Referring Clues

• Pot builder?
• Add to the pot
• Pot builder
• Amount to be raised?
• Initial offering?
• Morning's start, in old Rome?
• Kitty feed
• Amount to be raised, maybe
• Penny, perhaps
• Blue chip, maybe
• It's just for openers
• Upfront money
• Poker starter
• Pot starter
• Individual share
• You have to be upfront about this
• Penny, sometimes
• Pot grower?
• Dealer's demand
• Start for a kitty
• Chip in chips
• Bet
• Cough up
• Chip for a pot
• Pot component
• Opening bit
• What's required to be "in"
• Poker pot starter
• Cost of cards
• Opening wager
• Get the pot going
• It's a start
• Prime the pot
• White chip, often
• Starting stake
• Poker player's payment
• Deal preceder
• Chip in
• Put up stakes
• Advance amount
• Upfront amount
• Startup cost
• Play opener
• Prefix with room
• Opening amount
• Pay to play
• Cough (up)
• It's for openers
• At times it's upped
• Pay one's share, with "up"
• Money to play with
• Price of a hand
• Pony up
• Chamber lead-in
• Put one's two cents in?
• Poker stake
• Pay (up)
• Opening stake
• It's a starter
• Put in the pot
• Stud fee?
• Prepay, with "up"
• A few chips, perhaps
• ___ meridiem
• Prefix with date
• Contribution before the deal
• Pay for a hand
• A chip, maybe
• Contribution to a pot
• Start a pot
• Start the pot
• Table payment
• It goes to pot
• Hand demand?
• Part of A.M.
• Table stake
• Stud stake
• Penny ___
• Some chips, maybe
• Feed the kitty
• Poker payment
• Poker pot primer
• Requirement for some games
• Fork over, with "up"
• Initial stake
• What you may do to get a hand
• Handful of chips, maybe
• Payment at a table
• Part of a pot
• Kitty starter
• With 2-Down, ancients
• Pot foundation
• A few chips in the pot, maybe
• Penny-___ (trivial)
• It goes in the center of the table
• Show that one's in?
• Gambler's stake
• Indication of serious intent
• It goes in the middle of the table
• Prelude to a deal
• Penny, maybe, in poker
• Gaming table fee
• Chip on the table, maybe
• A couple of chips in the pot, maybe
• Help make a pot
• The "a" in a.m.
• Put in to get in
• A penny is a small one
• A couple of chips in the pot, say
• Kick into the pot
• Toss in a chip, say
• A few chips, say, in poker
• It's put in a pot
• Requirement in a game of dealer's choice
• Pay the kitty
• You might get a hand for it
• It may be upped
• Blind relative?
• Put (up)
• Requirement for a hand, say
• Get in on a deal
• Put up
• Start the kitty
• Start a pot going
• Start to date?
• It might get your kitty going
• Table center piece?
• Prefix with chamber
• A couple of chips, maybe
• Start a hand, maybe
• Buy in
• Chip without dip?
• It may be raised at a table
• Pot part
• Blue chip, perhaps
• Penny ___ (low-stakes game)
• Poker opener
• The first chip, usually
• It precedes the first bet
• Kitty sweetener
• Chamber opening?
• Poker pot
• It's handed over for a hand
• It makes a kitty grow
• Kick in
• Penny-___ (rinky-dink)
• Front money
• Stake
• Poker requirement
• Kick into the kitty
• Kick in a chip
• Poker contribution
• Chip on the table
• Money up front
• Pay in advance
• Payment up front
• 3-Down stake
• Chip in a chip for starters
• Chips, without dip?
• Poker term
• Chip on the table, perhaps
• Pot maker
• Gambler's input
• Chip that starts a pot
• Players may up it
• Poker pot input
• Initial payment
• Pot entry
• Get in on the deal
• Pay your share, with "up"
• Card player's stake
• Entry fee for a poker hand
• Get in on the pot
• Player's pot
• Pot addition
• Put your money down, with "up"
• Deserve a hand?
• Dealer's requirement
• Kitty contribution
• World Poker Tour contribution
• Venture capital?
• Buy into a poker game
• Opening poker bet
• World Poker Tour payment
• Kick into the opening pot
• Play to pay
• Show interest in a deal
• Chip in a chip, perhaps
• Poker buy-in
• Money on the table, maybe
• Pre-deal ritual
• Play money?
• Pot sweetener
• Handover for a hand
• First pot contribution
• Entrance fee of a sort
• Chip in a chip
• Price for a hand
• One chip, often
• Price to play a hand
• Build the pot
• Get in the game
• It's usually one chip
• Omaha payment
• Throw in a chip
• Kick in, say
• Word on a Caribbean Stud Poker table
• The A of A.M.
• Payment for a hand
• Poker table payment
• Blind, essentially
• Penny-___ (small-time)
• Guts payment
• Hold'em payment
• Anaconda payment
• Hand-delivery charge?
• Bring-in's cousin
• Prefix with penultimate
• Stud requirement
• Indicate you're in
• Show that you want a hand
• Vide ___ (see before, in Latin)
• Room opening?
• Before: Prefix
• Cause a pot to have a chip in it?
• Cousin of pre-
• Blind supplement, sometimes
• Pot payment
• Pony (up)
• Amount of money that can be raised?
• Cost to get in on the deal
• "Deal me in" indicator
• It gets the pot going
• Pre-deal payment
• Opening chip
• It may follow a cut
• First chip in
• Kitty insert
• Gambler's obligation
• Opening payment
• Feed the kitty?
• Preliminary stake
• Payment made by hand?
• Pay to hold one's hand?
• Amount preceding bets
• Chip in a pot
• Front money?
• It often precedes a deal
• Dealer's request
• Poker game starter
• Date leader?
• It leads to a deal
• Pot filler
• Required investment of a kind
• Kitty food?
• Game starter
• Penny-___ poker
• Stud buy-in
• Sweeten the pot
• Latin preposition
• Pay to play 19 Across
• Poker-game starter
• Gin-game pot
• Hold-'em ritual
• Contribute to the pot
• A.M. beginning
• Pony up, in poker
• Start the spot
• Feed the pot
• Poker-hand starter
• First penny, perhaps
• Pot toss-in
• Cost to play
• Poker-pot starter
• One chip, perhaps
• Poker-game precursor
• Pitch in
• Contribute, in a way
• Chip, at times
• Pot deposit
• Pre- kin
• Penny-___ (small-time)
• Pay to play cards
• Up-front payment
• Price to play
• Ask for a hand, perhaps
• Poker-hand preliminary
• You have to be upfront with it
• Kick in to a pot
• "I'm in" indicator
• "I'm in" indicator
• Pot additive
• You'll get a hand for it
• Pay to hold hands
• Deal prelude
• Ingredient in a pot
• Add to the kitty
• "Post" opposite
• Up-front amount
• Post opposite
• A hand-holder may build on this
• Kitty feed?
• Pot for gamblers
• Alternative to blinds
• Pay to hold a hand
• Sometimes it's upped
• Cost to be dealt in
• Opening bet, in poker
• It can be upped
• Word in the a.m.?
• It can lead to raises
• Cough up for a kitty
• Player's payment
• Start to date
• Charge for a hand delivery?
• Dealer's call
• Stake to partake
• Feed the kitty a penny?
• Initial contribution
• Up-front poker payment
• Poker chip-in
• It means the same as 4-Down
• Amount to be raised
• Cut follower, often
• Player's contribution
• It's tossed in a pot
• It's upped at times
• Stake in the game
• Dealer's call, perhaps
• Initial contribution of a sort
• It may lead to a good deal
• Kick in for a hand
• Player's stake
• Get the kitty going
• It may precede a deal
• Cough up a chip?
• Chamber starter
• Deal prelude, often
• What a player may risk first
• Kick in on a deal
• A chip in the pot, perhaps
• Addition to the pot
• Dealer's request, perhaps
• Prelude to a deal, perhaps
• You're out until this is put in
• Attachment to a date?
• Where the chips may fall
• Gaming stake
• Poker fee
• You're out until you put this in
• --- meridiem
• Up-front money
• Amount to be raised, perhaps
• Prove that you want a hand
• Amount preceding a bet
• Money for the pot
• Pot-building payment
• Chamber head?
• Poker player's contribution
• Start a poker pot
• A penny in a pot, perhaps
• Pony up for a hand
• Give some money to the pot
• Chips in the pot
• Chip or two, maybe
• Brutus' "before"
• Initial wager
• Poker pot builder
• A chip or two to start with
• Active volcano near Messina
• "___ up!" (game cry)
• Poker pitch-in
• Throw in a few chips, say
• Opening poker contribution
• Folder's minimum loss
• Poker ritual
• Indicate "I'm in"
• Starter chips
• Price of play
• Minute stake?
• Starting chip
• Cash for cards
• Put into the pot
• Contribution to the pot
• Produce, with "up"
• Chip in a pot, maybe
• Put in some chips
• Date opening?
• Money for a hand
• Start the poker pot
• Part of AM
• Initial poker payment
• Initial chip
• Up-front amount, in poker
• Indication that you want a hand
• Required payment
• Penny in a pot, sometimes
• "Post" opposite
• Show that you're in
• Bread on the table?
• Stake on the table
• Play money
• Penny-___ poker
• Starting poker stake
• Bring-in’s cousin
• It may be accompanied by a blind
• Hand requirement
• It's pitched into the pot
• Poker pot money
• ___ up (pay one's share)
• Prefix with chamber or bellum
• A few bucks to start the pot, say
• Initial poker stake
• Game stake
• Opening bet
• Minimum poker loss
• First chip tossed in
• Advance of a sort
• Chip to start
• ___ meridiem (morning: Lat.)
• Toss in a chip
• Chips for cards
• Stud money
• Contribute, with "up"
• Bread on the table, maybe
• What you may need to do to get a hand
• Sweeten the pot a little?
• Deal prerequisite?
• Poker precursor
• Something that's just for starters?
• Penny wager
• Before in combos
• Before, in combos
• Put down some chips
• Fixed stake
• Kitty cash
• Date introduction?
• Prior to: pref.
• Certain forced bet
• First chip thrown in
• Poker price
• Hand cost
• Start a hand
• Player's fee
• Pot bit
• Pot contribution
• Cost of a hand
• First chip
• Stud fee
• Pot start
• Poker cost
• Kitty chip
• Poker post
• Cards' cost
• Payment to play
• Poker penny
• Deal prerequisite, maybe
• Chip, maybe
• Starting money of a sort
• Let go to pot?
• A chip before the deal
• A chip for a kitty
• Pot booster
• Kick off a poker hand
• First chip, perhaps
• Before, to Brutus
• Show you're in
• "___ up!": "Pay your share!"
• Be up front with it to get a hand
• You might add it to the pot
• Poker payment (and word that runs up in 1-, 8-, 10-, and 21-Down)
• Predeal chip
• Pre-deal chip
• Entry fee
• Chip in a new pot
• Opening chip, in poker
• Kick into a pot
• Cost for a deal?
• Stake in a pot
• Money for pot?
• Yours and mine
• Pre-deal request
• Certain stake
• Something to raise at poker
• Texas holdum stake
• Required bet
• It helps a kitty grow
• Opposite of "post"
• You're out unless you put this in
• First few chips, usually
• Contribute to a pot
• Start a poker hand
• Poker hand starter
• Penny or matchstick, in some poker games
• Opening pay-in
• Pay to play poker
• Bettor's starter
• Payment up-front
• Predeal payment
• Commitment to the game
• Start a Texas hold 'em hand
• Pot chip
• Pay-to-play fee
• Not post-
• A 34-Across, maybe
• Hand starter
• Status quo ___
• Date or room opener
• A few poker chips, maybe
• Before: Lat.
• Help to create a nice pot
• Start the pot going
• ___ up
• Something to raise
• Chip in for a hand?
• Pot sweetner
• Cash on hand?
• Kitty builder
• Poker pot seed
• Pre-
• Upfront stake
• Help to create a big pot
• Stake on a table
• Price for hand delivery?
• Prefix for room
• Pay up to get in on
• Poker-pot part
• Advance on a table
• Poker player's must-do
• Stakes before the deal
• Entry fee?
• Poker dealer's demand
• Bet all players must make
• Toss a chip in the pot
• Pay to join the hand
• First chip, often
• Initial money for the pot
• Pay to play, as poker
• Cost of staying in
• Put money in the kitty
• Gambler's payment
• A chip, sometimes
• Hold 'em opener
• Gambler's deposit
• Begin a pot
• Join the game
• Poker pay-in
• You're not in until it's in
• Poker money
• Poker pot-builder
• Get the pot started
• What you pay to play
• A chip, at times
• Stake for Maverick
• Poker dealer's requirement
• Poker play
• Pot ingredient?
• Put in a chip
• Prefix with bellum
• Maverick's payment
• Throw in the first chips
• A single poker chip, sometimes
• It might be a blue chip
• Pot money
• Chip in a pot?
• Poker opener, perhaps
• What seals the deal?
• Up the ___ (make things more interesting, in a way)
• *M
• It's often upped
• 24-Across starter
• Neat anagram?
• Poker hand fee
• You have to be up front with it
• Penny-___
• Feed a pot
• One way to get a hand
• Pot enhancer
• Way to get a deal started
• Gambling stake
• Payment to play cards
• A poker stake
• A.m. word
• It can be a single chip
• Hold 'em fee
• Part of "a.m."
• Starting bet
• Part of a large pot
• Start to fill a pot
• Poker word
• Prefix with diluvian
• Poker chip, sometimes
• Payment for a poker hand
• Chips in a pot, sometimes
• First chip in a pot
• Card-game stake
• Pre-deal poker requirement
• Way to get a guaranteed hand
• Gambling word
• Hold 'em ritual
• Arbitrary stake
• Initial poker cost
• One or two poker chips, maybe
• Something to give a kitty?
• Poker pay-in
• Throw a chip in the pot
• First poker stake
• Penny, maybe
• Get into a poker game, say
• Las Vegas opener
• Startup money?
• Indicate that one needs a hand?
• Kick in for a poker hand
• Starting poker chip
• It will get you a hand
• Penny bet
• Get in a hand
• Before, when placed before
• Starting poker pot contribution
• Player's fixed contribution
• First chip in the pot
• Stay in
• Punt
• Stud starter
• Hand's cost
• Before
• Poker hand requirement
• Price of hand delivery?
• Poker bet that's not optional
• It's for starters
• Poker paying
• Put up a stake
• Prefix for date or room
• Poker player's entrance fee
• Opening poker chips
• What starts some games
• Charge for a hand
• First chip in the poker pot
• Required bet, in poker
• Draw money?
• Forced bet
• Kitty start
• Large pot supported with several hands
• Mandatory bet
• Certain entrance fee
• Texas Hold 'em start
• Price for part of a deck?
• Opening poker stake
• Texas Hold 'em fee
• Initial bet
• 59 Across ritual
• Penny, in some poker games
• Join the poker game
• Cost to get in
• Required bet in poker
• Poker pot component
• Penny-___ (trifling)
• Thing to do before you raise
• "___ up!" (card player's cry)
• Money wagered
• Cost of playing
• Kitty feeder
• Upfront bet
• Steak
• Poker pot payment
• Penny-___: trivial
• Starting chip in poker
• Initial poker chip
• Pre-deal wager
• Up the ___
• Chip in, with "up"
• Up the pot
• Pot thickener?
• Prefix with bellum or meridian
• First chip, maybe
• Penny, in poker
• Thing to up in poker
• Casino stake
• Add a chip
• Contribute chips
• Poker wager
• Pot bet
• Poker beginning
• Upfront amount, in cards
• Put chips in the pot
• Opening fee for poker
• Deal precursor
• Seven-card stud start
• Italian poet losing first stake
• Get into the game
• Pay to get a poker hand
• Get into the game, in a way
• Chips to play
• Cards money
• Texas Hold'em stake
• ___ meridiem (AM)
• Stud stakes
• Vegas money
• Amount for a poker hand
• Pay-in for a poker hand
• Poker bet
• Tossed-in penny, perhaps
• Each player's initial contribution to the pot
• Betting stake
• Poker player's stake
• Before - behind
• Hothead raised the stake
• Is such a room for poker?
• See 15
• Stake and it is quite slow
• Poker players do so in the canteen
• For certain players, cash in advance
• Hoofed mammal
• Stake for backing a mount
• Kitty gets started with one in the canteen
• Is this room for poker?
• Sounds an unfavourable bet
• Poet wanting old penny for stake
• A bet that rises in height
• Payment before mountain ascent
• Preceding birth
• Pre-deal stake
• Pot chips
• Dined about noon, or before
• Stake put up before the deal
• Stake where Italian poet lost his head
• Alternative to a blind
• Charge for hand delivery?
• Price of participation
• Initial stake in a poker game
• A stake in a buoyant economy
• Fee for hand delivery?
• Cost for a hand
• Initial cost
• Hand outlay
• Cost for cards
• The kind of room a chanteuse needs?
• Contribute a share
• Poker move
• Stake of a sort
• Pot content
• It may be upped by those with nice hands
• Poker night action
• Up-front poker money
• Put your money where your hand is
• Pay to play, in poker
• Pay for diamonds, say?
• A few chips, say
• Casino payment
• Vegas payment
• Card table stake
• A bettor opening
• A few chips, maybe
• Prefix like pre-
• Opposite of post-
• Room or chamber starter
• Open the pot
• Starter on a table
• Poker hand payment
• AM, ___ meridiem
• Raise bid, up the ___
• Raise stakes, up the ___
• Back a mount, ie bet
• Advance payment to American 6, say
• Stake placed by Mum's sister, they say
• Some wanted payment in advance
• Stake, bet
• Worker taking quarter stake
• Guaranteed to retain stake?
• Inundate vital disorder: no time before 11 12 14
• Stake required, unlimited
• Stake needed, unlimited
• A stake in Italian tearoom
• Stake in card game opponent declared
• Joan temporised a little before the stake
• Stake decapitating infernal poet
• Poet hasn't died before
• Payment to play a poker hand
• ___ meridiem (what "a.m." stands for)
• Couple of chips, maybe
• "Cough up," in poker
• Hand price
• Some plant endives for a bet
• Poker player's starting bet
• Poet's lost face, having wagered money
• Post's opposite
• Hold 'em starter
• Pay for a poker hand
• Texas hold 'em stake
• Required poker bet
• Prefix with room or date
• First bet in a summer World Series
• First poker chip
• Forced initial payment in poker
• Stake in Roman territory
• Pot starter, in Texas hold 'em
• Ask for a hand?
• Payment before a deal is finalized
• Join the game, in a way
• Pot thickener?
• Bellum beginner
• Chip or coin thrown in the pot
• Pot grower?
• Penny in the pot, say
• Sort of admission fee
• Hand's chip
• Required poker chip
• It's tossed into a pot
• Stud fee?
• Starting pay in Vegas?
• Place a bet
• Part of a poker pot
• Wager
• Certain buy-in
• Money for cards
• Lead-in to date or room
• Initial chip thrown in
• It's upped in poker
• Part of a pot on the table
• Get in on a poker game
• Entry fee of a sort
• Penny ___ (cards pay-in)
• Predeal stake
• Fee for all
• Play money?
• Prefix with chamber or date
• Gambler's bet
• It's usually put in the middle of a table
• Had chips, say
• ___ up (pay)
• Upfront payment
• Pay for cards
• Starting contribution
• Penny-___: unimportant
• Before spreading a net?
• Casino game requirement, often
• Penny or chip, perhaps
• A chip, perhaps
• Opening poker payment
• Chip for a hand
• What you put into a pot
• Penny in a pot, perhaps
• Pot throw-in
• Cost to get a hand
• Poker hand buy-in
• Chip to start with
• Post- antonym
• One or two chips, maybe
• Kin of pre-
• Up the ___ (risk more)
• Upfront poker stake
• Prefix with date or chamber
• Initial house payment?
• Payment before a hand
• Omaha stake
• Kitty input
• Admission price, of a sort
• One poker chip, perhaps
• Food for the kitty?
• Start in the World Series of Poker
• Poker hand cost
• Initial game payment
• Bet there's a theatre in Accident and Emergency!
• Prepare to get a hand
• Sort of room for betting?
• First chips
• A bet in school, perhaps
• The kind of room a chanteuse needs?
• Lope opening?
• Volcano erupting? You bet!
• Poker-pot stake
• Dealer's request to a poker player
• Stud poker bet
• Prefix for "chamber"
• Something to do before a deal
• Upping the ___
• Cash on hand?
• Neat sort of room?
• Prefix for "penultimate"
• Buy in, in a way
• It might be upped at the poker table
• Draw poker bet
• Need to play, say
• Round tab
• Kitty starter, in poker
• Cost to play a poker hand
• Up the ___: raise the stakes
• Poker state
• Upped the ___
• Toss in chips before the deal
• Relative of a blind, in poker
• Kitty feed?
• Payment in poker
• Penny-___ (insignificant)
• Cost
• Required game payment
• Prefix meaning "before"
• Initial fee
• Add to the poker kitty
• What to do if you'd like a hand
• The mount backed before
• Start-up money?
• Poker prerequisite
• Poker entry fee
• Anagram of "neat"
• Feed the kitty, in poker
• Pot builder?
• Penultimate prefix
• Pre-deal bet
• Required Hold 'em bet
• Start to build a pot
• Required wager
• Pot donation
• One chip, maybe
• Prefix similar to "pre-"
• Required pot contribution
• The bet before
• In front of: prefix
• Poker players pay to do it up!
• Mandatory bet in poker
• Ask to be handed a hand?
• Hold 'em term
• Way to pay to play
• Chip in, in a way
• Before putting central Hants right on the map
• Single chip, perhaps
• Kick in seed money
• A pool in the canteen
• Stud fee, maybe
• Toss in a chip, maybe
• Contribute a chip
• Pre-deal bet in poker
• Poker pot addition
• Toss in a chip, perhaps
• Cost of a 44-Across
• A jokester might say "And the pot thickens" after one
• Initial poker bet
• Starter at some tables
• Request a hand, say
• Is such a room for poker?
• Starting 30-Down bet
• Mandatory contribution in poker
• Chip in for poker hands
• Meridian opening
• Stake in a poker pot
• Poker hand staple
• Starter chip
• You won't get cards without it
• Post counterpart
• Chip in?
• First chip in a poker pot
• The first poker chips tossed in
• First poker chips
• Card game requirement, maybe
• Pay to play a hand
• Get the poker pot going
• Mandatory poker bet
• Pot price
• Lead-in to date
• Pay to get in a card game
• Alternative to a blind, in poker
• Increase the stakes, with "up"
• A couple of chips, perhaps
• It goes in the middle of a table
• Small table fare?
• Before opening?
• Casino buy-in
• Pay for a hand of cards
• Is this room for poker?
• Price for hand delivery?
• Cost of hand delivery?
• Folder's loss
• Buy in, say
• Amount for an opening poker hand
• Upfront payment before a deal is made
• A couple of chips, say
• Payment for an opening poker hand
• Initial bet rising in height
• Starting poker bet
• Starting pay?
• Prerequisite to a deal
• Put some chips on the table, in a way
• Precursor to a deal
• Poker game buy-in
• Two chips, say
• Gambler's wager
• Put into a pot
• Poker table contribution
• Chip in a poker chip
• Chip in a chip, say
• Fee for a card-carrying member?
• Poker pay-in amount
• Poker action
• Money paid for a hand
• Pay to play, in a way
• Money for a poker hand
• Chamber opening?
• Entry fee for some clubs?
• Toss a chip into the pot
• Payment before a deal
• Something upped in poker
• Chip in some chips
• Starter with chips?
• "Deal me in" payment
• Entry fee in poker
• Poker starting stake
• It may be a chip or two
• It makes a poker kitty grow
• Poker folder's loss
• Balatro level
• Let go to pot?
• Lead-in to chamber
• Folder's forfeit
• Request from a 25-Down
• Buy in, in poker
• Wordlessly indicate "Please give me a hand"
• The money in the middle, wanted at the centre
• Put up, in poker
• Start of a new deal
• Initial cost of a sort
• How to get in on a deal?
• Up-front bid
• Put money in the pot
• Up-front stake