Cards (esp. Poker). The eldest hand in a game (see eldest hand n. at eldest, adj. 5), which entitles opening of the betting; chiefly in to have (als…

In poker and similar games: the player who puts up the ante (typically the player on the dealer's left).

In poker and similar card games. The player who puts up the ante; = ante man, n.2 Obsolete.

One who or something which straddles.

One who bluffs at poker, etc. Originally U.S.

Poker. One who sandbags. Cf. sandbag, v. 3.

the player who has the largest number of chips, and therefore the largest amount of winnings, at a given point in a tournament.