cold deck
verbEtymology From the metaphor that the deck (of cards) is cold, in the sense "heartless, emotionless".
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Nonstandard To inflict a cold deck situation on an opponent.
cold deck
nounEtymology From the metaphor that the deck (of cards) is cold, in the sense "heartless, emotionless".
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Card games, 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.
- 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