cold deck

Etymology
From the metaphor that the deck (of cards) is cold, in the sense "heartless, emotionless".

Noun

 * 1)  A hand where two or more players have very strong hands and one or more of them loses a lot of chips despite the strength of the hand(s) involved.
 * 2)  A pre-shuffled deck of cards substituted for the real deck in order to cheat.

Verb

 * 1)  To inflict a cold deck situation on an opponent.

Usage notes

 * Almost always used in the passive voice.