ante
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- noun
- /ˈænti/
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apuesta inicial
- " Shall we raise the ante to two thousand tonight?" suggested King Tout.
- up the ante
- raise the ante
All right, So Harrington's M ratio is your effective stack divided by the sum of the blinds and the ante's.
- All right, So Harrington's M ratio is your effective stack divided by the sum of the blinds and the ante's.
Examples
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When are you gonna raise the ante?
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You just raised the ante.
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To draw the Long Father requires an ante, but to draw the Short Father, none.
Fiction book (1999) -
We figured to raise the ante just enough to make Calvera play someplace else.
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Five-card stud, ten-dollar ante.
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Before the game started, each player put in their ante of $5 to join the poker match.
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He was surprised when his ante was doubled to $20 for the next round of the tournament.
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In this game of Texas Hold'em, every participant must place their ante into the pot before receiving their cards.
Compounds
- Informal
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A game people play for very small bets or something people think is not important
A legal contract a couple makes before marriage saying who owns what if they separate
- Specialized
A study carried out before a project to predict its likely effects
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Etymology
Ante comes from the Latin word ante, which means 'before'. In card games, the ante is the small amount each player puts in the pot 'before' the cards are dealt, so the name fits the action at the start of play.