Poker Terms - Poker Dictionary - Letter T

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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 Stakes-Stakes in which the betting and raising is limited to the amount of money a player has in front of him.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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-Card Monte-A three-card game similar to Bragg.
• Three of a Kind-Three cards of the same value (Treys, Triplets, Trips).
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Toke-A tip, especially to a dealer in a gambling casino.
• Top-To beat an opponent.
• Tough Player-A superior poker player.
• Trey (Set)-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 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-Card Poker-Any poker game in which the best two cards win.
• 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-Way Hand-A hand having possibilities of winning both high and low halves of a split-pot game.

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