The Ante.
19. The ante shall not exceed one-half the amount of the limit.
20. The ante shall be staked by the player to the left of the dealer before the cards are dealt.
21. The right to straddle shall belong to the player to the left of ante. If he does not straddle, no other player shall, do so; but if he does straddle, the succeeding players shall have, in turn from right to left, and ending with the dealer, the right to increase the straddle in every case by the amount of the ante.
22. The ante shall not be straddled by a player, or by successive players, to an amount exceeding one-half the limit.
23. If the ante be not straddled, the player to the left of [50] ante shall have first say after the deal, and ante shall have the last say.
24. If the ante be straddled, the player to the left of the straddler (or of the last straddler, if there be more than one) shall have first say after the deal, and the last straddler shall have the last say.
The Play.
25. The turn to say shall pads from right to left, and the player who has first say after the deal shall, if he open the game, stake a sum at least double the amount of ante.
26. Each succeeding player shall, if he play, at least make good his stake to that of the preceding player.