Related Clues:

• Early start?
• Opposite of 'post-'
• Money to play with
• Relative of ante-
• Poker cost
• Cost to be dealt in
• Fork over, with 'up'
• Poker requirement
• Poker bet
• Chip in a chip
• Amount to be raised, perhaps
• Grand --, N.S.
• Start the kitty
• Before-the-fact
• Ante