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August 2, 1876 - Aces and Eights
Posted on 8/2/21 at 9:42 am
Posted on 8/2/21 at 9:42 am
Will Bill Hickok murdered by Jack McCall in Deadwood, Dakota Territory. Tradition says Hickok was holding the "Dead Man's Hand" when shot in the back of the head.
Posted on 8/2/21 at 9:43 am to blueridgeTiger
With a Queen of Hearts/Clubs (apparently debatable) as the kicker!
This post was edited on 8/2/21 at 9:45 am
Posted on 8/2/21 at 9:43 am to blueridgeTiger
Why doesn’t any know what the 5th card was?
Posted on 8/2/21 at 9:44 am to blueridgeTiger
quote:Was he holding the dead mans hand, or was the hand named dead mans hand after he was a dead man.
Hickok was holding the "Dead Man's Hand" when shot in the back of the head.
This post was edited on 8/2/21 at 9:45 am
Posted on 8/2/21 at 9:45 am to theantiquetiger
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Why doesn’t any know what the 5th card was?
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According to a book by Western historian Carl W. Breihan, the cards were retrieved from the floor by a man named Neil Christy, who then passed them on to his son. The son, in turn, told Mr. Breihan of the composition of the hand. "Here is an exact identity of these cards as told to me by Christy's son: the ace of diamonds with a heel mark on it; the ace of clubs; the two black eights, clubs and spades, and the queen of hearts with a small drop of Hickok's blood on it,"[7] though nothing of the sort was reported at the time immediately following the shooting.
Hickok biographer Joseph Rosa wrote about the make-up of the hand: "The accepted version is that the cards were the ace of spades, the ace of clubs, two black eights, and the queen of clubs as the 'kicker'."[8] Rosa, however, said that no contemporaneous source can be found for this exact hand.[9] The solidification in gamers' parlance of the dead man's hand as two pairs, black aces and eights, did not come about until after the 1926 publication of author Frank Wilstach's 1926 book, Wild Bill Hickok: The Prince of Pistoleers, 50 years after Hickok's death.[6][1]
Posted on 8/2/21 at 9:59 am to blueridgeTiger
We drove right in front of that Saloon in Deadwood less than two weeks ago.
Coulda been me.
Coulda been me.
Posted on 8/2/21 at 10:00 am to hubertcumberdale
quote:I've read it was the jack of diamonds.
With a Queen of Hearts/Clubs (apparently debatable) as the kicker!
Posted on 8/2/21 at 10:04 am to mikelbr
quote:the hike up the hill to seth bullock's grave is no joke
We drove right in front of that Saloon in Deadwood less than two weeks ago.
Posted on 8/2/21 at 10:13 am to blueridgeTiger
This post was edited on 8/2/21 at 10:15 am
Posted on 8/2/21 at 10:33 am to blueridgeTiger
Well...the time machine in Back to the Future needed to go 88mph to travel into time. So without two 8s next to each other Marty would have never taken off. Think about that!
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