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Ring games, also called cash games or live action games, are poker games played with "real" chips and money on the line, usually with no predetermined end time.

Players may freely buy into or cash out of a ring game between hands. However, it is normally prohibited for a player to remove a portion of his or her chips from the table. This is known as "going south". For example, if a player buys in for $100, then wins $100 (for a total stack of $200), the player may not remove the original $100 buy-in.

One difference between tournaments and cash games is that the blind/ante structure of tournaments increases periodically over the course of the tournament, whereas the blind/ante structure of cash games remains constant.

Another difference between the tournaments and cash games is that the tournament sticks with one specific type and style of poker, and cash game players, depending on house rules, may have the option of playing other types of card games. Some online cash games offer a variety of choices limited only by the game software, but do not offer all the possible more obscure games like H.O.R.S.E or other mixed games that in-person card rooms can allow.

In "no limit" poker ring games, there is normally a maximum buy-in for ring games that prevents players from buying a chip stack size advantage. In limit poker games, there is seldom a maximum buy-in because betting limits on each hand already limit the advantage of having a larger chip stack.

Contrast this to a poker tournament, which is played with tournament chips (worth nothing outside the tournament) with a definite end condition (usually, only one player left).

In a casino, a rake is usually taken from a pot if the player is in a hand while a flop is shown. In a casino cash game, players usually tip the dealer when they win a pot. In tournaments, the dealers usually receive tips at the end of the tournament from the winning players.

An example of a ring game is broadcast on the United States television network GSN as "High Stakes Poker".

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