Re: Poker terminology?

[RED-DOG]

i've seen the straddle plenty in walsall around festival time and seen it move through three or four people so it's suddenly 32 to play.

In Blackpool they have got it to 512 before!!!

I was in a game last year in Blackpool with River Dave, JP and At-It, they kept re-straddling, was amusing, evrey hand £64 to go!

Which, of course, totally ruins a good game, ruining the skill quotient in favour of Mr Billy Deep-Pocket.

I like it, their blinds are £64, mine are £2. I can wait a long time to play a hand with those odds

[bolt pp]

what do you class as a cold deck?

[mikkyT]

A deck in the south pole.

[bolt pp]

you doing the jokes now?

boom boom

[thetank]

Being cold decked is being set up with a new deck of cards, the dealer does a false shuffle and deals you a good hand, he deals someone else an even better one, and you lose all your chips.

When cards are continually shuffled and bandied around the felt, they rise in temperature.

If a new deck is brought into the game, it will be of a noticably cooler for the first few hands.

Hence the name, cold-decked. Catchier than being new-decked or fresh-decked.

Nowadays, the expression is used for any instance where you have a very good, but 2nd best hand, and doesn't necessary allude to cheating.



Usually a new deck brought into a game will be announced. If it's brought in secretely, the astute player will still notice due to the reduced temperature of the cards he is dealt.

[Royal Flush]

i've seen the straddle plenty in walsall around festival time and seen it move through three or four people so it's suddenly 32 to play.

In Blackpool they have got it to 512 before!!!

I was in a game last year in Blackpool with River Dave, JP and At-It, they kept re-straddling, was amusing, evrey hand £64 to go!

Which, of course, totally ruins a good game, ruining the skill quotient in favour of Mr Billy Deep-Pocket.

I like it, their blinds are £64, mine are £2. I can wait a long time to play a hand with those odds

Agreed, however Tikay is i think talking about the fun, which is taken out of it somewhat.

P.S. How did the Bolton cash go Tikay? You keep hitting? QJ still good?