Quote Originally Posted by underminedsk
collusion in ring seems poinless.

collusion in SNGs seems useful.

collusion in MTTS seems rediculously profitable.

IMHO...
Poker Room recently had a backlash about individuals with multiple accounts playing against/with themselves in MTT's and the ridiculous advantage they had. Users could have an account on each skin and enter them all into the same tournament. They didn't seem to do much about it until one paticular player started a campaign and signed up a number of players who agreed to pull their bankrolls if nothing was done about it.

In a full ring game (maybe even short handed) I think you could easily end up hanging yourself through collusion. Obviously it would be helpful to know if some of your outs aren't in the deck, but knowing what your partner has doesn't necessarily define what your opponents' needs are in a given hand. What if both of you are dealt a similar hand? Who gets to play AK and who sits out? Do you play a premium hand knowing some of your outs are gone or do you both fold? What happens if you both get sucked out on a hand? What bad habits will you instill that will effect your play when your partner isn't around?

The only advantage I can see in collusion isn't winning bets, but saving bets. I'd like to believe that a student of the game can minimize this gap through working on their game. You can take yourself to almost any table in the world and play a game but you can't always take your partner. If people want to partner there is always bridge.