what does WA/WB mean?

wasnt in the abbreviations link.

thanks.

[smoore]

probably "when ahead"/"when behind" but I'd have to see the context to be sure.

"Checkraise WA but checkfold WB"

[The Legend]

way ahead way behind.
An example is you raise with AT and someone 3bets, you call. The flop has an A in it. Since you are way ahead of KK QQ, but way behind AK or AQ, you let him fire away with the worst hands without scaring him away, while losing the least when you are dominated.
The WA/WB line is when you opponents bets,
you call flop, call turn, then bet the river and fold to a river raise.

[ThinkQuick]

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way ahead [or] way behind.


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thanks much

[AKQJ10]

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wasnt in the abbreviations link.

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That's why a community-edited list of abbreviations is far better than a static three-year-old list of abbreviations.

http://poker.wikicities.com/wiki/Abbreviations

As players noted it does mean way ahead or way behind. What they didn't say is how this affects your play. When way ahead / way behind it means your opponent either has you crushed (you have few outs) or you have them crushed (they have few outs). This means it is not a raise or fold situation but often calling is the best play.

[AKQJ10]

As a corrolary, giving free cards isn't dangerous because they're unlikely to help your opponent.

The other day I was rereading TOP to the effect that something like KK on an uncoordinated A9x flop is not sensitive to giving free cards, whereas something like TT would be very sensitive. I didn't reproduce the example verbatim but hopefully that faithfully reproduces the point.