Trips is another word for three of a kind, or three cards of a matching rank. While similar to a set, the player doesn’t need a pocket pair to make trips. For example, if you hold AJ and the flop comes J-J-2, you have trips. 

You make top two pair with the two highest cards on the board. For example, on a board of A-K-9-2-6, any combination of AK would give you top two.

Top Pair means making a pair by matching the rank of the highest rank card on the board with a hole card. On a flop of J-8-5, you have top pair if one of your hole cards is a J.

 Top and Bottom is a two-pair hand made with the highest and lowest community cards. For example, on a flop of A-4-9, any combination of A4 would give you top and bottom pair.

Tilting means becoming upset or frustrated after losing a hand or hands. This typically results in wild, reckless play involving playing too many hands and bluffing too much. Also known as steam/steaming. “I just lost most of my stack on a bad beat and now I’m on tilt.”

Texture is a way of describing the community cards and their relation to one another, such as with matching suits or connected ranks. A wet board texture is one where many flush and straight draws are possible, such as 9♣ T♣ J♣ and 5♥ 4♥ 3♣. A dry board texture contains very few or no…

A tell is a small detectable change in a player’s behavior that gives information about the kind of hand they have, such as movements, words, or changes in timing. “I called his big bet because I picked up a tell and thought he was bluffing.” 7 Poker Tells You Should Look Out For

Tanking means taking a lot of time to make a decision on what action to take. “She tanked for several minutes before deciding to make the call.” Oftentimes when a player is tanking it is reasonable to call the clock on them after a significant portion of time has elapsed. 

 TAG stands for Tight Aggressive, which is a playing style where a player opens tight and plays in an aggressive way postflop. “This game is full of TAGs and pretty tough to beat.”

Table Stakes is a rule stating that the amount of money a person has in play is limited to the amount sitting on the table. Players can not add more money to their stack while in a hand. If a player runs out of chips before a hand is complete, a side pot is then…