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Date Posted: 09:52:04 02/03/05 Thu
Author: partypoker
Subject: Re: Online Poker Terms - Poker Dictionary CONTINUED
In reply to: partypoker 's message, "Re: Online Poker Terms - Poker Dictionary CONTINUED" on 09:50:58 02/03/05 Thu

Table
The surface on which poker is played.
Table Cards
Cards turned face-up on the table for use in everyone's hand, such as used in Cincinnati.
Table Charge
A fee paid for playing.
Table Stakes
A rule in a poker game meaning that a player may not go into his pocket for money during a hand. He may only invest the amount of money in front of him into the current pot. If he runs out of chips during the hand, a side pot is created in which he has no interest. All casino poker is played table stakes. The definition sometimes also includes the rule that a player may not remove chips from the table during a game. While this rule might not be referred to as "table stakes", it is enforced almost universally in public poker games.
Tap
In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.
Tapped Out
Out of money.
Tell
An action that gives clues about the cards someone is holding.
Texas Hold'em
This is also the name for Hold'em, the most popular form of poker.
Third Street
In Seven Card Stud this is the first betting round on the first three cards.
Thirty Miles
Three tens.
Three Flush
Three cards of the same suit.
Three of a Kind
Three cards of the same number or face value ("trips").
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.
Tied On
When your hand is good enough to play it to the end.
Tiger
Little cat.
Tight
A player who doesn't play many pots. A tight game is one that doesn't have much action.
Tilt, On
Behavior as a result of losing, usually negative.
Time
1. A request by a player to suspend play while he decides what he's going to do. Simply, "Time please!" If a player doesn't request time and there is a substantial amount of action behind him, the dealer may rule that the player has folded. 2. An amount of money collected either on the button or every half hour by the cardroom. This is another way for the house to make its money (see "rake").
Time collection
A fee for a seat rental, paid in advance.
Timid Player
A poker player who frequently fails to call or raise in situations that require it, resulting in financial losses.
TOC
Tournament of Champions.
Toke
A small amount of money (typically $.50 or $1.00) given to the dealer by the winner of a pot. Quite often, tokes represent the great majority of a dealer's income.
Top Pair
In flop games, when the player pairs one of his down cards with the highest card on board.
Top Two Pair
Having both your pocket cards match the highest two cards on the board.
Tough Player
A superior poker player.
Tournament
A poker competition, normally with an entry fee and prizes.
Tournament Fee
The tournament fee (or house fee) is usually payable with all buy-in tournaments.

Trapper
A player who underbets a strong hand to create a larger pot.
Treys
A pair of threes.
Triplets
Another name for a three of a kind.
Trips
Three of a kind.
Turn
In flop games, this is the fourth card dealt. It is the third round of betting.
Turncard
The fourth street card in hold'em or Omaha.
Two Flush
Two suited cards.
Two Pair
A hand consisting of two different pairs.
Two-Way Hand
A hand having possibilities of winning both high and low halves of a split-pot game.

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