What is the initial stake in poker?

Answer 1

"Stakes" in Poker basically means the amount of money each player starts with when he comes into the game.. some rules don't allow players to add money from their pocket to their initial stakes, while other do - which is the case in open stakes poker, wherein a player can buy chips anytime during the game..

Answer 2

Though stake is not a concretely defined word the most common use of the word is in "table stakes rules". In this case the "stake" a player has in the game is the amount of money with which they started the deal.

This is important for all-in rules which prevent a player from having to pull more money out of their pocket to keep playing the hand. That is, if a player's entire stack, their "stake", is less than the call amount to them, they need only put in what they have to be all-in. They don't need to put additional money on the table, indeed they aren't allowed to put more money on the table.

Only in between deals may a player contribute more money to their stack.

Answer 3

Ante is the initial stake. There may also be a blind.

Answer 4

A players stake in a poker game is what the player bets out on the table with other players bets.

Answer 5

A players stake in a poker game is a term used to define the money he is putting into the game.

If for instance a player is buying in for $1000, his stake is $1000.