Coell's definitions

down to the green

In No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em Poker, to bet all your chips, go all in. Alludes to the green felt top of gaming tables.

I took it down to the green on pocket aces.

by Coell May 14, 2005

gut-shot

In poker, four out of five cards needed to make a straight if the middle number is the one missing.

Opposite of open-ended (four cards in a row that will make a straight with either low or high card).

A gut-shot straight draw is less likely to suceed because there are only four cards that can help you. Open-ended straight draws have better odds because there are eight cards that can make your straight.

Gut-shot = 2,3,_,5,6 or 9,10,_,Q,K
Open-ended = _,3,4,5,6,_ or _,10,J,Q,K,_

by Coell December 28, 2005

calling station

In poker, a player who often calls but seldom raises -- making him impossible to bluff but easy to beat with good cards.

"George is a calling station, so don't try to get him off his cards unless you have at least top pair."

by Coell May 14, 2005

christopher walken

The opposite of Christopher Reeves.

"I gotta have more cowbell." -- Christopher Walken on SNL

by Coell September 6, 2005

truthocution

To receive a deadly amount of truth. Pun based on truth + electrocution.

"Shave your head, strap yourself in, and throw the switch -- you're about to get a truthocution." -- Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, October 20, 2005

by Coell October 28, 2005

flop cop

In poker, a person who never folds pre-flop. Must see every hand. Won't let anyone steal blinds. Calling station.

"What are you, George -- the flop cop?"
"I had an ace; I had to see it."

by Coell May 18, 2005

paint

Face cards in poker.

When the flop includes a Jack, King, and Queen a player may say "That's a lot of paint."

by Coell May 14, 2005