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Aces and Eights. Dead man's hand. The dead man's hand is a two-pair poker hand, namely "aces and eights". This card combination gets its name from a legend that it was the five-card-draw hand held by Wild Bill Hickok, when he was murdered on August 2, 1876, in Saloon No. 10 at Deadwood, South Dakota. According to the popular version, Hickok's final hand included the aces and eights of both black suits. As Hickok's biographer, Joseph Rosa puts it: the "accepted version is that the cards were the ace of spades, the ace of clubs, two black eights (clubs and spades), and the queen of clubs as the "kicker".However, Rosa says no contemporary source for this exact hand can be found. The earliest detailed reference to the "dead man's hand" is 1886, where it was described as a "full house consisting of three jacks and a pair of tens. Visit zazzle coupons page for the most updated Zazzle deals, coupons, promotions, discount codes and promotional codes.This link will open a new window called "Zazzle Coupon Codes Page. Fundraising? Need Ideas? One-of-a-kind designs. Thank you For Viewing. Bill