dead man's hand
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
The aces and eights sense is from a legend that Wild Bill Hickok was holding such cards at the time he was killed in 1876.
Noun [edit]
dead man's hand (plural dead man's hands)
- (poker) A pair of aces and a pair of eights, in a player's hand.
- (poker) (obsolete) Other various hands, among them a full house of three jacks and two tens.
- (poker) An ace and an eight as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em
References [edit]
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
