Low Hand is the term used to describe a poker hand that is made as part of a low hand ranking system. The ea`siest way of describing a low hand is ‘worst hand wins’, although this an overly simplified view. Different lowball variants have different criteria for constructing low hands. For example, the nut low hand in Stud is A,2,3,4,5 while in 2-7 Triple Draw the nut low hand is 2,3,4,5,7.

WSOP is an acronym standing for ‘World Series of Poker’. It’s a series of tournaments held every year in Las Vegas. Although there are tournaments with larger payouts than the WSOP main event, the WSOP is still considered by many to be the most prestigious tournament series in the world. Although the main event each year is No Limit Hold’em, a variety of other variants are offered throughout the series.

Wrap is the name given to straight draw with 9 or more outs in Omaha variants of poker. These types of straight draws are only possible as a result of us being dealt 4 cards on the preflop betting round. The maximum straight draw in Hold’em is the open ended straight draw which has 8 outs. Wraps on the other hand can have an many as 20 outs, not including any possible flush draw outs.

Wired is a term from Stud that is used to describe pocket pair in the hole on third street. In other words, neither of our paired cards are visible to the table meaning it will be extremely disguised if we make three of a kind. A pair where one of our cards is an upcard (visible to the table) is instead called a ‘split’ pair.

Vulnerable in poker is the term used to describe a hand that is likely to be outdrawn assuming it is currently the best hand. For example, when gauging the vulnerability of a pair, there are typically three areas we look at. 1. Possibility of villain making a higher pair. 2. Possibility of villain completing a straight. 3. Possibility of villain making a flush. If all of these eventualities are either unlikely or impossible, then our pair should not be considered as vulnerable.

Wet in poker is a term used to indicate that a board texture (i.e. a flop in Hold’em) is very co-ordinated, allowing for the possibility of a number of draws and strong made hands. It is the opposite term to ‘dry’ which describes a board texture with little to no connectivity. The term wet is typically applied to community cards in games such as Hold’em and Omahabut could also be applied to an opponent’s visible upcards in a Stud variant.