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2 days ago · As he played poker in Nuttal & Mann‘s Saloon No. 10, a drifter named Jack McCall slipped behind his chair and shot him point-blank in the head, killing Wild Bill instantly.[^6] In his hand, Hickok held a pair of black aces and eights – forever after known as the "Dead Man‘s Hand." [^6]: Eisele, Doris M. (2009).
5 days ago · The cards Hickok had been holding when he was shot and killed—a pair of black aces and a pair of black eights plus an unknown fifth card—became known as the “ Dead Man’s Hand.” Joseph J. Di Certo
5 days ago · Aces and eights are the dead man’s hand. These are the cards purportedly held by Wild Bill when he was shot dead at the poker table. Dealer.
1 day ago · In his hand, was a pair of eights and a pair of aces – the ‘dead man’s hand’. 1931 Auguste Piccard and Paul Kipfer make the first flight into Earth’s stratosphere, from Augsburg, Germany, in a pressurised gondola borne beneath a balloon designed by Piccard.
4 days ago · At his time of death he was holding two pairs: aces and eights, all black. That hand soon became known as the "dead man's hand." Source: (The Old West In Living Color)
3 days ago · His untimely death during a poker game, holding what would become known as the “dead man’s hand,” further immortalized him in Old West history.
1 day ago · Even dads who don’t routinely play poker are probably aware of historic poker terms like Aces & Eights being called the “Dead Man’s Hand.” Casino-style poker games like Double Draw Poker and Caribbean Stud may lack the player-versus-player competitive element that televised poker games do, but they still follow generally accepted poker ...
