| Game stake | 10 |
| Game admission | 14 |
| Gambler's input | 19 |
| Front money? | 12 |
| First chip, maybe | 17 |
| First chip in | 13 |
| Entry fee? | 10 |
| Dealer's request, perhaps | 29 |
| Dealer's call, perhaps | 26 |
| Deal prelude, often | 19 |
| Cough up a chip? | 16 |
| Cost of a hand | 14 |
| Contribute to the pot | 21 |
| Compulsory bet | 14 |
| Chips, e.g. | 11 |
| Chips to play | 13 |
| Chip that starts a pot | 22 |
| Chip in? | 8 |
| Chip in the pot | 15 |
| Chip in a pot, maybe | 20 |
| Charge for hand delivery? | 25 |
| Chamber starter | 15 |
| Chamber head? | 13 |
| Certain pile of chips | 21 |
| Certain entrance fee | 20 |
| Cards money | 11 |
| Bettor's starter | 20 |
| Bellum preceder | 15 |
| Bellum beginning | 16 |
| Amount to be raised, perhaps | 28 |
| Amount to be raised | 19 |
| Amount preceding a bet | 22 |
| Advance of a sort | 17 |
| Addition to the pot | 19 |
| A few chips, perhaps | 20 |
| A few chips in the pot, maybe | 29 |
| A chip in the pot, perhaps | 26 |
| ''Post'' opposite | 33 |
| --- meridiem | 12 |
| ___ up (poker term) | 19 |
| ___ up (pay) | 12 |
| You're not in until it's in | 35 |
| You might get a hand for it | 27 |
| You have to be upfront about this | 33 |
| Word with date or chamber | 25 |
| Word with bellum or meridiem | 28 |
| Word with bellum or date | 24 |
| Word on a Caribbean Stud Poker table | 36 |
| Word in the a.m.? | 17 |
| Word heard in the back room | 27 |
| Where the chips may fall | 24 |
| What's required to be "in" | 40 |
| What you may do to get a hand | 29 |
| Vide ___ (see before, in Latin) | 31 |
| Venture capital? | 16 |
| Upfront amount | 14 |
| Up-front payment | 16 |
| Up-front fee | 12 |
| Up the pot | 10 |
| Toss in some chips | 18 |
| Toss in a chip, say | 19 |
| Toss a chip in the pot | 22 |
| Throw some coins on the table, maybe | 36 |
| Throw in a few chips, say | 25 |
| This precedes bellum | 20 |
| The price to play | 17 |
| The A of A.M. | 13 |
| The a in a.m. | 13 |
| Texas Hold 'Em start | 24 |
| Tableau prop | 12 |
| Table stake | 11 |
| Table payment | 13 |
| Table center piece? | 19 |
| Sweeten the pot a little? | 25 |
| Stud starter | 12 |
| Stud requirement | 16 |
| Stud player's stake | 23 |
| Stud money | 10 |
| Startup cost | 12 |
| Starting money of a sort | 24 |
| Starter for date or cede | 24 |
| Starter chips | 13 |
| Start to make a pot | 19 |
| Start the spot | 14 |
| Start the pot going | 19 |
| Start for date? | 15 |
| Start for a kitty | 17 |
| Start at poker | 14 |
| Start a pot going | 17 |
| Start a hand, maybe | 19 |
| Stakes before the deal | 22 |
| Stake on a table | 16 |
| Stake in a pot | 14 |
| Stake in a game | 15 |
| Sometimes its upped | 19 |
| Sometimes it's one cent | 27 |
| Something that's just for starters? | 39 |
| Show you're in | 18 |
| Show that you want a hand | 25 |
| Show that one's in? | 23 |