Cash game

A game where chips are money and the blinds never rise, so you can play as many hands as you like and leave.

Last updated October 16, 2026

What it means: In a cash game every chip stands for money, the blinds stay the same all session, and nobody is knocked out: a player who loses their stack can buy back in. Most games start everyone 100 big blinds deep.
How it is calculated: Your result is what you have when you leave, less everything you bought in with. Because the blinds never rise, stacks stay deep and most of the skill is in postflop play rather than all-in decisions.
Worked example: You buy in for 100bb, top up once for 40bb after a lost pot, and leave with 175bb. Your result is 175 − 140 = +35bb.
Why it matters: Deep-stacked cash play is the cleanest place to practice ordinary poker, because ICM and short-stack shoves never come into it.