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Dead-stroke

(i) Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.
(ii) Dead Stroke is characterized by several different occurrences within your mind and your surroundings. You feel as though you can beat anyone. You feel as though you are capable of doing anything at the table, engrossed in your task and oblivious to your surroundings. The cue IS an extension of your arm and you perform flawlessly as you maintain complete control over your emotions and your actions. Throughout your performance, you maintain high self-confidence, strong focus on the task at hand, a fearless attitude, and self composure. Quite simply, your mind and body are working in complete harmony to create the phenomenon of "Dead Stroke". (By David Sapolis)

As a pool player myself, definition (ii) is more widely used for me, simply put, you dont feel like you can miss, you feel like you can pot anything, and you do!
Example:

<Shinosuke> I was playing so well yesterday, I think I was in a dead-stroke.
<Person1> wtf is a dead-stroke?
<Shinosuke> like, a 1337 pool player man!
<Person1> a 1337 pool player == dead-stroke?!
<Shinosuke NO! You dumbass, go find out in urbandictionary.com, or google it!
by Shinosuke October 11, 2004
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dead man's hand

According to legend, Wild Bill Hickok was shot to death in the middle of a poker game with 2 pairs: black aces and black eight's. Noone knows for sure what the kicker was, but from then on black aces and eight's has been called dead man's hand.
"Pushing up the ante, I know you've got to see me,
Read em and weep, the dead man's hand again"
~The Ace of Spades, by Mötorhead
by culpepperreeks January 18, 2004
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Wow. I can't beleive i ever wasted my time listening to crappy bands when i could've just put on some DK...
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Dead Kennedys

A kickass punk band in that started in the late 70s and went into the 80s.

Vocals: Jello Biafra
Lead Guitar: East Bay Ray
Base: Klaus Flouride
Drums: D.H. Peligro
by Blitzkrieg999 May 1, 2010
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