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Buy-in - Poker (gambling)


[1] 1) The minimum amount required to get into a game. "The buy-in for limit games is 10 times the lower limit; for example, in a $2-$4 game, the buy-in is $20."



[2] 2) The amount of chips with which one started a poker playing session. "He won $500 on a $10 buy-in."

The chips which players buy to gamble.



The amount of money with which you enter a game is your buy-in. In a ring game, this is (hopefully) the amount you get in chips. Most ring games have a minimum buy-in that's typically less than you'll realistically need. In a tournament, your buy-in is the amount it costs you to get your initial bunch of tourney chips. As a verb, to buy in is to make your initial purchase of chips.



I wanted to play in the bigger game, but the buy-in was too high.