If team play means protecting your teammates or "collusion" then you are not playing poker by the rules - you are simply creating a means to knock out players on other teams, which to me is unacceptable. You should play to win on your own own merits.
I joined a team because I thought I would be playing against better players - not "cheaters", to play in tournaments without hundreds(or thousands) of entries, and to enjoy the game without playing tricks.
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