Collusion and Team Poker® - Why It's Not A Problem

1. Cheating: - As in any tournament telling or signaling to anyone, or one of your own teammates, what hand you have, is cheating and strictly prohibited and cause for ejection from the tournament and all Team Poker events.
   
   
2. Collusion: - Webster Def.: n. Secret agreement for some wrongful purpose; as, a man in collusion with thieves. Players can collude and cheat in any tournament …but for the most part they don't.
   
   
3. Teaming Up: - As long as no one is cheating … “teaming up” against opponents can potentially happen and can add excitement to a tournament. Use your imagination with pros and ‘wanta bes' at the final table.
   
   
4. Structure: - The structure of Team Poker is to avoid seating players of the same team together, either initially at the start, or as tables are consolidated. Tournament Directors and personnel can direct players of the same team to different tables, thus, minimizing teaming-up potential and teams knocking fellow teams out of tournament.
   
   
5. Payout: - Team Poker encourages and allows for a percentage of the tournament funds to go to the individual winners as well as the teams.
   
   
6. Announce: - Whenever teams are first seated or a player or players are added to a table in Team Poker, the players on the same team are required to announce they are teammates. The dealers are responsible in Team Poker to monitor this. Players in Team Poker that do not identify this (there Team Poker relationships) are subject to penalties and or ejection from tournaments, based on Tournament Directors discretion.
   
   
7. Known: - In Team Poker it is understood that teams are playing other teams. Since this is known, teammates are known in Team Poker, it tends to negate collusion potential.
   
   
8. Gaming: - Since some teams / players in Team Poker may wish to increase their Finish Equalization Number (FEN) they may opt for less players in tournaments, thus, avoiding intra- team competition and collusion potential.