Wiktionary
ring game
n. (context poker English) A game where the chips directly represent money and players are free to leave at any time, in contrast to a poker tournament.
Wikipedia
Ring game
Ring game may refer to:
- Ring game (pool), a general class of multi-player pocket billiards gambling games
- Ring game, a.k.a. cash game, a poker game played with "real" chips and each player's own money at stake, as opposed to a poker tournament with a prize money pool
Usage examples of "ring game".
But there was something sad about those summers, something sad about the children, thin in body but with the baby curves still lingering in their faces, singing in sad monotony as they went through the figures of a ring game.