Cash Games  In these games, chips represent the actual money of a player's buy-in. For example, a player may receive $200 worth of chips in a $1/$2 No Limit Hold'em game. Players usually try to buy into a cash game for at least 50 times the big blind. After a nice run that $200 may have grown to $500.

The limit for each player is the number of chips the player has in front of them. If the player has only 10 chips, they may bet no more than 10 and he may call any other player's bet to that extent. In table stakes, no player may withdraw chips from the table, or return chips to the banker, until they leave the game.