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Are any of the sites with anonymous tables US friendly? Being mostly a live player, I think anonymous tables would be more to my liking.

Thanks any

Bovada

Keep in mind that anonymous tables are much more prone to collusion since you will never be able to see if people are colluding. Collusion is very real. I've had money returned to me and the colluders thrown off the site at PokerStars. If their tables had been anonymous, I doubt that those players would have been caught.

Collusion happens regardless if the table is anonymous or not.

Collusion happens regardless if the table is anonymous or not.

I think the point just flew over your head.

I think the point just flew over your head.

lol

Anonymous HU tables ftw, obvobv.

What difference does anonymous tables make? Just don't use a HUD

Keep in mind that anonymous tables are much more prone to collusion since you will never be able to see if people are colluding. Collusion is very real. I've had money returned to me and the colluders thrown off the site at PokerStars. If their tables had been anonymous, I doubt that those players would have been caught.

Did you discover the collusion or you found out after the fact when poker stars gave you your money?

Being anonymous to other players at the table doesn't mean being anonymous to the poker site...

Did you discover the collusion or you found out after the fact when poker stars gave you your money?

Being anonymous to other players at the table doesn't mean being anonymous to the poker site...

I noticed it but didn't report them, although I wrote down their names. I do know that other players reported them though.

The sites do catch some of the cheaters on their own but players bring others to the site's attention. Remember too that PokerStars probably has the best security of any site. Security isn't cheap when you consider both the manpower and the programming involved. It's partially players that suspect that they have been cheated who keep the pressure on a site for better security. I'm not so confident that Bovada's security is top notch. And if players don't know whether they are being cheated or not there really isn't any pressure for them to improve.