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A cooler original meant a deck that was prearranged and then introduced into play, usually designed to bust a player of all his money.

Example:

I fix the deck such that player A will get dealt AA and player B will get 55, flop will be A5x and the river will produce the case 5, giving player B quads.

Player A is going to lose most if not all of his money on this hand (if its NL cash)

The reason its known as a cooler is because the deck being brought in is "cold", no shuffling has occured to it.


Nowadays when players on TV say "Oh what a cooler" they mean the hand played out so badly for them (luck wise) its as bad as if the above pre-arranged scenario had occured.

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That is the best Explanation! I have heard them say I got cold decked also, that explains it.