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Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of Games On The Wire as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
To give an opponent a number of games on the wire is to give them a handicap whereby they have to win a specified number of fewer games in order to win the match. Normally a more experienced pool player will give a less experienced some number of games on the wire as such that the less experienced player, and perhaps spectators and gamblers, will feel that the competition is evenly matched or fair.
You are going to have to give me three games on the wire if you want me to play you for 4 bills.
The term "games on the wire" is considered to be a slang term related to skill level. The games on the wire definition was entered on 1/12/2008 11:55:00 AM and was updated on 1/12/2008 11:55:00 AM. It is a cue sport term that is related to skill level. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor. See also: on the wire, wire, across the string for more on the meaning of games on the wire.
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