Through interaction with the pot of money in the center of the table, the cheat can perform a different sleight-of-hand maneuver, one that has nothing to do with cards. Moving money into -or taking money out of- the pot allows the poker cheat to either not put enough in or take too much out.

A player opening, seeing, or bumping is putting their hand over the pot and dropping a sum of money. It is each player's responsibility to ensure that each other player is placing the expressed amount of money into the pot. Dropping two nickles into the pot instead of two quarters saves the cheat money that everybody else is paying.

Some home games allow players to make change in the pot. When this is done, a player should be watched like a hawk. Any player with their hands in the pot has the potential to remove more than they are supposed to, and should be watched for good measure.