Poker Terms Beginning With 'T'

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table cards

• Cards that are turned up on the table for use in everyone’s hand.

table charge

• A fee paid for playing at a table.

tap

• To wager all of one’s money in a single bet (in no-limit games).

tapped out

• Out of money.

tell

• An action that hints at the quality of the cards someone is holding.

third street

• In seven-card stud this is the first betting round on the first three cards.

thirty miles

• When a player has three tens.

three flush

• When a player has three cards of the same suit.

three of a kind

• Three cards of the same number or face value; also called trips

ticket

• A card.

tied on

• When your hand is good enough to play to the end.

tight

• A player who doesn’t play many pots; a game that lacks action.

tilt on

• Usually negative behavior that results from losing.

trapper

• A player who underbets a strong hand to create a larger pot.

treys

• A hand consisting of a pair of threes.

triplets

• Another name for three of a kind.

turn

• The fourth card dealt; the third round of betting (in flop games).

turn card

• The fourth street card in Hold’em and Omaha.

two flush

• A hand consisting of two suited cards.

two pair

• A hand consisting of two different pairs.

two-way hand

• A hand that has the chance of winning both high and low halves.