coell's definitions

hug

(v) To make a candle melt evenly by pushing the warm outer wax toward the center with your thumb or palm.

Multiple-wick candles will last much longer if you let them burn long enough for the whole top to melt and then hug them every time you blow them out.

by Coell May 15, 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

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

busier than a cat trying to bury a turd on a frozen pond

A phrase your grandparent might use to describe being busy with a futile, impossible, or endless task.

Cats like to cover their feces, but if they've done their business on a frozen pond, no matter how long they try to dig up something to cover it with, their paws will always slide on the ice. The joke is the mental image of a cat making the digging motion on ice for a long time.

I don't know why I keep weeding that garden. I've been busier than a cat trying to bury a turd on a frozen pond, but I tell you what, there's gonna be just as many dandelions tomorrow.

by Coell June 13, 2006

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

grand jury

In poker, three fours, trip fours, 4-4-4.

I lost to the grand jury.

by Coell May 14, 2005

cracked

Texas Hold Em: Won a hand in poker against someone's superior hole cards, ofen pocket pairs.

"He cracked my cowboys with a flush on the river. What a rat!"

"Aces cracked gets a snack."

by Coell May 14, 2005