[BigKyle]

This came up in one of my home cash games a few weeks ago, also 1/2 NL. Being the floor man that I am, I ultimately ruled that since the player returned and wanted to play before he had been away from the table for sixty minutes (he had been gone about a half-hour) he had to buyin for what he cashed out with. Fortunately there was no objection from anyone, but I was only about 60% certain that this was the correct rule. He ended up dipping from about $300 down to about $150 after losing allins to shorter stacks, but then built his chips back up to about $230, so he had a pretty good night I guess. I still wonder if that one-hour rule was correct?