Cold Deck....

[GeordieGaz]

Cold Deck =

the term has come to refer to a hand that plays out as if a cold deck has been in use. For example, in most forms of poker, four of a kind (four cards of identical rank, e.g., four Kings) is made rarely and a straight flush (five consecutive cards of the same suit, e.g., the six, seven, eight, nine and ten of spades) is made extremely rarely. If one player is dealt four-of-a-kind and another is dealt a straight flush, both players would usually be justified in making large bets and raises. When the player with the straight flush wins the pot, the player with four-of-a-kind might complain of being cold-decked without meaning to accuse anybody of cheating. The hand itself is called a cooler.

I think this may qualify then? Playing live at Aspers in Newcastle I have a healthy stack of 26k, blinds at 200/400... I'm in the SB with :Ac: :2c:, mid-position has called and the cut-off has also called so I call the extra 200 and BB checks... Flop :4c: :6c: :7c: :nana.... I check as do the rest of the table... Turn :Kd: .... I check again and BB goes all in for 4k :loon.... great!! even better is that the cut-off calls he 4k..... I contemplated flat-calling here (which is probably the correct play)... but instead I raised it an extra 6k..... the cut-off thinks for a wee bit before going all in for an extra 11k to which I insta call..... He flips the flopped straight flush :8c: :5c: :puke

[deadlydaveLDN]

Re: Cold Deck.... Nasty. Worse would be the 3c4c5c flop and you have Ac2c, he has 6c7c.