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the bet you make before you've seen a single card, pure faith.
means The fixed bet each player puts into the pot before a hand is dealt, or more loosely the starting stake or price of entry into something.
from Straight from Latin ante, meaning "before" — the same little word lurking in antedate, anteroom, and antebellum. American poker players in the 19th century borrowed it for the bet placed before the cards came out, and from the table it spread into wider speech: to "up the ante" is to raise what's at risk.
- latin root
- means before, as in before the game.
- forces action
- stops everyone folding endlessly with no money in.
- upping it
- raising the stakes literally became a phrase.
- poker tax
- a small fee just to keep playing.
for instance
ante up poker rule — mandatory bet placed before dealing in poker games worldwide
ante meridiem — latin designation for times before noon, abbreviated as 'a.m.'