Re: Redefining \"Cold-Decked\"
Yay, Scott and nap are at each other again. Huzzah.
Originally, cold-decking was a method of cheating at poker: introducing a pre-arranged (stacked) deck - not the deck in current use, hence "cold" - which has been set up in such a way as to give action-generating hands to the suckers and a winning hand to one's accomplice. Such a deck is also referred to as a "cooler".
Usage quickly extended the meaning of "cold-decking" to include all cheating situations in which chumps are dealt good but losing hands; and from there, to situations which look like that, e.g. when you AA cracked by KK on a AKK flop.
It's different from "running cold" but I believe usage is now extending to incorporate that, too, to the detriment of the colourful language associated with poker, in my opinion.
How's that?
Edit: hey, Scott did say he was redefining the term...
Guy.
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