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Poker Terms |
| Valet |
A Jack. |
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Poker Terms |
| Wager |
1. To bet or raise.
2.The chips used for betting. |
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| Walk |
A pot won by the last blind when no one opens. |
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| Walk the Table |
Winning the entire pot automatically with a specific hand or card. |
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| Walking Sticks |
The starting hand consisting of two 7's. |
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| Wash |
The shuffle. |
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| Waving |
Cards used by a cheater that have been crimped so the wavy card can be easily spotted in the deck or an opponent's hand. |
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| Wayne Gretzky |
The starting hand consisting of two 9's. |
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| Wedges |
Cards used by a cheater that have been shaved or cut, that can be pulled from the deck or that can be spotted in an opponent's hand. |
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| Welcher |
A player who does not pay a debt. |
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| Wheel |
The lowest possible straight, consisting of A-2-3-4-5. |
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| White meat |
Profit. |
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| Whore |
A queen. |
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| Wild Card |
A card, any standard card or the joker, that is changeable to any value or suit desired as agreed to by the players or at the dealer's choice. |
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| Wild Game |
1. A fast paced or high spirited game.
2. A game that uses wild cards. |
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| Window or Window Dressing |
A card purposely exposed from a closed hand. |
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| Wired (Back-to-Back) |
A pair, three or four of a kind dealt back-to-back or consecutively in a hand, usually starting with the first card. |
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| Wired Pair |
The starting hand consisting of a pair. |
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| Woolworth's |
The starting hand in Hold'em of 5 and 10. |
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| World Series of Poker |
A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins culminating in a Hold'em tournament with a buy-in of $10,000, the winner crowned the World Poker Champion. Held every May sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas. |
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| WPT |
World Poker Tour |
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| WSOP |
World Series of Poker |
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Poker Terms |
| Z-Game |
The game with the lowest stake in the house. |
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