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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.
World Series of Poker (WSOP)
The World Series of Poker, WSOP, is the best-known series of poker tournaments. Its main event is a no-limit hold'em tournament with a $10,000 buy-in, and the winner is considered the world champion.
World’s Fair
World's Fair is slang for the nuts, the best possible hand. The phrase comes from a warning that is given about a player who has a way of showing the best hand at the right time.
Worst Hand
The worst hand is a losing hand. In general, it means the weakest hand in a showdown, or the weakest hand that you can put another player on.
Worst Likely Hand
The worst likely hand is the weakest holding that you might reasonably put another player on. You use it to see how bad your opponent's hand could be.
Worst of It
The worst of it means fighting the odds: being in a situation where your wager has an unfavorable return. The opposite is the best of it. People say 'take the worst of it' or 'have the worst of it'.
WP
WP is chat shorthand for 'well played'. A player types it to praise a good play, such as a clever fold or a well-timed bluff.
Wrap
A wrap is a straight draw in Omaha that has nine or more outs, made from two board cards and three or four of your hole cards. It can have up to 20 outs, which makes it much stronger than an open-ended draw in Hold'em.
Wraparound
A wraparound is an Omaha hand in which three of your four hole cards are consecutive and combine with two cards of the flop to make five connected cards, so that many cards on the turn and river complete a straight.