Related Clues:

• Poker-hand starter
• Play favorites, perhaps
• Dealer's call, perhaps
• Fork over, with "up"
• Deal precursor
• Initial contribution of a sort
• Gamble
• Croupier's request
• Get in the pool
• First penny, perhaps
• Deserve a hand?
• Opening bet, in poker
• Lay on the line
• Requirement for a hand, say
• It might be a blue chip