[eastbay]

One effect of bubble play is that it can be bad for you to be called by a hand over which you are a favorite.

How can that be? Because the chips you stand to lose hurt you far worse than the chips you stand to gain help you.

When a player makes a bad call on the bubble, often it hurts both him AND you. It helps the other players not involved in the hand, who stand a good chance to get an equity boost from the crippling or bust out of you or the caller.

This is one of the more frustrating aspects of SnG play.

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