Kudos to Joey for shining a light on all of this.
MTT exploit:
It seems that with the current system, because players who late-reg at around the same time during the bubble have a high chance of being seated together, they:
1) get to cooperate or explicitly collude by all max timing down or chip dumping
2) get to play under different bubble/ICM conditions than the rest of the field since they have a low chance of having any big (or even above average) stacks at their table who can enforce more ICM pressure on them. Ideally you would want all players to have an equal chance of being seated with a big stack etc during the bubble.
I think a good seating solution (during some window when late-reg is closing soon) is to ensure that players who all late-reg at around the same time account for <50% of seats on each table (ie during the bubble, no one table has a majority of recent late-reg players).
Quote:
Originally Posted by WPN_REP
We invite all players who have any additional information regarding these reportedly suspicious instances, or proof or suspicion of collusion, bot use, or cheating in any form, to email our security review department at gameintegrity@winningpokernetwork.com . Please provide both specific complaints, accompanying hand histories and support for your belief that collusion, cheating, or bot-play has taken place.
We will investigate each report and develop further analysis of player activities. WPN will act on what it may determine, while respecting player privacy concerns among other matters
It'd be a lot easier for players to identify and report collusion/cheating or bot-play if WPN let players see mucked hands at showdown.