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Taking Your Seat
 
Once a seat is available, your name will be called out or you'll be paged. When you respond, you'll be told at which table to take a seat. Usually the tables are numbered on signs hanging over the table which also gives the game and limits and the buy-in. Sometimes they are numbered on a small plaque, face-up on the table next to the dealer.

Buying Chips, In some cardrooms players buy chips from the dealer, and in some the brush will take your money and get chips for you from the cage. Some rooms have chip-runners who carry chips around in a pouch to sell to players. If you're not sure of the procedure in your cardroom, just get out your money, and someone will get you some chips. Again, you just might need to ask.

The minimum buy-in in the smallest games in most cardrooms is $40. Typically a minimum buy is either $40 or ten times the smallest bet allowed. I recommend you buy either $100 or about twice the amount of the minimum buy-in, whichever is larger.

Rebuys, You won't be able to go into your pocket to buy more chips during the play of the hand. So, you always want to make sure you have enough chips before a hand is dealt, and it's always a good idea to have a few more chips than you'll probably need. You can buy chips between hands. If you haven't run out of chips, there is usually no minimum amount to buy for an add-on.
 
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