Doing A Ravi Edit Meaning

1.

a) doing something very stupid

b) blowing all your money on a particularly poor hand of poker

Named after a relatively infamous London gambler, who was a minor Metro celebrity for several weeks and well known for a deluded self belief that he could play poker well.

'Man, I just lost all my cash at poker!'

'How?'

'I was doing a Ravi!'

'You spaz'

See foolish, foolhardy, brazen, idiotic