| 2025-06-29 | Pile of chips, maybe |
| 2025-06-19 | Upfront payments |
| 2025-03-09 | Payments made at a table |
| 2024-04-14 | Joins a pot |
| 2024-04-11 | Alternatives to blinds |
| 2023-12-24 | Contents of a pot |
| 2023-08-06 | Pays to play |
| 2023-01-01 | Before: Sp. |
| 2022-07-06 | Pot seeds? |
| 2022-06-24 | Alternative to blinds |
| 2022-04-17 | Puts up |
| 2022-01-24 | Pays for a hand |
| 2021-08-29 | Buys in |
| 2020-06-07 | Stud fees? |
| 2020-06-06 | Kicks in |
| 2020-02-28 | Pays (up) |
| 2019-01-25 | Opening round at a game table |
| 2018-08-14 | Pays for a hand |
| 2018-06-23 | Gets into the game |
| 2018-01-07 | Potful |
| 2017-12-13 | Preliminary payments |
| 2017-08-09 | Feeds the kitty |
| 2017-07-21 | Puts money on the table, say |
| 2017-05-08 | Money in the middle of a poker table |
| 2017-02-03 | They come before deals |
| 2016-03-23 | Chips in a pot |
| 2015-07-03 | Chips in chips |
| 2014-10-12 | Gets in the game |
| 2014-10-05 | Pays to play |
| 2014-09-16 | Gets the pot started |
| 2014-06-22 | Pot collection |
| 2013-04-12 | Playing costs |
| 2011-06-22 | Throws in a chip |
| 2010-10-03 | Pennies are small ones |
| 2010-09-26 | Some stakes |
| 2010-09-19 | Gets in the game, say |
| 2010-04-22 | Nickel and dime in gaming? |
| 2010-01-03 | Gets in the game |
| 2009-11-14 | Deserves a deal? |
| 2009-09-08 | Starts the kitty |
| 2009-07-04 | They're placed in the center of a table |
| 2008-11-11 | Poker amounts |
| 2008-09-14 | Vegas openings? |
| 2008-04-15 | Start-up costs, of sorts |
| 2007-11-04 | Starting pay? |
| 2007-02-13 | Gets in the game |
| 2007-01-19 | Dealers' requests |
| 2006-12-27 | Pays (up) |
| 2006-09-21 | Pot collection |
| 2006-05-10 | Chips in chips |
| 2006-02-03 | They're usually placed in the middle of the table |
| 2005-09-17 | Shows a desire to get in |
| 2005-03-26 | Gets in the game |
| 2005-01-13 | Chips in |
| 2004-12-05 | Pot creators |
| 2004-10-31 | Payments made before a deal is completed |
| 2004-07-12 | Pays to play poker |
| 2004-01-01 | Stud fees |
| 2003-11-03 | Opening bets |
| 2003-10-23 | Before, in Bogotá |
| 2003-08-10 | New kitties? |
| 2003-04-15 | Chips in |
| 2003-04-01 | Starts a pot |
| 2002-08-29 | Starting stakes |
| 2002-06-06 | See 51-Across |
| 2001-10-05 | Pot starters |
| 2001-07-01 | Pot builders |
| 2001-03-27 | Pays to play |
| 2000-07-31 | Pays to play |
| 2000-06-23 | Some games require them |
| 2000-06-22 | Pennies, maybe |
| 2000-02-29 | Poker starters |
| 2000-02-28 | Poker stakes |
| 1999-09-04 | See 15-Across |
| 1999-07-25 | Is in |
| 1999-05-23 | Prepares for a hand |
| 1999-04-16 | Individual shares |
| 1998-09-03 | Chips in? |
| 1998-04-04 | Deal prerequisites |
| 1997-10-12 | Primes the pot |
| 1997-06-11 | Pot amounts |
| 1997-06-03 | Chips in? |
| 1997-03-19 | Poker payments |
| 1996-11-24 | Pennies, perhaps |
| 1996-09-21 | Up-front money |
| 1995-02-18 | Pennies, sometimes |
| 1994-10-20 | Starts a pool |
| 1994-10-06 | Starts the pot |
| 1994-09-26 | Opening bets |
| 1994-08-20 | Parts of pots |
| 1994-07-17 | Kitties need them |
| 1994-03-28 | Sweetens the kitty |