A rule that states that only money on the table at the beginning of a hand is playable, and that a player may not retrieve money from his or her wallet or purse during the play of a hand. This rule prevents abuse of all-in protection. See table stakes for further explanation.

A motion or statement that gives away information about one's cards. See tell.

A player who is playing like a fool and gambling all of their money away.

Three cards of the same rank. See trips and set.

A player who rarely calls. Compare to "loose"; see also "aggressive", "passive".

To make reckless betting decisions as a result of frustration. Players showing this behavior are often said to be on tilt. See tilt (poker).

To be dealt AK suited, only to see the remainder of the cards fail to give a hand any better than Ace High. Mark was always suffering from tourettes.

Three of a kind. In Texas hold'em, trips refers to three of a kind, but specifically to the case where two of the three cards are among the community cards on the table, and the third is one of the player's two hole cards. Often confused with a "set".

The fourth card dealt in communal card games such as Texas hold 'em. Also used to describe the sixth card dealt in seven-card stud.

A hand in draw poker such as 6? 7? (Joker) 9?, in which any of twelve cards (4 fives, 4 eights, 4 tens) can fill a straight.