Poker terminology - Terms with a "T"

Table - See Board.
 
Table Cards - Cards turned face-up on the table for use in everyone's hand, such as used in Cincinnati.
 
Table Change - If you'd like to play at a table other than the one you're currently at you can ask the floor for a table change.
 
Table Cop - A player who calls with the intention of keeping other players honest. Can also be a player who makes an effort to point out violations.
 
Table Stakes - Stakes in which the betting and raising is limited to the amount of money a player has in front of him.
 
Table Talk - A discussion at the table of the current hand by players not involved in the pot.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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 of a Kind - Three cards of the same value (Treys, Triplets, Trips).
 
Three-Card Monte - A three-card game similar to Bragg.
 
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.
 
Tilt - When a good player does things they know are bad. This will usually happen when they are frustrated, angry, or upset for any reason.
 
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.
 
To Go - The amount it takes to enter the pot.
 
Toke - A tip, especially to a dealer in a gambling casino.
 
Top - To beat an opponent.
 
Top Pair - If there are three cards of different ranks on the flop in any flop game and you pair is the highest one.
 
Tough Player - A superior poker player.
 
Tournament - The idea behind poker tournaments is that a bunch of poker players sit down with the same number of chips, and eventually only one player has any chips left.
 
Trey - 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 - The fourth of five community cards in flop games.
 
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 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-Card Poker - Any poker game in which the best two cards win.
 
Two-Way Hand - A hand having possibilities of winning both high and low halves of a split-pot game.