TheGameKat's definitions

Scorpio

A sign of the Zodiac purported to produce the least desirable romantic partners, as exemplified in Robyn Hitchcock's song 'The Devil's Coachman.' From verse 2:

"If he treats you horribly, he's probably a Scorpio"

The term can be applied to men, women, or other.

"Why did you break up with Jill? She's a knock-out?"

"Yeah and she's a Scorpio."

by TheGameKat December 9, 2008

Anna Karenina

In Texas Hold 'em one of several names given to the hole cards AK. The term is used primarily by weak players who spend most of them time in poker forum chat rooms rather than developing their poker skills.

"I got dealt Anna Karenina on the button and it was open-folded to me, but, like, you know I just had this feeling if I raised I'd get called by T7 and they'd flop a boat so I folded."

by TheGameKat March 11, 2009

Freudian Slope

Freudian Slope is an informal term for the change in the degree of a patient's neuroses resulting from psychoanalysis. It is usually used negatively as in the example below. The coinage is often attributed to Woody Allen, but there is no evidence for this in his screenplays or interviews.

Is your therapist helping you become less crazy?

Nah I've been sliding down the Freudian Slope.

by TheGameKat June 7, 2009

PGs

Slang abbreviation of "Poker Gods" (see also Poker-god) often used in poker forums. The Poker Gods are invoked by some players to explain runs of bad cards, bad luck or a bad beat. Unusual (low-probability) poker occurrences are frequently attributed to the behind-the-scenes acts and whims of the PGs.

"How did you do at Bellagio?"

"Fkn PGs were on my case again. Three sets cracked in 40 minutes."

"Maybe you shoulda sacrificed a puppy?"

by TheGameKat March 11, 2009

scoop

A term used in "split-pot" poker games to mean winning both the high and the low pots.

When the four hit the river it made my wheel and I scooped the pot.

by TheGameKat June 6, 2009

Boomed on

In poker analysis the experience of posting a hand history at an online forum and getting ripped to shreds by a lengthy response by poker theoretician IABoomer.

I posted my bust-out hand from the Stars Sunday million and got seriously boomed on.

by TheGameKat February 18, 2008

The Kat

In Texas Hold 'em 'The Kat' is the starting hand 86-suited. Named after legendary online poker player TheGameKat who made the hand famous from 2003-2005 at PokerRoom. Subsequently 'The Kat Krew' adopted this hand as a totum. The four members of The Kat Krew have 86 tatoos. TheGameKat is 86 spades, Chenzilla is 86 hearts, chompy_jr is 86 diamonds, and linkocracy is 86 clubs.

I reraised on the button with The Kat, flopped the straight and cracked aces.

by TheGameKat February 14, 2008