(1) In Caribbean Poker you place an ante , receive a hand, and then decide whether or not you would like to bet.

(2) The player holding Pamfu00d4u00f6u00a3u252cu00edll (the Jack of Clubs) collects the ante placed in that pool.

(3) So, for a five player game, the maximum initial stake would be 5 times the ante .

(4) Everyone places an ante of the chosen amount into the center of the table.

(5) The owners have to ante up if they want to attract the best talent

(6) As in poker, the ante (the bets) goes in before the deal starts.

(7) At the beginning of each hand, players each contribute an agreed number of chips as an ante .

(8) Every game has an ante with side bets being the accepted norm.

(9) At your turn you choose how much to bet - you must bet at least the amount of the ante , and may bet anything up to the entire pot - and you place your stake next to the pot.

(10) After the ante , players are dealt seven cards face down, no-peek.

(11) For the next hand, if the pot was collected, because all except one player folded, there is a new ante by all the players.

(12) Before the game, each player contributes a large ante to the pot.

(13) This is where the antes and blinds are high and where most people just sit back and wait for others to be eliminated in hopes they can make the money.

(14) In other words, the island exists solely to shelter those who use public services, infrastructure and a publicly educated workforce, but do not wish to ante up .

(15) But overly tight players lose money too because their playing style prevents them from overcoming the antes and blind bets.

(16) But this upper tier of the United Way calls on individuals to ante up to the tune of $10,000 or more each year in personal funds.

(17) We should point out that the United States provides about 22 percent of the funding of the United Nations, leaving a lot of room for the rest of the members to ante up .

(18) It was my tendency in those days to ignore subway performers if I wasn't planning on anteing up a contribution - and during those tight times, I usually wasn't.

(19) They set out to accumulate a lot of chips, but this is pointless as the increase in chips in this situation is of trivial value as the blinds and antes go up.

(20) The federal government anted up , too, buying canned asparagus for food programs and to keep the Dayton, Columbia County, plant running.