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Table stakes n.  This almost universal rule allows a person to use only the chips in front of her at the beginning of a hand.  If you are short stacked but get a great hand, you cannot run get more funds, then keep raising; you can only go all in.  See also cash game.

Table talk n.  Discussing specific cards while the hand is still in play.  It is frowned upon (or against the rules) to announce you just folded two jacks.  This may affect strategy of those still in, because they now know two jacks are out of play.

Tainted outs n. The opposite of clean outs.  Cards that complete your hand, but can give someone else an even better hand.  Common examples are outs that give you a straight, but someone else a flush, or give you trips, and someone else a fullhouse.  Some players simply do not include tainted cards when counting outs.

Tapped out adj.  Broke.  Tap out v.  To go broke.

Tell n.  A mannerism that reveals a player's likely cards or intentions.

Texas hold'em n.  Commonly shortened to just hold'em.  Poker game where players get two cards each and share five community cards.  Contrast Omaha hold'em.

Three bet v.  In limit poker, increasing the pot for the third time in one round.  I rarely three-bet.

Three-gapper n.  Connectors separated by three cards, such as 37.

Three-of-a-kind np.  Three cards of the same rank.  Also trips or set.  Beats a pair or two pair.  See hand rankings.

Threshold of pain np.  Hopeless point at which further loses are not more painful, steepening a player's tumble.  Concept popularized by Mike Caro.

Tight adj.  Selectively playing only the best hands or situations.  Following the money, not the thrills.  A tight player folds if there is no mathematical edge, he does not chase long shots for fun.

Tight aggressive adj.  Type of competitor who folds often, but plays hard when he does enter a hand.  Universally recognized as the most profitable approach to hold'em.

Tight passive adj.  Overly conservative person who correctly plays few hands, but is easily scared out of pots, and fails to take aggressive advantage of good cards.

Tilt v., adj.  Lose of emotional control and self-destructive betting.  Player may be angry, desperate to win back losses, on a testosterone rampage, or too shocked and muddled to do anything but plunge forward.  Watch for it, both in yourself and others.  On tilt.  Tilting. 

Time game n.  The house collects on seats by the hour, rather than raking each pot.

To go adj.  Price of a call, used after there's been enough raises to be confusing.  It's $15 to go. Contrast to you.

To me, to you adj.  The amount players already in the pot have to put in if they get raised.  If I call and get raised, then to stay in the hand I have to make up the balance.  If I put in $1, then was raised $1 and reraised another $1, then the bet to me is $2.  "Hey, put in another buck, it's $2 to you."   In contrast, a player who had not yet entered the pot would want to know the total bet, and would ask "how much is it to go?" 

Toke n.  Casino talk for tip, gratuity.

Top adj.  The higher hand.  Top set.  Top pair.

Top kicker np.  The higher kicker in a showdown.  I knew I didn't have top kicker.

Top pair n.  Pairing the highest card on the board.

Tourist n.  A non-regular player, assumed to lack savvy.

Tournament n.  A poker event where contestants pay an entrance fee, receive tournament chips, then try to eliminate each other.  The first-place winner ends up with all of the chips.  The number of people who finish in the money depends on the size of the tournament, which varies from heads-up to thousands.  Contrast cash game. See also final table.

Tournament chips n. v. Chips purchased in a poker tournament.  They are of arbitrary value and cannot be directly exchanged for cash — contestants must place in the tournament.  Contestants might pay a $50 entry fee and receive $1,500 in tournament chips. 

Trey n.  Three.

Tripped up v.   Achieve trips.  Debbie tripped up on the turn.  

Trips n.  Three of a kind. Derived from triplets. 

Turn n. The fourth community card in hold'em, dealt face up in the middle of the table, which anyone can use as part of a hand. Aka fourth street. See also river, flop, hole cards.

Two-way straight n.  Aka open ended straight.

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