Kitty ( poker )



1) In a private or home game, a cash reserve or collection built up by taking a specified amount out of each pot.
The kitty belongs to all the players, and is usually collected for some special purpose, such as paying
the host of the week's game for the use of his home, for refreshments, sending one of the players to a tournament in Nevada, and so on.

2) The pot; often as part of the phrase feed the kitty, which merely means call a bet.

3) In various forms of poker played only in private or home games, a small packet of cards set aside
at the start of a hand that may be purchased by or otherwise made available to one of the players,
according to the rules of the specific game.