Eliminated together. Here’s what the bubble burst rule says at the EPT

“Congratulations to all remaining players, you are officially in the money.” This is the liberating phrase at every poker tournament that triggers applause in the room. The bubble man is the saddest but what happens if there are two eliminated at the same time? It happened at a Main Event and here’s what the EPT bubble burst rule says

NO NEED TO MELINA

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The number of players ‘in the money’ is determined at the end of the registration period. The road to the money is usually still long after the ITMs are announced. Once the field gets close to the prizes the hands on the various tables are blocked. What does it mean? That wasting time hoping that there will be eliminations elsewhere is of little use. Let’s explain the ‘hand-by-hand’ mode with an example. We are sitting at table number 1 and we are two eliminations away from bursting the bubble. The UTG player goes all in and the whole table folds quickly. On table number two, however, the UTG player limps, as does the button and the small blind. In this case we get to the flop and, in terms of time, the duration of the hit is much longer than at our table. Rule says that on table 1 you must wait until all the other tables have finished their hand before dealing another one. In short: you wait patiently without playing. This is to avoid going in slow motion to get an advantage

THE DOUBLE BUBBLE BURST RULE AT THE EPT

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During the EPT Prague there were simultaneous allins on multiple tables with only one elimination left in the money. In this case the dealer announces the allin and the call but waits for the tournament director to arrive. Some might think that, in the event of a double elimination on the bubble, the first unpaid player is the one with the fewest chips but this is not the case. Let’s see what happened in Prague: Bogdan Munteanu finds himself with all the chips in the middle and with AK in hand against his opponent’s KK. An ace on the flop saves him but soon he will be the protagonist again. There are 2 tables with players who have announced the allin and only one eliminated from the prizes. Munteanu starts with KK this time but his opponent flips AA and things get ugly. The board is crazy which first gives a K and then ‘countersbursts’ with an A on the turn. Bogdan is out and would be ranked 216th. The cameras then go to Adi Rajkovic’s table who is also at risk of elimination. His starting hand is AJ but he has no luck. The board gives his opponent a pair and we have two simultaneous player outs. What happens? The first ITM player’s cash is divided equally. Specifically Munteanu and Rajkovic pocketed each other 4,275 euros each