THE WORLD'S #1 POKER MANUAL - Card Games

Poker Book, Glossary
Welcher--A player who fails to pay a debt.
Whangedoodle--A round of jackpots played after a big hand such as four of a kind.
Wheel--See Bicycle.
Whipsaw--To bet and raise aggressively on both sides of a calling player. (Squeezed Player).
Whiskey Poker--Draw poker with widow cards that can be exchanged from one's hand.
Whore--A queen.
Widow--(1) A card or cards common to all hands (Spit Card). (2) The money cut from pots (Kitty).
Wild Annie--See Double-Barreled Shotgun.
Wild Card--A card changeable to any value or suit desired by its holder.
Wild Game--(1) A game using wild cards. (2) A highly spirited or fast-paced game.
Wild Widow--A card turned up for use as a wild card (with all similar cards being wild) in every
player's hand (Spit Card).
Window--The card exposed or flashed at the end of a player's closed hand.
Window Dressing--A card purposely flashed from one's closed hand.
Wing--To have a winning streak.
Wired (Back-to-Back)--A pair, trips, or four of a kind dealt consecutively or back-to-back in a hand ...
usually in a stud hand starting with the first card.
Woolworth--A game in which all fives and tens are wild.
World Series of Poker--A Hold 'em tournament with a $10,000 buy-in held every May at Binion's
Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas.
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