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| Term | Definition |
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| Working the Telegraph |
Cheating by sending prearranged signals, say by finger positions similar to the "signing" used by the hearing impaired, or by certain code words and phrases embedded within seemingly ordinary conversation, of a victim's hand to the signaler's confederate. See telegraph. |
| World Poker Tour |
A series of tournaments on the tournament trail, held throughout the year at various casinos and cardrooms and online, the winners of which advance to a $25,000 invitation-only buy-in final event that crowns a world champion. The individual events are shown later on television. Sometimes rendered as the initialism WPT. |
| 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. |
| World's Fair |
The nuts.
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| Worst Hand |
A losing hand. |
| Worst Likely Hand |
The worst holding you might put another player on. |
| Worst of It |
Fighting the odds; usually preceded by take the or have the; a situation in which a wager has an unfavorable return. Opposite of best of it. |
| WPT |
Initialism of World Poker Tour. |
| Wraparound |
In Omaha, a situation in which your four downcards consist of three consecutive cards, which combine with two cards of the flop to form five consecutive cards, so that a large number of cards on the turn or river give you a straight. |
| WSOP |
Abbreviation for World Series of Poker. |
