WSOP PLO Event - The Term "Cooler"

Bartman387 · #1 12-21-2005, 06:51 PM

Cooler refers to a person hired by the casino to play at hot tables and, as the superstition went, he was so unlucky that the table would instantly start losing.

There was a decent movie made a few years back called The Cooler, starring William H. Macy and Alec Baldwin.

Army Eye · #2 12-21-2005, 07:08 PM

"cooler" seems to be the same thing as getting "cold decked".

I had never heard "cooler" either and now it seems a lot of the players say it.

chucksim · #3 12-21-2005, 08:42 PM

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"cooler" seems to be the same thing as getting "cold decked".

I had never heard "cooler" either and now it seems a lot of the players say it.

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Yeah...a "cold deck" would be one pre-set and brought in for the purposes already stated. They would physically be "cold" because no one was holding them before the hand in question.

#4 12-21-2005, 09:42 PM

Mike Matusow used to at the Main Event final table to describe his KK vs AA. Definitely a case where you can't get away from your huge hand and it's beaten.