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Wheel
The wheel is the straight A-2-3-4-5, the lowest possible straight, where the ace counts as a low card. In lowball and hi-lo games it is also the best possible low hand.
Whipsaw
To whipsaw is to bet and raise aggressively on both sides of a player who is calling, so that he is caught between two raisers. The squeezed player is in the middle and has to fold or call twice.
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.
Whore
'Whore' is an old and offensive-sounding slang word for a queen in a deck of cards. It appears in old lists of poker slang, and it is not suitable for a polite table.
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 Annie
“Wild Annie” is slang for holding a wild card (joker) that completes a strong combination.
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.
Window Dressing
Window dressing is the act of purposely flashing a card from your closed hand, so that others can see it. A player does it to give a false impression of his hand.
Wing
To wing is to have a winning streak. A player who is winging has been winning for some time.
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.
Won Money at Showdown (W$SD)
Won money at showdown, written W$SD, is a statistic that shows how often a player wins the pot when he goes to showdown. A value above 50 percent means that he usually wins when he gets there.
Won When Saw Flop (WWSF)
Won when saw flop, written WWSF, is a statistic that shows how often a player wins the pot after seeing the flop. It combines hands won at showdown and hands won without a showdown.
Wooden Hand
A wooden hand is a hand that cannot improve or cannot possibly win. The name comes from deadwood, a term for discards.
Woolworth
Woolworth is a name for a ten-five hand, from the five-and-ten-cent store. In lowball, it is a 10-5 hand, in high poker two pair of tens and fives, and in hold'em a ten and a five as hole cards.
Woppitzer
A woppitzer is a pest who hangs around card games, usually with bad breath or body odor, and gives unwanted advice and comments about the play. He is the worst kind of kibitzer.
Work the Broads
To work the broads is slang for cheating at cards, particularly at three-card monte. The 'broads' are the cards.
Working the Telegraph
Working the telegraph is a way of cheating by sending prearranged signals about your hand to a partner, for example with finger positions or code words hidden in normal conversation.
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.
X Marks the Spot
“X Marks the Spot” is slang for hitting the best possible hand on the river.
Yard
Yard is slang for $100, or a $100 bill. It is used mostly in casino and gambling talk.
Yeast
Yeast is slang for a raise. A player who says 'Let's give it a little yeast' means that he raises.
YGHN
YGHN is shorthand for 'you go home now', a taunt said or written to a player who has just lost a hand, usually to a lucky card. It implies that the speaker beat a good hand, probably by a long shot.
Yo
Yo is the short form of 'yoleven', the word for 11, used in craps and sometimes in betting talk. It is said so that the number is not confused with seven.
Yoleven
Yoleven is the slang word for the number 11 used for the size of a bet. It comes from craps, where dealers say it loudly so that it is not confused with seven.
You Roll Two
“You Roll Two” is slang for pocket deuces (2‑2).
Younger Hand
Younger hand is an obsolete term for any player to the left of the eldest hand, which is the player directly to the left of the dealer. It describes the order of play in old card games.