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WPT – World Poker
Tour, the wildly popular and lucrative series of No
Limit Hold’Em tournaments.
WSOP – World Series
of Poker, a series of events played every year in June.
Walk – When it folds
around to the big blind.
Walking Sticks –
Pocket 7s.
Wash – To shuffle the
deck in a circular motion on the table.
Wayne Gretzky –
Pocket 9s, named after the Great One’s hockey number.
Wheel – The lowest
possible straight, A-2-3-4-5.
Wild Card –
Designated cards that can change suit and rank in home
games.
Wired Pair – Another
expression for a pocket pair.
Worst of It – Being
in a situation when you are behind in a hand and the
odds are stacked against you. “I had the worst of it
with my pocket kings against Frank’s pocket aces.”
Wrap Draw – Straight
draw in Omaha in which at least three different cards
can make a straight. An example would be holding 2 4 6 8
on a flop of 3 5 7.
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