Walk the Table – To automatically win an entire pot with a specific card or hand
Walking Sticks – A pair of 7s
Wash – To randomize a deck of cards; to shuffle
Wayne Gretzky – A pair of 9s in the pocket
Weak – (1) A hand of low value; (2) An unskilled player
Welcher – A player who fails to pay a debt
Wheel – The lowest possible straight: A-2-3-4-5; synonymous with “Bike” or “Bicycle”
Wheel Card – An Ace, a 2, a 3, a 4, or a 5
Whipsaw – To bet and raise aggressively on both sides of a calling player
Wild Card – A card of a specific rank or suit that may be used as if it were a card of another rank or suit
Window Dressing – A card that is exposed to an opponent on purpose
Wing – To have a winning streak
Wired Pair – Two cards of the same number or face value in the pocket
Wooden Hand – A weak group of cards
Worker’s Hand – A 9 and a 5 in the pocket, suited or offsuit
WSOP – World Series of Poker