Pair split limit?

so last night at the tables i tried splitting 8s for the third time and the dealer just gave me this look like i’d asked him to swap shirts. turns out the house only lets you split pairs up to 3 times which i had completely forgotten about… honestly never thought it’d come up for me. i always thought the split rule was the same everywhere, like you could just keep splitting as long as you get the same card. nope, not at this joint. maybe my memory is just mashed from all the second-hand smoke in there or i’m mixing up what i’ve seen online with real life rules.

anyway, i figured i’d ask here, do most places cap how many times you can split or did i just stumble into a weird house rule? anyone ever get turned down for splitting more than twice or is that just my luck chasing pairs on a cold streak?