• ___ up (paid)
• Asked for a hand?
• Bought in
• Bought into a hand
• Chip in the pot
• Chipped in
• Chipped in a chip
• Chipped in chips
• Chipped in to get a hand
• Chipped in, with up
• Chipped into the pot
• Chose to play
• Contributed, with up
• Coughed (up)
• Coughed up chips
• Deserved a hand
• Earned a hand?
• Fed the kitty
• Fed the poker pot
• Fed the pot
• Got in on a deal
• Got in on the deal
• Got in the game
• Got into the hand
• Got into the pot*
• Got the pot started
• Helped fill the pot
• Helped the kitty grow
• Joined a poker pot
• Kicked in
• Kicked in for a hand
• Kicked in seed money
• Kicked in, as chips
• Kicked off the poker betting
• Made a larger pot?
• Made a pot, in a way
• Paid
• Paid (up)
• Paid a penny, perhaps
• Paid a stud fee
• Paid for a deal
• Paid for a hand
• Paid for a poker hand
• Paid for cards
• Paid in some chips
• Paid the pot
• Paid to be in
• Paid to hold hands?
• Paid to play
• Paid to play poker
• Paid to stay in
• Paid to the pot
• Paid, with up
• Pitched in
• Pitched in for a hand
• Pitched in, and got a hand
• Played the blinds in Texas Hold-Em
• Ponied up
• Ponied up for a hand
• Prepared for a deal
• Prepared to play poker
• Primed the pot
• Put a penny in the pot, perhaps
• Put a stake in a pool
• Put a stake on the table
• Put chips in up front
• Put down stakes
• Put in
• Put in a chip
• Put in a chip, perhaps
• Put in a stake
• Put in cash (with up)
• Put in one's two cents, maybe
• Put in one's two cents?
• Put in the initial stake
• Put in the pot
• Put in to start
• Put in up front
• Put up the first chips of a pot*
• Put up, in a way
• Put your two cents in, maybe
• Reacted to a dealer's request
• Said I'm in, in effect
• Showed a desire to be in
• Showed interest in playing
• Staked
• Started a hand
• Started a poker pot
• Started a pot
• Started a round of poker
• Started the pot
• Stocked the pot?
• Sweetened the pot
• Threw in a stake
• Threw in one's two cents, say
• Tossed in a chip
• Tossed in the first chip
• Tried pot luck?
• Wanted all but the start, in poker
• Wanted in on a poker hand
• Wanted in on the hand
• Wasn't light in the pot*