Related Clues:

• Pot fatteners
• Up-front payments
• Start-up costs, of sorts
• Kicks in
• Alternative to blinds
• Responds to "Are you in?," maybe
• First chips in the pot
• Stud fees?
• Vegas openings?
• Initial stakes
• Upfront poker payments
• Poker amounts
• Deserves a hand
• They're placed in the center of a table
• Adds to the kitty