Well for a short stacked player on the bubble, it's a smart idea because you get to wait to see if someone will get knocked before you can take a risk. I didn't like either the first time it happened, but it is part the strategy people use to get into the money and they are smart for doing that.
Yes. I was WTH!? the first time I saw someone doing this -- but that was years ago now. If I have a bigger stack, I laugh and silently wish the poor SS'ers luck in holding on -- if I don't get a chance to bust them. If I am one of the SS'ers, hoping to make at least my buy-in back after 3-4 hours of play, I'll do the time-drag. I will apologize to the table; most understand. I will speed it up if my blind looks like it might come at about the same time the blinds increase. AH, desperation! Some tourneys, that bubble period is excruciatingly long.
I kinda hate getting a playable hand at this point -- gotta play it and that's how I bubble. I bubble a bit too often for my taste. Hate it.
What makes me laugh are the folks who still drag it when the hand-to-hand starts -- it makes no difference then. When more than one player busts in the same hand, the one who started with the shortest stack is the loser, not the one who busts first. Or, at least, I think that's what happens.
i play to win i dont wanna win a little of my money back, that isnt good enuf for me i like to win big or go home
Yeah, well, can't win big if you have a SS and don't last past the bubble. Can't win little either. Little beats zip. Little keeps you having the money for the next buy-in, and then some. But if that thought works for you, great.
Me, I hate being a complete loser.
If I make it past the bubble with a SS, sometimes I will make it a lot further, well longer than many of the bigger stacks. Just need to keep grabbing some breathing room, even if I can't get much traction.
That's all a part of tournament strategy, I don't understand your gripe?
Yep!