Each player buys a set amount of chips from the bank, for example, 100 chips. The so-called take-out. If a player wants to have more chips, he has to buy another 100 chip, he can do this as often as he would like. He can buy more chips in the middle of a round, special to wait until this is finished, even if he has no more chips.

Then he can buy another 100. He can only buy less than 100 chips when the amount can not afford. If he loses these chips then he has to leave the table. The only limit with this form of poker is the number of chips each player has.

Freeze-out is a form of poker called, in which the holistic use, which can be lost, is limited. Here, all players start with the same number of chips, which is set in advance, and it will play until only one player remains and wins the pot. No one can buy more chips during the game. This form is often played in casinos, and a game can take a long time.

A principle in poker is that a player can not be forced out by other players that set much higher wagers from the game. If a player has enough chips to go along, he can set and call all his chips. For example, 12 chips would have to be set, but the player has only ten. This process is called tapping out.

The player may say "I call at 10 and tap out". All betting actions that have been paid shall not be recovered from the players but moved to a Extra pot which is managed separately from the actual pot and is thus balanced. Tap Out The player continues to participate in the game and also plays the main pot, although he is not involved in the betting.

Players who are still actively involved in the game, continue to pay into the Extra pot until their operations are balanced. If one of them does not have enough chips to go along when Extra pot, it can also make a Tap Out and another Extra pot is opened.