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Dead Man's Hand
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })A Dead Man's Hand, also known as "aces and eights", is a poker hand containing two black aces and two black eights. It was supposedly the hand drawn by Wild Bill Hickok before Hickok was shot dead in the middle of a poker game, although this is unsubstantiated. (No one knows what his fifth card was. There are various conflicting claims as to what it was, with the earliest accounts claiming it to be a queen, either of hearts or of clubs, and some believe he discarded it to draw another, but was shot before he could make the new draw.) This hand is now considered unlucky, despite being better than over 95% of five-card hands. It is the lowest/weakest hand in poker to have a name. In modern fiction, this particular hand is often used as a type of Portent of Doom, often signifying that the character who drew it is soon to die. Frequently in a Gambling Brawl. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Particularly likely to be found in The Western. For cards that are literally deadly, see Death Dealer. Subtrope of Portent of Doom and Playing Card Motifs. No relation to Dead-Hand Shot. If you're looking for the book in the Wild Cards series, it's here. Not to be confused with the Old West tabletop RPG, Aces & Eights. Examples: |
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The Deadlands Collectible Card Game Doomtown uses poker hands to decide who wins shootouts. The Dead Man's Hand (again requiring the Jack of Diamonds) outranks all other hands (unless countered with That's Two Pair!). | |
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"Dead Man's Hand" is the name of the latest album released by metal band Dezperadoz. Of course it's a Western Metal act, so that's a great name to go with the theme | |
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If you cast Soul Blast and draw a Dead Man's Hand, it becomes an automatic One-Hit Kill. Unlike the one mentioned in the trope description, it requires the Jack of Diamonds. | |
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The biker gang that invaded TNA as in the summer/fall 2012 used the dead man's hand as their calling card and went by the name of Aces & Eights. | |
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Dead Man's Hand is also the title of a Weird West anthology edited by John Joseph Adams. | |
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