Hi Andrew,
I'd like to report a case of (without much doubt) collusion in today's €150 GTD Lunch Multi-Speed (ID: 4108818).
There were three players entering the MTT with 10xBuyin stacks under the Aliases: Fidnlj6 ; Fidgnlj7 ; Fidgnlj8 (this striking similarity in their Aliases already raising an eye-brow)
With this 10-buyin strategy they were of course very likely to end up at the same tables at some point and get the collusion-party going...
So I opened their tables as an Observer to check for irregularites in case they were to end up at the same table, which caused me to have even more suspicions, as not only were these perky tards sharing almost the same Aliases, no to round it up they all chose to share the red-Devillady avatar:
Of course two of those geniuses would end up at my table and entertain with a lot of peculiar plays. If one of them raised pre the other would always come along trying to attack the blinds as a cool duo -or reraise insane amounts trying to get rid/or isolate a third player:
If one of them would become alarmingly short while the other was still decently stacked. Hey, how about doubling your fellow friend by calling his All-in with 55 on a 6KQ-flop (when the other bloke flopped a pair obv):
Luckily, they sucked at poker in general and in colluding as well. Plus, I was pretty sure the other regular player at my table was well aware of what was going on. Yet annoying the sh** out of me, because it forced me to stall to the max (even with a decent stack when I would usually try to apply pressure) as It always felt like going against two players at the same time. Thus, getting into pushorfold-mode more quickly, which is less favourable for the colluders, especially if they have no clou about shoving ranges.
End of story, I managed to bust one of the guys on the bubble (boy, that felt good) while the only colluder left cashed 6th position for 28.50€ netting them a nice little combined €11.50 loss.
A great story they can tell their grandchildren by the fireplace.
Sry for wall of text, but I was too tilted at the time they were at my table. Would be cool if you could pass this on to the department in charge so their accounts are closed for good.
Cheers,
Till