Dead Mans Hand

[jerry-g]

Wild Bill Hitchcock was holding Aces and Eights in his hand when he got
shot in Saloon #10 out in Deadwood, South Dakota. I just don't know
if it was named the dead mans hand before he got shot to death or if
later because that was what he was holding when he got it.

Deadwood has several casinos offering lots of games of chance but to
my knowledge, no horse racing sites. Saloon #10 is still open for business
as far as I know.

[Overlay]

I was always under the impression that the hand got its name from the fact that Wild Bill Hickock had been holding it when he was shot (although I've never researched the question).

[wiffleball whizz]

I was always under the impression that the hand got its name from the fact that Wild Bill Hickock had been holding it when he was shot (although I've never researched the question).


Can you post a link to your jeopardy appearance

Also we had a promotion at Mohegan sun with various hands after I left that was the dead mans hand......2 black aces with 2 red 8s and a ace of spades has to be 5th card....to this day not sure if it hit....


Question.....if I was at track and bet a $50 exacta 7-5 and got shot by track riff raff would a 7-5 ex be dead mans exacta?!

[jerry-g]

I was always under the impression that the hand got its name from the fact that Wild Bill Hickock had been holding it when he was shot (although I've never researched the question).

Yes. I am fairly certain that because he held it when shot from behind,
that the popular nowadays version is the one he was holding. The guy
that picked up the cards said there was a drop of hitchcocks blood on
the 8 of Diamonds. But as we all know these stories get spun several
times over the years and no one now knows for sure what that 5th card
was nor if he was going to draw another one.

The guy that shot him came up from behind and fired into the back of his
head. Wouldn't you just love to have been sitting across the table from
him? Also, I think if Calamity Jane was still alive at the time I can't imagine
her not killing his assassin, since he killed her boyfriend.

Thanks for yer responses and I hope I don't get labeled old "Blood and Guts"
for posting all this gory stuff.

[magwell]

No but if duke game doesn't go over 56 that will be the dead man number ...;)

[wiffleball whizz]

No but if duke game doesn't go over 56 that will be the dead man number ...;)


Must be nice to be you.....you ride my coattails and get number at 56 I drag my feet and get 58 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I'm sweet action!!!!!

[magwell]

Must be nice to be you.....you ride my coattails and get number at 56 I drag my feet and get 58 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I'm sweet action!!!!! It went down to 55 game time.....

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http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/275/was-wild-bill-hickok-holding-the-dead-mans-hand-when-he-was-slain

The fact that there was no agreement on the cards in the "dead man's hand" until late in the day makes it unlikely anyone had definite knowledge of what cards Hickok held. Possibly Peirce's original letter would shed more light; it may be among Wilstach's papers, which are in the New York Public Library. So far, no one has looked. (Posted September 14, 2010)

[Overlay]

Can you post a link to your jeopardy appearance
That having been 2-1/2 years ago by now, all that I could find from a quick search was a videotape someone made of just the Double JEOPARDY! round from the game that I won:

http://www.bing.com/videos/results.aspx?q=%22Tim+Maas%22+JEOPARDY%21&form=MSNH14&pq=%22tim+maas%22+jeopardy%21&sc=1-20&sp=-1&qs=n&sk=#view=detail&mid=07F863743A28605D69E707F863743A28605D69E7

[wiffleball whizz]

That having been 2-1/2 years ago by now, all that I could find from a quick search was a videotape someone made of just the Double JEOPARDY! round from the game that I won:

http://www.bing.com/videos/results.aspx?q=%22Tim+Maas%22+JEOPARDY%21&form=MSNH14&pq=%22tim+maas%22+jeopardy%21&sc=1-20&sp=-1&qs=n&sk=#view=detail&mid=07F863743A28605D69E707F863743A28605D69E7


That's awesome congrats on that

[BlueShoe]

Also, I think if Calamity Jane was still alive at the time I can't imagine her not killing his assassin, since he killed her boyfriend.
Martha Jane Canary (Calamity Jane) 1852-1903, was only 24 at the time of the shooting. There is no historical evidence that she and Hickok were ever romantically linked, although they may have known each other. Jane was a shameless self promoter all of her life, and most of her claims have been discounted. The biggest ongoing myth, made popular by many Hollywood films, is that she and Wild Bill were sweethearts, which simply was not true. She most surely did not seek out and confront Jack McCall, later hanged for Hickok's murder.

[mountainman]

Have read several bios on wild bill. Soooo hard to separate truth from legend. Reliable account of his marksmanship does state: " He draws quickly and fires without seeming to aim-with nonchalant ease-yet never misses, however small or distant the target." And it's a fact he ended that rebel scout, a man of some repute with a pistol, with an amazing shot in a fair mid-day fight.

The pony-express incident that propelled him to fame, however, is generally viewed as exaggerated or outright misrepresented. In addition, my clear impression is that Hitchcock was intimidated by fellow badman John Wesley Hardin.