[mac40k]

Unlike High Stakes Poker, which seemingly has fueled the attraction for playing with cash on the table, the bills in a home game are not in nice neat bundles. It's hard to size up someone's stack when they have a a few bills in play as well. Is that 4 $10's or 4 $20's or is it 3 $20's and a $100? I have plenty of chips so that running out isn't an issue. If a person feels like they have too many small denom chips, I'll let them voluntarily chip up to larger denom chips, but I don't allow cash at the table. All cash must be converted to chips. Furthermore, if someone runs out of money and wants to borrow from someone else, they have to borrow cash which is not in play and that gets converted to chips from the bank. Players are not allowed to loan other players chips out of their stack. All chips in play remain in play until you cash out.