Money Plays
Do not confuse the previous post on “Table Stakes” with the cash game rule called “Money Plays”. Many rooms allow players to have both chips and cash at the table. When cash is allowed, we say that: “Money Plays”. This does not mean that the cash game actually becomes ‘cash only’ instead of chips but the idea is to facilitate the flow of the game and to accommodate the previously mentioned table stakes rules.
Suppose their is a big No Limit game in progress. Players have between 1,000 and 10,000 stacks at the table. Just from a practical point of view, that is a lot of chips. So players may have a thousand or two in actual chips and the rest is on the table in cash. Now there is no doubt what the table stacks are and money can move around the table more easily when some cash is involved.
Not all card rooms allow cash to play on the tables and those that do often limit the “money plays” rule to the high stakes games. One final tip, if money plays in your game, be sure you know which denominations play and which do not. Often only 100+ bills are accepted under the “money plays” rules.
-This is Beginner’s Poker Blog Post #119
