Re: Is bubble play limited to 4 handed?
 

In response to #1. Yes...yes it is the bubble. It's the very definition of bubble, the next person to get knocked out is the last one to not make money.

Re: Is bubble play limited to 4 handed?
 

So are you guys actaully unwilling to make make bubble adjustments until there are only 4 players left or are you just blindly defending the definition?

Re: Is bubble play limited to 4 handed?
 

Now you're arguing semantics. Of course you adjust. It's not adjusting to the bubble, it's just adjusting to being short-handed. You can be shorthanded without being on the bubble.

Re: Is bubble play limited to 4 handed?
 

Technically yes, but still #2 feels more like the bubble than #1. In #2 the nr of hands before people gets ITM should on average be much smaller than in #1.

Re: Is bubble play limited to 4 handed?
 

The bubble is a psychological thing except in blatantly obvious chip situations. So if a guy really tightens up 5 handed, then it is the bubble for him.

Mathematically, 5 handed isn't the bubble the same way 4 handed is.

Re: Is bubble play limited to 4 handed?
 

Noodle,

The bubble "technically" is when there is one player remaining, I believe.

However, "the bubble" is when the mindset changes so that the gap gets crazy.

In, for example, a step 5, that starts when the game starts.

c

Re: Is bubble play limited to 4 handed?
 

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The bubble is a psychological thing except in blatantly obvious chip situations. So if a guy really tightens up 5 handed, then it is the bubble for him.

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You're supposed to play tighter on the button. Hmmm, I knew I was doing something wrong.

Re: Is bubble play limited to 4 handed?
 

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The bubble is a psychological thing except in blatantly obvious chip situations. So if a guy really tightens up 5 handed, then it is the bubble for him.

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You're supposed to play tighter on the button. Hmmm, I knew I was doing something wrong.

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huh?