Dead man's hand

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Schieß ein Foto mit der "Dead man' s hand" vor irgendeinem Casino.

Schicke die "Dead man's hand" nach dem 250ten "Schuss" auf die Rückreise in Richtung erstem Casino.

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After the 250th "shoot "send the "Dead man's hand" back into the direction of the first casino.

About This Item

The dead man's hand is a two-pair poker hand, namely "aces and eights". The hand gets its name from the legend of it being the five-card-draw hand held by Wild Bill Hickok at the time of his murder (August 2, 1876). It is accepted that the hand included the aces and eights of both the black suits; although his biographer, Joseph Rosa, says no contemporary citation for his hand has been found, the "accepted version is that the cards were the ace of spades, the ace of clubs, two black eights (clubs and spades), and either the jack of diamonds or the queen of diamonds as the "kicker". The term, before the murder of Hickok, referred to a variety of hands. The earliest found reference to a "dead man's hand" is 1886, where it was described as "three jacks and a pair of tens."

There are various claims as to the identity of Hickok's fifth card and there is also some reason to believe that he had discarded one card. The draw was interrupted by the shooting and he never got the fifth card he was due.

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Tracking History (9576.3mi) View Map

5/30/2011	Camp Run A Muk took it to Pacific20	Montana - 72.33 miles	Visit Log

5/30/2011	Camp Run A Muk took it to Old West Hospitality	Montana - 717.24 miles	Visit Log

5/30/2011	Camp Run A Muk retrieved it from One and Only	Montana	Visit Log
Picked up in Montana, will move again soon. Took it to the Fort Hall -- Sage Hills Casino.
5/6/2011	wildargs posted a note for it		Visit Log
I picked up Deadman's Hand deep in the forest outside Flagstaff, AZ, where it had passed a cold winter under the snow. I brought to Vegas, where I have a home near Green Valley Ranch Casino and took several photos of it from the Bellagio casino in Vegas. I then took off for Montana and Lochsa River area in Idaho for salmon fishing. I intended to drop DMH off at a LuckyLil's casino in Dillon, MT. Note that all the caches in Vegas were micros! Even the "smalls" didn't have space enough! But in Montana, I encountered much the same problem - and so, exasperated somewhat, dropped it off at "One and Only" where it (oddly) appeared that a group was down at the nearby Beaverhead River observing some Whooping Cranes (?). Later, as I descended down to Sun Valley, ID, my camera's memory filled and I hastily erased a group to make more space. I now fear I erased the ones with DMH. What luck... or un-luck!
5/1/2011	wildargs placed it in One and Only	Montana - 669.86 miles	Visit Log

4/25/2011	wildargs retrieved it from Root Dir	Arizona	Visit Log
Okay, I don't usually stop for hitchhikers, but since I live within walking distance of a casino, it was hard to say "no" - especially to one trapped out in the cold forest.
3/18/2011	olesmokey placed it in Root Dir	Arizona - 246.04 miles	Visit Log

3/16/2011	olesmokey retrieved it from Bobcat Country	Colorado	Visit Log
found lying on the ground, no cache or log found. will see that it gets along down the road.
3/10/2011	trujilloweaver placed it in Bobcat Country	Colorado - 217.83 miles	Visit Log

11/8/2010	trujilloweaver retrieved it from They should have used Concrete don't you think?	Colorado	Visit Log
Will take it to the Sky Ute Casino area.
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