Related Clues:

• Chips in a chip, e.g.
• Small stakes
• Pre-deal payments
• White poker chips, often
• Required stakes
• First stakes
• Pot seeds?
• Starting pay?
• Puts in one's chips
• Gets in on the deal
• They help the pot grow
• Pot fatteners
• Up-front payments
• Start-up costs, of sorts
• Kicks in