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A Poker hand of a pair of aces and a pair of eights has been known in American culture as a 'Dead man's hand'. Since Jack McCall shot Wild Bill Hickok in the back of the head on August 2, 1876. Hickok was holding those cards in his hand when the bullet entered his head. He died in Carl Mann's saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota.
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∙ 11y agoThe hand was the 2 black aces and the 2 black eights and an unknown fifth card. The hand was held by Wild Bill Hickok just before he was murdered by Jack McCall. McCall probably shot Hickok because he wanted the fame and bragging rights that supposedly go along with the cowardly act of shooting a man in the back of the head.
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