cold deck
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the metaphor that the deck (of cards) is cold, in the sense "heartless, emotionless".
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cold deck (plural cold decks)
- (poker) 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.
- (gambling) A pre-shuffled deck of cards substituted for the real deck in order to cheat.
- 1991, A. D. Livingston, Poker Strategy and Winning Play, page 84:
- The cold deck can be run into play by the cheat himself or by his accomplice […]
Synonyms
[edit]Verb
[edit]cold deck (third-person singular simple present cold decks, present participle cold decking, simple past and past participle cold decked)
- (nonstandard) To inflict a cold deck situation on an opponent.
Usage notes
[edit]- Almost always used in the passive voice to be cold decked.