Dead man's hand

The makeup of poker's dead man's hand has varied through the years. Currently, it is described as a two-pair poker hand consisting of the black aces and black eights. The pair of aces and eights, along with an unknown hole card, were reportedly held by Old West folk hero, lawman, and gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok when he was murdered while playing a game. No contemporaneous source, however, records the exact cards he held when killed. Author Frank Wilstach's 1926 book, Wild Bill Hickok: The Prince of Pistoleers, led to the popular modern held conception of the poker hand's contents.

For other uses, see Dead man's hand (disambiguation).
"Aces and eights" redirects here. For other uses, see Aces and eights (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Dead Hand or Dead man's switch.
For the blackjack strategy, see Aces and eights (blackjack).
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