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We'd heard of this poker hand but weren't sure where the name originated. We thought a Yahoo! search might prove enlightening, so we typed "dead man's hand" into the search box, using the quotation marks to filter out some of the more morbid results. We hit the jackpot with the first relevant result, a great column from Homepoker.com. The column calls a Dead Man's Hand, "the worst poker hand that has its own proper name" and explains that it officially consists of "both black bullets (the aces of clubs and spades) and both black eights (the eights of clubs and spades)." According to legend, this was the hand Wild
Bill Hickok was holding on August 2, 1876 at the Saloon No. 10 in Deadwood, South Dakota, when he was shot in the back of the head and killed, hence the name. Though the first four cards are generally agreed on, much controversy and debate centers on the fifth card in the infamous poker hand. Various sources have suggested the following possibilities for the mystery card: - the five of diamonds
- the nine of diamonds
- the jack of diamonds
- the jack of spades
- the queen of hearts
- the queen of spades
If you're interested in other oddly named poker hands, pay a visit to Homepoker's list. Or, for more general information, visit the Yahoo! Poker
category.
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