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Originally Posted by DayTripping
I thought they paid out of their pocket rather than altering the prize pool ?
You know those tournament rules of "no exposing cards" and "no talking about the hand" and "no checking back the nuts"? They enforce them very harshly in many venues, even though they are just simple mistakes 95-99% of the time. The main reasoning behind those rules is to avoid even the hint of collusion. That most venues police it this strongly shows how serious of a negative effect collusion can have, especially at the final table.
Now take OPs example, where the whole table was openly colluding against him. It's completely unfair to him and he should at least have had the floor's support on this. There may not have been much the floor could do if the other players were all subtle about the collusion, but the floor could (should) have said that they were going to start handing out harsh penalties at the first hint of collusion talk.