. ▁ ▁Touch ing ▁another ▁player ' s ▁ch ips ▁without ▁permission ▁is ▁a ▁serious ▁bre ach ▁of ▁protocol ▁and ▁can ▁result ▁in ▁the ▁player ▁being ▁bar red ▁from ▁the ▁cas ino . ▁ ▁Most ▁tournament s ▁and ▁many ▁c ash ▁games ▁require ▁that ▁larger ▁den om ination ▁ch ips ▁be ▁stack ed ▁in ▁front ▁( i . e ., ▁closer ▁to ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁the ▁table , ▁or ▁closer ▁to ▁the ▁pot ) ▁of ▁the ▁player ' s ▁less er ▁den om ination ▁ch ips , ▁or ▁at ▁least ▁stack ed ▁in ▁such ▁a ▁manner ▁that ▁they ▁can ▁be ▁easily ▁seen ▁by ▁all ▁oppon ents . ▁This ▁rule ▁is ▁employed ▁is ▁to ▁disc ou rage ▁attempts ▁to ▁conce al ▁stack ▁size . ▁Some ▁cas inos ▁disc ou rage , ▁prohib it ▁or ▁simply ▁ref rain ▁from ▁circul ating ▁larger ▁chip ▁denomin ations ▁to ▁prevent ▁them ▁from ▁being ▁used ▁in ▁lower - st akes ▁c ash ▁games , ▁although ▁the ▁draw back ▁is ▁that ▁larger ▁stack s ▁won ▁during ▁play ▁will ▁become ▁more ▁difficult ▁to ▁handle ▁and ▁manage ▁as ▁a ▁result . ▁ ▁Some ▁inform al ▁games ▁allow ▁a ▁bet ▁to ▁be ▁made ▁by ▁placing ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁c ash ▁on ▁the ▁table ▁without ▁converting ▁it ▁to ▁ch ips , ▁as ▁this ▁spe eds ▁up ▁play . ▁However , ▁table ▁st akes ▁rules ▁strictly ▁prohib it ▁this ▁from ▁being ▁done ▁while ▁a ▁hand ▁is ▁in ▁progress . ▁Other ▁draw back s ▁to ▁using ▁c ash ▁include ▁the ▁ease ▁with ▁which ▁c ash ▁can