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Third Street
Third street is the first betting round in seven-card stud, after each player has received three cards. It is named after the third card.
Thirty Miles
Thirty miles is slang for three tens. The name is a joke on the sum: three tens make thirty.
Three Flush
A three flush is three cards of the same suit. It can be a hand with three suited cards, or a flop with three cards of one suit.
Three of a Kind
Three of a kind is a hand with three cards of the same rank, and two other cards. It beats two pair and loses to a straight. It is also called trips or a set.
Ticket
A ticket is a slang word for a card. It is used in some games and old gambling language.
Tie
A tie is a situation in which two or more players have hands of equal value at showdown. The pot is usually divided between them.
Tiger
Tiger is a name for a nonstandard poker hand used in some home games; its exact card requirements depend on the local rules.
Tight
A tight player plays few hands, and mostly strong ones. He folds many hands before the flop, and he is often very selective after it. The opposite is a loose player.
Tilt
Tilt is a state of frustration or anger in which a player stops playing his normal game and makes poor decisions. It often follows a bad beat or a long losing run.
Time
'Time' is a request to pause the play while you decide. You say 'Time, please', and the dealer or floor gives you a moment. In some rooms, a clock may be used if a player takes too long.
Time Bank
A time bank is extra time that an online poker site gives you for difficult decisions, beyond the normal time to act. You can use it when you need longer, and when it is gone, you have only the standard time.
Time collection
A time collection is a fee for renting a seat, paid in advance. It is a charge for playing, instead of a percentage from the pot.
Timid Player
A timid player is a player who often fails to call or raise when he should, and so loses money. He is too careful and misses chances.
Toke
A toke is a small tip, usually $0.50 or $1, given to the dealer by the winner of a pot. For many dealers, tokes are the main part of their income.
Top and Bottom
Top and bottom is a two pair hand made of the highest and the lowest card on the board. For example, on a flop of A-9-4, holding ace-four gives you top and bottom pair.
Top Pair
Top pair is a pair made with a hole card and the highest card on the board. If the flop is J-8-5 and you hold a jack, you have top pair.
Top Pair/Medium Kicker (TPMK)
TPMK means top pair with a medium kicker: you pair the highest board card and your other card is decent, but not the best. For example, jack-ten on a J-2-3 flop.
Top Pair/Top Kicker (TPTK)
TPTK means top pair with the top kicker: you pair the highest board card and your other card is the best possible kicker. For example, ace-jack on a flop of J-2-3.
Top Pair/Weak Kicker (TPWK)
Top pair with a weak kicker, TPWK, is a pair of the highest board card with a low side card. It is a medium hand that can lose to the same pair with a better kicker.
Top Two
Top two is a two pair hand made with the two highest cards on the board. For example, on a flop of A-K-5, ace-king gives top two pair.
Top Two Pair
Top two pair means that both your pocket cards match the two highest cards on the board, so you have the best possible two pair.
Tournament
A tournament is a poker competition in which every player pays a fixed buy-in, gets the same number of chips and plays until one player holds all the chips. The buy-in forms a prize pool that is paid to the best finishers.
Tournament Fee
A tournament fee, or house fee, is the part of a tournament buy-in that goes to the house instead of the prize pool. For example, in a $50+$5 tournament, the $5 is the fee.
TPMK
TPMK stands for top pair, medium kicker. You have a pair with the highest card on the board, together with a good but not top kicker.
TPTK
TPTK stands for top pair, top kicker. You have a pair with the highest card on the board, and your kicker is the best possible.
TPWK
TPWK means top pair with a weak kicker: you pair the highest card on the board, but your other card is low. It is a medium-strength hand that can lose to the same pair with a better kicker.
Treys
Treys is a nickname for a pair of threes, 3-3. A three is also called a trey, so a pair of threes is a pair of treys.
Triplets
Triplets is another name for three of a kind: three cards of the same rank.
Trips
Trips is three of a kind in which two of the three cards are on the board and only one is in your hand. If you hold a pair and the third card comes on the board, it is a set instead.
Trombones
Trombones is a nickname for seven-six, from the song '76 Trombones' in the musical The Music Man. It is used for the starting hand 7-6.
Turkish Pocket Aces
Turkish pocket aces is a nickname for a pair of eights in the hole, 8-8. The name comes from a story about the Turkish army, which was defeated while having an advantage of eight to one.
Turn
The turn is the fourth community card in Hold'em and Omaha, dealt face up after the flop betting round. It is also called fourth street. A round of betting follows it.