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"Wild Bill" Hickok was shot and killed in a saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota, on August 2, 1876 while playing poker. The poker hand he was holding is called "Dead Man's Hand." What does that poker hand consist of?
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#84268. Asked by sheilapec. (Aug 07 07 9:02 AM)
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Vy_lette
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dead man's hand
(n phrase) 1. Aces and 8s. Supposedly "Wild Bill" Hickok was holding aces and 8s when he was shot in the back by Jack McCall in the Mann-Lewis Saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota, on August 2, 1876. There is some controversy as to the fifth card. Some say all the cards in the hand were black, and that the fifth card was the jack of spades. The current story promulgated by the cardrooms of Deadwood is that the two pair were black and the fifth card was the nine of diamonds. Even so, the term dead man's hand usually just refers to two pair, aces and 8s, in any combination. 2. In hold 'em, A-8 as one's first two cards.
 http://www.planetpoker.com/games/dictionary/vocabd.asp
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geniusonwheels
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Aces and 8's. On the past game show, "Legends of the Hidden Temple", one of the episodes was "Wild Bill Hickock and the Dead Man's Hand". Olmec said that it was a full house, but actually it was two pair with the last card unrevealed.
http://www.geocites.com/nicklegends/
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