I am an old player in the world of poker and have the experience of many theories and strategies of the game. The game is mastered mainly by the player’s hand combination of cards and player’s skill to play in the right mood and perfect combination. Dead man’s hand is such a combination of immense popularity among the poker players.

This unique combination of cards has a tragic and suspicious story behind it. Actually the combination got such a name from Wild Bill Hickok’s brutal murder when he was playing with this combination. It is a mixture of aces and eight of both the black suits. Specifically it can be considered as the combination of aces of spades and clubs and two black eights. It also includes either the jack or queen of diamonds as the so called “kicker”. Many poker specialists tried to make out the fifth card in Hickok’s hand where as some believe he disposed the last card. The game was so typical that Hickok played a five card with this combination until he was shot dead at the table on August 2, 1876.

It is a tribute to the great player to name the combination with the suspicious incident happened with him. He is no more but poker fans still remember how he played a beautiful knock to fetch a draw. IT is a sheer depth of confidence which helped him to play with such a combination and skill.