cold deck
cold deck noun: a hand where two or more players have very strong hands and one or more of them loses a lot of chips despite the strength of the hand(s) involved.
Noun
cold deck (plural cold decks)
- A hand where two or more players have very strong hands and one or more of them loses a lot of chips despite the strength of the hand(s) involved.
- A pre-shuffled deck of cards substituted for the real deck in order to cheat.
- The cold deck can be run into play by the cheat himself or by his accomplice […]1991, A. D. Livingston, Poker Strategy and Winning Play, page 84
- Synonyms:
- cooler
Verb
cold deck (third-person singular simple present cold decks, present participle cold decking, simple past and past participle cold decked)
- To inflict a cold deck situation on an opponent.
Synonyms of cold deck
Forms of cold deck
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cold decks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | cold decks |
| present participle | cold decking |
| past participle | cold decked |
| past | cold decked |
Origin of cold deck
From the metaphor that the deck (of cards) is cold, in the sense "heartless, emotionless".
Questions about cold deck
- What does cold deck mean?
- Cold deck means a hand where two or more players have very strong hands and one or more of them loses a lot of chips despite the strength of the hand(s) involved.
- What part of speech is cold deck?
- Cold deck can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of cold deck?
- The plural of cold deck is cold decks.
Words near cold deck in the dictionary
Source and license
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