Quote Originally Posted by Adamw View Post
I know for certain that on some sites, players who know each other will coordinate together in the double ups to win as a group. They might even talk on IM or Skype while playing, and they won't get involved in hands against each other. That, and/or skill level could account for part of the anomaly you are noticing when playing SNG veteran groups like that.
Oh Wow! That makes it even more scary. I did notice at two particular tables there were a set of regulars who frequently would fold against each other and not steal each others blinds, while attempting to steal other players blinds...I also noticed a strange occurance where one of the regulars called an All in of a slightly smaller stack with a better hand and got sucked out on. After losing that hand he was sitting in 6th and was bound to get out next. But low and behold, the chip leader pushes everyone out of the pot with a raise that is slightly smaller than the 6th players stack size, and then he folds the flop....DOESNT EVEN CHECK, JUST FOLDS...and he does this, given that the 6th place player had like 100 or so chips left.