Poker Glossary

What is Cold Deck in Poker?

Explanation of Cold Deck

The expression cold deck is used when a player is catching a bad run of cards. It primarily refers to getting unlucky with the cards dealt. It could apply to unplayable starting hands or itbeing sucked out on in big pots. 

What is Double Up in Poker?

Double up means to double the size of our chip stack by winning an all-in bet. The term can be used in both a tournament and cash game setting. It can also be used somewhat loosely – i.e. we can still refer to it as a double up even if we had our opponent covered and didn’t quite win 2x (two times) our stack.