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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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Table
- See Board.
Table Cards - Cards turned face-up on the table for use in
everyone's hand, such as used in Cincinnati.
Table Change - If you'd like to play at a table other than
the one you're currently at you can ask the floor for a table change.
Table Cop - A player who calls with the intention of keeping
other players honest. Can also be a player who makes an effort to point out
violations.
Table Stakes - Stakes in which the betting and raising is
limited to the amount of money a player has in front of him.
Table Talk - A discussion at the table of the current hand
by players not involved in the pot.
Take It or Leave It - See Shove Them Along.
Take Out - The number of chips a player starts with in table
stakes.
Take the Lead - To make a bet or raise.
Talon - The remainder of the deck after the deal.
Tap - To bet all one's money in table stakes.
Tap City - A player having gone broke in a game.
Tap Out - To bet and lose all one's cash, forcing one to
leave the game.
Tap You - (1) An expression for a player betting an amount
equal to all the money his opponent has on the table in table stakes. (2)
A raise.
Technical Position - The strategic and psychological advantage
of a player relative to the other players.
Telephone Booth - A very loose player (Calling Station).
Tells - Characteristics, habits, or actions of a player that
give away his hand or intentions.
Ten Ten - High-low five-card stud with ten for low and a
pair of tens for high as qualifiers. Usually played with two twists.
Tennessee - Draw poker in which a bet is made after each
round of cards is dealt.
Tennessee Hold Me - See Hold 'em.
Tens High - Poker in which no hand higher than a pair of
tens can win.
Texas Hold 'em - See Hold 'em.
Texas Special or Texas Tech - See Double-Barreled Shotgun.
The Diamond - A measurement of the idealness of a poker game
for the good player.
Thirty Days or Thirty Miles - Three tens.
Thirty Three - Six-card stud with threes wild.
Three of a Kind - Three cards of the same value (Treys, Triplets,
Trips).
Three-Card Monte - A three-card game similar to Bragg.
Three-Toed Pete - Three-card poker.
Throat Shot - An expression for a player barely losing a
big pot.
Throw Off - To discard.
Throw Up a Hand - To fold.
Throwing A Party - When several loose or amateur players
are making significant monetary contributions to the pot.
Ticket - A card.
Tie - Two hands of equal value. The pot is usually divided
between tied hands that win.
Tierce - A three-card straight flush.
Tiger - A low hand from the two to the seven.
Tight Player - A player who seldom bets unless he has a strong
hand.
Tilt - When a good player does things they know are bad.
This will usually happen when they are frustrated, angry, or upset for any
reason.
Time Cut - Money charged each player on a time basis by a
casino or poker club. Charge is usually on a 3 minute or an hourly basis (Axe,
Collection).
Time Game - Poker game in which players are charged by the
house, club, or casino a specified amount each hour or half hour for playing
privileges.
To Go - The amount it takes to enter the pot.
Toke - A tip, especially to a dealer in a gambling casino.
Top - To beat an opponent.
Top Pair - If there are three cards of different ranks on
the flop in any flop game and you pair is the highest one.
Tough Player - A superior poker player.
Tournament - The idea behind poker tournaments is that a
bunch of poker players sit down with the same number of chips, and eventually
only one player has any chips left.
Trey - A three.
Tricon - Three of a kind.
Trio, Triplets, or Trips - Three of a kind.
Trips Eight - Stud or draw split-pot poker with an eight
for low and trips for high as qualifiers. Often played with one or two twists.
Tulsa - See Omaha.
Turn - A player's chance to deal, receive cards, or bet.
Turn - The fourth of five community cards in flop games.
Turn Down - To fold.
Turnie-Turnie - See Mexican Stud.
Twenty-Deck Poker - Poker played with twenty cards. All cards
lower than tens are removed.
Twin Beds - A high-low game involving five cards in each
hand and ten turned up on the table.
Twist - A draw in stud or an extra draw in draw poker.
Twist Your Neighbor - To draw cards from the hands of other
players.
Two Pair - Two separate pairs of different values in a hand.
Two Pair Nine - Stud or draw split-pot poker with a nine
for low and two pair for high as qualifiers. Often played with one or two
twists.
Two-Card Poker - Any poker game in which the best two cards
win.
Two-Way Hand - A hand having possibilities of winning both
high and low halves of a split-pot game.