$200 is a standard buy-in for small stakes NL Hold’em
Recreational players wandering into a poker room wanted to play no-limit, and thus, the game has become the dominant force in nearly every card room today. While Stud and limit hold’em games used to dominate the card room scene, the popularity of the World Series of Poker broadcasts on ESPN starting in 2003, (along with the World Poker Tour broadcasts), transformed the poker landscape. $1/2 No-limit hold’em and $1/3 No-Limit hold’em are the most commonly spread game found in North American poker rooms.
