Also known as "aces and eights". Two pair, aces and eights. This is the hand held by Wild Bill Hickok when he was shot and killed. The fifth card commonly reported to be the two of spades.

Two pair, Aces and 8s. Wild Bill Hickok was murdered while holding this hand.

Slang for a pair of Aces and Eights, all black (spades or clubs).

Famous term used to signify a hand of a pair of Ace's and Eight's. It comes from the legend that Wild Bill Hickok was shot dead whilst holding black 8's and Ace's.

When a player holds aces and eights.

Two pair, Aces and Eights (the hand Wild Bill Hickock was holding when Jack McCall shot him in the back).

Two pair of Aces and Eights. See " Dead Man's Hand in Poker."

A pair of Aces and a pair of 8's; Wild Bill Hickock was shot holding this hand.

Two pair consisting of aces and eights.

A hand containing a Pair of Aces and a Pair of Eights. This is the hand that Wild Bill Hickock was holding when he was shot in the back.

A nickname for ace eight in the hole. Aces and Eights was reportedly the hand that "Wild Bill" Hickock was holding when he was shot dead during a card game.

This hand contains a pair of aces and a pair of eights. It was made famous because Wild Bill Hickock was holding this hand when he was shot and killed in the back during a poker game.

Two pair, aces and eights. From Wild Bill Hickock's abruptly ended final hand.

1. Holding two pair of aces and eights. Legendary lawman and gambler Wild Bill Hickok was shot to death while holding this hand. 2. (Less common) A hand in Texas Hold 'Em consisting of a 2 7 offsuit. This is considered the worst hand in Texas Hold 'Em.

Two black aces and two black 8s have become known as the dead man's hand because Wild Bill Hickock is reputed to have held the hand when he was shot in the back during a saloon poker hand in Deadwood, South Dakota

Ace (A), eight (8), Legend has it that "Wild Bill" Hickok was holding aces and eights when he was shot in the back by Jack McCall in 1876.

Two pairs of Aces and Eights. Legend states that Wild Bill Hickok was shot dead with these cards in his hand.

Two pair, Aces & Eights. The hand that Wild Bill Hickock was allegedly said to be holding when he was shot.

Two pairs - Aces and Eights. Wild Bill Hickock was shot in the back by Jack McCall while holding this hand.

Two pair, aces and eights. The names stems from the shooting of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok in the 1870s. He was holding these cards when an assassin shot him dead.

Black Aces and Eights.

Two Pair - Aces and Eights (Wild Bill Hickock was shot in the back while playing this Hand).

Two pair hand consisting of Aces & Eights. Reputed to be the hand that Wild Bill Hickock was holding when he was shot dead.

Usually aces and eights, two pair. Sometimes aces and eights, full house ... or jacks and eights, two pair.

This article is about the poker hand. For the video game, see Dead Man's Hand (video game).