Chip Dumping
Chip Dumping is another form of collusion seen in tournament play. There are several ways to dump chips to another player. The goal is for two or more players to move all of their chips to a single player so that this player with the large stack will have a better chance of wining the tournament.
Early in a tournament, colluding players will simply go all-in against each other regardless of what cards they hold, whomever wins the hand will double up. The colluding players are going to split any winnings, so who wins the hand is not an issue. Later in tournaments, members of chip dumping teams will isolate hands against each other with the small stack playing very risky hands and losing those chips to the big stack.
Some very amateurish chip dumping attempts can be easily detected at the table but teams who have worked out their moves in advance can and do dump chips in tournaments. Other players should be watchful for players who seem to play only against each other and are reluctant to show their cards on the river.
-this is Beginner’s Poker Blog Post #162
