THE WORLD'S #1 POKER MANUAL - Card Games

Poker Book, Glossary
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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