This is the point in a tournament where the next player out does not take any winnings. 👍 The remaining players will take something away from the table.
Example: The tournament you are in states that the top 25 👍 players will win money and there are 26 players left. These 26 players are “on the bubble”. The one player 👍 that is knocked out and gets no reward is said to have been knocked out “on the bubble”.
Playing the bubble 👍 – Different strokes for different folks!
Make no mistake when the bubble period is reached in a tournament, things change. It 👍 really is the do-or-die time. It is fairly common to find players changing their style dependent upon the stack in 👍 front of them.