There's perhaps no more tense a moment in poker than the bubble of a big tournament. When it comes to inflection points, this is the big one. The next person to be eliminated gets nothing, while the rest of the players will at least book a small profit if it's a true freezeout, with no reentries.
For the Main Event of the World Series of Poker, that bubble pressure is magnified 10 times over. Bubbling the most prestigious tournament in the world can leave a lifelong scar on the psyche of a poker player, especially an amateur who has long dreamed of playing in the big one.