rules
Table Charge
A table charge is a fee that players pay for playing at a table. It is a charge for the use of the table, in place of or in addition to the rake.
Table Stakes
Table stakes is a rule that says that a player can bet only the chips that he has on the table at the start of the hand. He cannot add more money during the hand, and if he has fewer chips than the bet, he can be all in for what he has and a side pot is made.
Texas Hold’em
Texas Hold'em is the most popular form of poker. Each player gets two private cards, and five community cards are dealt face up in the middle.
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.
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.
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.
TOC
TOC stands for Tournament of Champions, a tournament that is open to winners of earlier events. It is an invitation-style event.
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.
Turbo
A turbo is a tournament format in which the blinds go up faster than in a regular tournament, for example every 5 to 10 minutes. The event finishes sooner, and stacks become short quickly.
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.
Unlimited Poker
Unlimited poker is poker in which no limit is placed on bets or raises. A player can bet any amount up to the chips he has.
Up Card
An up card is a card that is dealt face up. In stud games, each player has several up cards that the others can see.
Video Poker
Video poker is a casino game played on a computerized machine, based on draw poker, in which you try to make certain poker hands and are paid according to a pay table. It is not played against other players.
Vig
Vig is short for vigorish, the commission the house takes from a game. In poker, the vig is the rake taken from each pot or the time fee, since the house does not play in the hand.
Vigorish
Vigorish is the house's take in a bet or game. In poker, it is the rake or time charge, since the house does not play in the hand.
Visible Cards
Visible cards are cards that are dealt face up to each player. In games like stud, players can see them and use them to complete a five-card hand.
Wash
To wash the cards is to shuffle them by spreading them face down on the table and mixing them with the hands. It is done before the deck is shuffled normally.
Whangedoodle
A whangedoodle is a round of jackpots played after a big hand, such as four of a kind. It is a special round in some home games.
Whiskey Poker
Whiskey poker is a draw poker game that uses widow cards: an extra hand that can be exchanged for the cards in a player's hand. A player may take the widow instead of his own cards.
Widow
A widow is a card or cards that are common to all hands, such as a spit card, or the money that is cut from pots, also called the kitty. The meaning depends on the game.
Wild Card
A wild card is a card that can be used as any rank, for example a joker. Games with wild cards, such as deuces wild, change the hand rankings, since a hand like five of a kind becomes possible.
Wild Game
A wild game is a game that uses wild cards, or a game that is very spirited and fast-paced, with a lot of action. The meaning depends on the context.
Wild Widow
A wild widow is a card that is turned face up and used as a wild card in every player's hand. All cards of the same rank are also wild, so the game changes on each deal.
Window
A window is a card that is exposed or flashed at the end of a player's closed hand. It is the card that you can see by accident.
Window Card
A window card is a card dealt face up. In stud, it means an upcard, and the first of them is called the door card. In Hold'em and Omaha, the window card is the first card of the flop that the dealer turns over.
Winning Hand
A winning hand is a hand that gets paid. In video poker, it is a hand that pays according to the pay table. In most games, the lowest winning hand is a pair of jacks, and in deuces wild it is three of a kind.
Wired
Wired, also called back-to-back, is a pair, trips or four of a kind that is dealt consecutively, usually the first cards of a stud hand. The cards are of the same rank and came one after another.
Wired Pair
A wired pair is a pair in the hole. In five-card stud, it also means a door card that pairs the hole card.
World Poker Tour (WPT)
The World Poker Tour, or WPT, is a series of poker tournaments held at casinos and card rooms around the world and online. Its events crown champions and are known for their large buy-ins.