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Table Stakes
Table stakes is a rule saying that a player
may only wager money they have on the table at the beginning of a hand, in other
words, they can't put their car keys down as a bet. It also implies that money
may not be removed from the table at any time, although money may be added to
one's stacks between hands.
Tap
To bet the amount of an opponent's entire stack, forcing
him to go 'all in' if he calls the bet.
Tell
A gesture or signal unintentionally done by a player
that gives other players information about the player's hand. For example, a
player who twitches when they are bluffing.
Texas Hold'em
Texas Hold'em (or just Hold'em) is widely
considered the grandfather of poker. A flop game, in Texas Hold'em each player
gets two pocket cards, while five community cards are dealt face-up on the table.
The strength of a player's hand is the best five-card hand that can be made
with these seven cards. There are four rounds of betting: after the pocket cards
are dealt, after the first three community cards (the flop), after the fourth,
or turn card, and after the final, or river card.
Three of a Kind
Having three cards of the same value.
Tight
Conservative.
Tilt
To play wildly or recklessly. A player is said to be
"on tilt" if he is not playing his best, playing too many hands, trying
wild bluffs, raising with bad hands, etc.
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
If you have a pair with one of your pocket cards
and the highest card on the board, you have top pair.
Tournament
In a poker tournament, each player sits down
with the same number of chips, and eventually only one player has any chips
left. That is the basic idea behind a tournament. Each card room runs tournaments
differently. Tournaments are usually played with chips that have no value outside
of the tournament. So a buy-in of $30 might get you $500 in tournament chips
to play with, but you can't cash them out in the middle. The winner of a tournament
(the last player to bust out) as well as several of the other top finishers
are typically awarded prize money according to some predetermined schedule.
Trips
Three of a kind.
Turn
The fourth community card. Put out face up, by itself.
Also known as "fourth street."
Two Pair
A hand consisting of two pairs of cards with the
same value.
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