slang
Vaca
Vaca, the Spanish word for cow, is used in poker rooms to ask another player to go half and half in a game. If a player says 'vaca' to a floor person or another player, it generally means, 'Do you want to share this game with me?'
Valet
Valet is another name for the jack. The word comes from French.
Valle Card
A valle card is any 3, 5 or 7. The word comes from the game of panguingue, in which these cards have a special value, which is what 'valle' means.
Victory Rip
A victory rip, also called a victory roll, is the act of spreading your hand face up in a triumphant way at the showdown in a draw game. The player shows his cards with a flourish to show that he has won.
Victory Roll
Victory roll is another name for victory rip: spreading your winning hand face up with a flourish at the showdown.
Villain
Villain is the name for the opponent in a hand that is being discussed. The player who tells the story is the hero. The word comes from hand histories posted on forums.
Walking Sticks
Walking sticks is a nickname for a pair of sevens, because the sevens look like canes. It is used for the hand 7-7.
Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Gretzky is a nickname for a pair of nines, 9-9. It comes from the ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky, who wore the number 99.
Weary Willie
Weary Willie is another name for Elimination, a home poker variant in which matching table-card ranks cause cards in a player's hand to be discarded.
Wedges
Wedges are tapered or shaved cards that a cheater can pull from a deck when needed. The cards are cut so that they feel different from the others.
Whale
A whale is a rich, weak player who gambles with large amounts of money and loses a lot. Other players are happy to see a whale at the table, since he plays loose and loses big pots.
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.
Wild Annie
Wild Annie is another name for Double-Barreled Shotgun, a home poker game combining drawing cards with a gradual face-up reveal.
Wing
To wing is to have a winning streak. A player who is winging has been winning for some time.
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.
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.
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.
X Marks the Spot
X Marks the Spot is a home poker game with five private cards per player and five shared cards arranged in a cross. It is also known as criss-cross.
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 a home-game stud variant in which each player starts with four face-down cards and chooses two to turn face up.
Zilch or Zip
Zilch or zip means nothing. In draw poker, it is a dealt hand with no cards worth keeping, so that you should draw all five cards. It can also be a final hand with no value or payoff.
Zombie
A zombie is a player with no tells: he has a poker face, shows no emotion and gives no sign of his hand. It is hard to read him.
Zuke
Zuke is a word for a toke, a tip given to a dealer. It is used mostly by dealers.