"table stakes" meaning in English

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        "A rule whereby players are only allowed to bet the money they have on the table."
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        "(poker) A rule whereby players are only allowed to bet the money they have on the table."
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          "ref": "2016, Geoffrey Colon, Disruptive Marketing: What Growth Hackers, Data Punks, and Other Hybrid Thinkers Can Teach Us About Navigating the New Normal, page 143",
          "text": "So what makes people want to 'listen' to a brand? Sounding like a human, ugh; that's table stakes. If that's all you can say about your social approach, you're not trying hard enough.",
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        "The stake that a stakeholder must put up even just to earn a place at the table (a chance to compete), let alone ensure a win."
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        "(business, politics, figurative) The stake that a stakeholder must put up even just to earn a place at the table (a chance to compete), let alone ensure a win."
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see table, stakes."
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    "table stakes"
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        "A rule whereby players are only allowed to bet the money they have on the table."
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        "(poker) A rule whereby players are only allowed to bet the money they have on the table."
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        "(business, politics, figurative) The stake that a stakeholder must put up even just to earn a place at the table (a chance to compete), let alone ensure a win."
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