writing a "how to" to help anyone trying to program a bot, thinking about it some more if I was writing a bot it would be very similar to their style.

Two other things:
1. There are no players playing like this on stars, which is bigger than FTP etc. and very Euro friendly.

2. The guys who play like this on FTP I don't think I have ever seen play in a game less than 6 handed.

Where have those stats been reported?

I'm with ***, don't think they're bots and I don't think they're colluding, I just see nothing to support that. I remember a couple of years ago we had a really strong case that there were bots playing at some site, but in the end it turned out to be a bunch of old men nitting it up follwing the exact same strategy. What we have here is weak case and I expect it to turn out similarly.

The only thing I'm a little bit suprised by is that none of the listed SNs have spoken up yet and no one has claimed to know one of them. On the other hand if they're legit they don't really have any incentives to explain themselves, they can just relax and let iPoker do their investigation.