Dead Men Walking (Winning, too)
 

The following 2 hands are from a 'Stars $10 + 1 45-seat SNG last night. Final table. I have been at or near the chip lead since the first level of play. Then, a cousin of the "Dead Man's Hand" rears its ugly head.

Here:

PokerStars Game #7490461478: Tournament #38312599, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit -
Level VIII (200/400) - 2006/12/17 - 21:31:53 (ET)
Table '38312599 3' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: roninriver (13921 in chips)
Seat 3: dakota249 (7054 in chips)
Seat 4: KURN (11560 in chips)
Seat 5: kazenzakid (9116 in chips)
Seat 6: aladdyn (7721 in chips)
Seat 7: harold33 (9717 in chips)
Seat 8: its_Wolf (1201 in chips)
Seat 9: shellbell95 (7210 in chips)
roninriver: posts the ante 25
dakota249: posts the ante 25
KURN: posts the ante 25
kazenzakid: posts the ante 25
aladdyn: posts the ante 25
harold33: posts the ante 25
its_Wolf: posts the ante 25
shellbell95: posts the ante 25
kazenzakid: posts small blind 200
aladdyn: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KURN [Ac Ks]
harold33: folds
its_Wolf: folds
shellbell95: folds
roninriver: folds
dakota249: raises 800 to 1200
KURN: raises 4800 to 6000
kazenzakid: folds
aladdyn: folds
dakota249: calls 4800
*** FLOP *** [2d 8d Td]
dakota249: bets 1029 and is all-in
KURN: calls 1029
*** TURN *** [2d 8d Td] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [2d 8d Td Jd] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dakota249: shows [Ah 8h] (a pair of Eights)
KURN: shows [Ac Ks] (high card Ace)
dakota249 collected 14858 from pot

And a dozen hand later, here:

PokerStars Game #7490578452: Tournament #38312599, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit -
Level IX (300/600) - 2006/12/17 - 21:39:38 (ET)
Table '38312599 3' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: roninriver (13571 in chips)
Seat 3: dakota249 (16657 in chips)
Seat 4: KURN (5983 in chips)
Seat 5: kazenzakid (8216 in chips)
Seat 6: aladdyn (8221 in chips)
Seat 7: harold33 (5367 in chips)
Seat 9: shellbell95 (9485 in chips)
roninriver: posts the ante 50
dakota249: posts the ante 50
KURN: posts the ante 50
kazenzakid: posts the ante 50
aladdyn: posts the ante 50
harold33: posts the ante 50
shellbell95: posts the ante 50
dakota249: posts small blind 300
KURN: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KURN [Th Ac]
kazenzakid: folds
aladdyn: folds
harold33: folds
shellbell95: folds
roninriver: raises 1800 to 2400
dakota249: folds
KURN: raises 3533 to 5933 and is all-in
roninriver: calls 3533
*** FLOP *** [Kd 5c 3s]
*** TURN *** [Kd 5c 3s] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [Kd 5c 3s 8d] [3h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KURN: shows [Th Ac] (a pair of Threes)
roninriver: shows [8s Ah] (two pair, Eights and Threes)
roninriver collected 12516 from pot

Bleh.:eek: :mad: :confused:

Dead Man's Hand is actually two pair - Aces and Eights. Not just A8, like many people often suggest.


:cheers:

I know. That's why I said "cousin of" ...

But now the real question...

What was the fifth card in Hickock's hand?

That depends. Some people think the shooting happened after he discarded and before he drew his fifth card.

Of course, Deadwood the show and Deadwood the place have the 9:d: as the fifth card.

The more you know.

I once heard Q:d: , but who really knows.

According to the Wikipedia link above: