Related Clues:

• Poker prices
• Pays for a hand
• Feeds the kitty
• Pot creators
• Poker-pot starters
• Puts in chips
• Gets in the game
• Deal prerequisites, sometimes
• Gambling stakes
• Hand preliminaries
• Shows a desire to get in
• Chips, at times
• Kicks in to the kitty
• Pot payments
• They're usually placed in the middle of the table