cold deck
Meanings
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.
- A pre-shuffled deck of cards substituted for the real deck in order to cheat.
verb
- To inflict a cold deck situation on an opponent.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From the metaphor that the deck (of cards) is cold, in the sense "heartless, emotionless".
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