anteing
Contributing initial chips
Anteing is putting chips into the pot before cards are dealt in poker.
The ante is the mandatory initial bet that ensures every hand has stakes.
Figuratively, to ante up is to pay what's owed or contribute your share: Everyone needs to ante up for the gift.
He kept anteing, hoping his luck would turn.
Transferring money owed
- chipping inContributing to shared fund
- contributingGiving to a cause
- sharingDividing among others
- poolingMerging shared contributions
pitching in · staking · investing · participating · committing · pledging · funding · ponying up
betting
Staking money on outcomes
stakes · blind · raise · call · fold · dealer · table · cards · Texas Hold'em · tournament
paying
Transferring money owed
- chipping inContributing to shared fund
- contributingGiving to a cause
- sharingDividing among others
pooling · pitching in · staking · investing · participating · committing · pledging · funding · ponying up · putting up
anteingfolding
Bending something over itself
passing · checking · mucking · sitting out · withdrawing
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Keeping from another
withdrawing · taking · refusing · holding back · taking back
- anteing upPaying initial stake