• When you enter a cash-game, you need to buy chips. The size of this is called buy-in. In case of fix-limit poker the minimum buy-in usually 20 times the big-bet. The maximum is not defined. In case of no-limit or pot-limit poker the minimum buy-in usually 40 times the big-blind. The maximum of the buy –in online poker generally 100 times the big-blind. In case of live poker often it isn’t defined or 100 or 200 times the big-blind according to the house-rules.
• The minimum of adding to the stack is not specified.