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
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.
by TheGameKat February 14, 2008
In poker a spoke is the hand A2345 also known as a wheel. Use of the term is gaining popularity particularly in Nevada and Southern California, primarily because it can be conveniently used as a verb, as in the example below.
The donkey in the 4-seat thought he was getting at least half the pot but I spoked him on the river.
by TheGameKat June 06, 2009
In poker an extreme form of tilt that can be produced by taking an exceptionally bad beat. The implication is that a player receiving such a bad beat will be so emotionally disturbed that they will play recklessly for the rest of their lives (permanent + tilt). While no unambiguous examples of the phenomenon have ever been reported the term is frequently used to indicate extreme emotional distress at the poker table.
"I get all-in versus this donkey with AA and flop quads. He's playing The Kat and runner-runners his miracle cards to make a straight flush. I've been on permatilt ever since."
by TheGameKat March 11, 2009
A female undergraduate student who invariably walks around campus with a large bow in her hair. The species was common in the early 1990s and can still be found in remote parts of the US such as Kansas.
Professor Zepf: "How are the students in your intro class?"
Professor Ashman: "Fifty bowheads and the football team. Again."
Professor Ashman: "Fifty bowheads and the football team. Again."
by TheGameKat March 11, 2009
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.
"If he treats you horribly, he's probably a Scorpio"
The term can be applied to men, women, or other.
by TheGameKat December 09, 2008
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.
by TheGameKat February 18, 2008