Guide

Hand-for-Hand and Ties at the Bubble

At the bubble, every table plays one hand at a time. Players who bust out on the same hand are tied. They share their places and their prizes.

When Hand-for-Hand Can Start

The bubble is the moment when one more bust-out puts everyone left in the money.
The Overview tab offers hand-for-hand while more than one table is left. It also needs at least as many paid places as seats at the final table.
At the bubble, the Overview tab suggests hand-for-hand, if your club plays it.
Hand-for-hand cannot start until late entry is closed and the prize pool is final.

The Floor presses Start Hand-for-Hand on the Overview tab. The clock pauses.
Each dealer deals one hand.
If a player busts out, the dealer presses Bust Out first. Then the dealer presses Hand Finished.
When every table is finished, the Floor presses Next Hand. If a table cannot press Hand Finished, the Floor presses Next Hand Anyway.

Each hand takes a fixed number of minutes from the level, so the blinds still increase on time. The Floor sets the minutes before the start.

When the time of a level runs out, the next hand is played at the next level. Before a break, the clock waits at 0:00 until hand-for-hand ends.

Players who bust out on the same hand of hand-for-hand are tied. They share the best of their places, and they split the prizes and the points of the places that they cover equally. Outside hand-for-hand, only a shared win gives a shared place.
For example, two players bust out on the same hand, in 10th and 9th place. Both finish 9th, and they share the prizes of 9th and 10th place equally.
Tied players also get the same points in the seasons and the leagues.

A dealer presses Bust Out for every player who is out on the hand, before Hand Finished. If not, the ties and the prizes are wrong.

When the bubble bursts, the panel says that everyone left is in the money.
When every table has finished the hand, the Floor presses End Hand-for-Hand and Restart the Clock. The last hand also counts its minutes.
With published payouts, the room clock shows On the Bubble, and then In the Money.

If a bust-out brings the field to the final table size, the final table waits for the hand.
It forms when the last table presses Hand Finished. Then hand-for-hand ends, and the clock stays paused.
If a table cannot press Hand Finished, the Floor presses End Hand-for-Hand and Form the Final Table.
Every screen shows the new seats. Press Resume when all the players sit at the final table.