Related Clues:

• Goes into a pool
• Chips in a pot
• Opening poker stakes
• Places a bet
• Starts a poker pot
• Admission fees of a sort
• Adds to the poker kitty
• They come before deals
• Joins a poker game
• Poker pay-ins
• Money in the middle of a poker table
• Puts money on the table, say
• Buy-ins
• Preliminary payments
• Potful