| Re: Playing With Cash
If you watch High Stakes Poker on Game Show Network, there is no poker-related reason for the players to have stacks of cash.
From an appearance standpoint, however, it looks so much cooler if the players have huge stacks of chips and cash in front of them, and that has to be the only reason for it.
Like the OP said, if you're going to have some cash at the table, why not just play with cash period? I agree with that.
The WSOP is guilty of the same thing. They had 25K, 50K, and 100K chips. There was no poker-related need for the 50K chips at all, but it looks so much cooler if the players have huge stacks of chips in multiple colors in front of them, and again that has to be the only reason for it. | 
