Splash Pot
A pot the house seeds with extra money — free chips added before the deal as a promotion.
Unlike a bomb pot, where the players ante their own money, a splash pot is funded by the house. Casinos use them as promotions: "$100 added to one pot every hour", money dropped into a random table's next pot, or seat draws for cash. Home games run a version too — the host tossing $20 into the first pot to get the night started.
Free money changes the maths of the hand in everyone's favour. A $30 pot with $60 splashed into it is $90 before a card is dealt; each of nine players suddenly holds a claim worth about $10 for nothing. The catch is that only one player collects it, so the correct response is to fight harder than usual: this is the one pot where even marginal hands are worth a raise, because the dead money pays for the extra risk.
Casinos run splash pots to keep seats filled in quiet hours, and it works — players will sit through a bad game waiting for the free drop. Do that arithmetic honestly: if the promo adds $10 an hour of expected value but the game costs you $20 an hour against tough regulars, you're paying $10 for a lottery ticket. The good version is a soft game that also splashes pots; those tables fill fast for a reason.
At your home game, a splash pot or two is a cheap way to be a generous host — just announce it as a gift, not a loan from the kitty. And if the game also runs a bad beat jackpot or any promo fund, make sure everyone knows which money belongs to whom before the first card flies, and write it down with the rest of the house rules.