Related Clues:

• Requirement for some games
• Pre-deal payment
• Penny-___ (low-stakes)
• Kitty starter
• Stud fee
• The first chip, usually
• Money to play with
• Poker cost
• Fork over, with 'up'
• Poker requirement
• Poker bet
• Chip in a chip
• Amount to be raised, perhaps
• Start the kitty
• Pot start