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Poker sayings and their stories
DEAD MAN’S HAND
Poker was very popular in the 1870′s. Among the many poker players was James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok. Wild Bill cam to the town of Deadwood in the Dakota Territory, and in his leisure time, played poker in the saloon. Wild Bill had killed a great number of people so he had a few enemies. One night, he was playing Draw Poker. His back was to the door, and an assassin came in and shot Hickock dead while he was in the middle of a hand. He was holding Aces and 8′s (two pair) which has now become known as “Dead Man’s hand”
PASSING THE BUCK
Poker became very popular in America during the second half of the 19th century. Players were highly suspicious of cheating or any form of bias and there’s considerable folklore depicting gunslingers in shoot-outs based on accusations of dirty dealing. In order to avoid unfairness the deal changed hands during sessions. The person who was next in line to deal would be given a marker. This was often a knife, and knives often had handles made of buck’s horn – hence the marker becoming known as a buck. When the dealer’s turn was done he “passed the buck”.
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