answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

Both pair of cards were clubs and spades.

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What suit of aces and eights did wild bill have?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What hand did Wild Bill Hickock hold when he died?

Aces over Eights; Full Hosue Wild Bill was holding a Full House, Aces and Eights. As a point of trivia, this is now referred to as the Dead Man's Hand. the hand was two pair, aces and eights


Who died with pair of aces and a pair of eights?

Wild Bill Hickock


What was wild bill Hickok famous for?

the hand: aces and eights, the dead man's hand


What poker hand has been known as The Dead Man's Hand ever since Wild Bill Hickok was killed after winning a pot with it?

"Aces and Eights"; two pair of 2 aces and 2 eights. Wild Bill Hickok was accused of cheating after showing two pair, aces and eights, but nobody knows what the fifth card was.


What is the 'Dead Man's Hand' in poker?

The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he got shot; aces and eights of clubs and spades. The suit and value of the fifth card is uncertain. (Wikipedia has a picture of the hand with the fifth card face down.)


Who made the two pair poker hand famous?

Wild Bill Hickock. You're speaking of the "Dead Man's Hand," two black aces and two black eights. It was held by Wild Bill Hickock. He was about to be dealt his fifth card when he was shot in the back of the head.


What is the dead mans hand called?

In poker, a dead man's hand is two pair, aces and eights, two of each with another card of whatever. This is the hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding at the time of his murder on 8/2/1876Two aces & two eights, called a dead man's hand. Legend has it that's the poker hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot dead in Deadwood, South Dakota.This term is also used for a hand that is very good, but not a winner (so you are definitely going to lose money on it).Example:You are holding AA in Holdem, and the flop brings AKK. Now if your opponent is holding KK, which gives him four of a kind, you are holding a deadman's hand, since you are very likely to put lots of money in the pot, or even go allin, with a losing hand.


Who made ace's and eight's famous?

Wild Bill Hickok. Legend has it that Hickok was holding a pair of aces and a pair of eights, all black when he was shot from behind. The fifth card is unknown. Hickok's hand became widely accepted as the "Dead Man's Hand."


Who was the holder of the dead man's hand?

Legend holds that Wild Bill Hickok was shot to death during a poker game in Deadwood, South Dakota, and that the hand he held was two pair, black aces and black eights. On that most people agree. The fifth card is not known for certain.


Who played Wild Bill Hickok?

Wild Bill Hitchcock is a famous Wild West Gunslinger. His death is known for the aces and eights 'dead man's hand' in poker which he had when he was killed in Deadwood South Dakota. http://www.abacom.com/~jkrause/hickok.html http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WWhickok.htm http://www.deadwood.org/AboutDeadwood/History/?utm_source=GooglePPC&utm_medium=PPC&utm_content=OldWest&utm_campaign=BHDS2008


What does Dead man's hand mean?

Aces and eights


What is dead mans hand?

The exact makeup of a Dead Man's Hand has varied over the years; it is currently black aces and eights. The fifth card is disputed. See link for more.