Quote Originally Posted by eugmac
Quoting that wiki...

A player may bet no more money than he or she had on the table at the beginning of that hand and conesquently can not go back to their pocket for more money once a hand is dealt.
Jack, That's not relevant at all to this discussion... that's more like saying, if you're sitting there with 50BB all game, and are suddenly dealt AA and flop a set, you can't reach into your pocket to add 50BB more to your stack in the middle of a hand (exactly what that guy in the movie tried to do. He happened to have his car keys on the table, so they decided to let them bet his car).


Truly? Let me try my hand at quoting that same article too

In poker, table stakes limit the amount a player can win or lose in the play of a single hand. A player may bet no more money than he or she had on the table at the beginning of that hand and conesquently can not go back to their pocket for more money once a hand is dealt. In between hands however, a player is free to rebuy or addon so long as their entire stack after the rebuy or addon does not exceed the maximum buy-in.
Now if there is no max buyin, you still cannot lose more than you started with in any given hand, can you? On the other hand, the dude who started with $5,000,000 still cannot lose more than $50 in a hand if he's in that hand up against a guy who bought in for $50, and also cannot lose more than $200 in a hand if in that hand he's up against the dude who bought in for $50 and some other dude who bought in for $200
Obviously, or at least I think it is, the dudes who start with $50 and $200 in any given hand, also cannot lose more in a hand than $50 and $200 in that hand, respectively


Or can they? Maybe they can lose more than what they start with if they are suddenly dealt AA and flop a set, and get cracked by runners