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Wild Bill Hickock

James Butler Hickok was born in Troy Grove, Illinois, on May 27, 1837, and was shot dead in a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, on August 2, 1876. Famous for his lethal gun skills, as well as his professional gambling, he was a U.S. town marshal who unsuccessfully tried show business for a while after he got fired from his marshal job for shooting more than just bad guys.

On August 2, 1876, Wild Bill entered a poker game in a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory and for the first time sat with his back to an open door. Jack McCall put a bullet through the back of Wild Bill's head at 4:10 p.m. His card hand held an ace of spades, ace of clubs, two black eights - clubs and spades - and the jack of diamonds. This became known as aces and eights - the dead man's hand.

McCall was found not guilty in 1876 at an illegal trial. Deadwood was an outlaw town and any "acts of justice" were not recognized. Retried in Yankton, Dakota Territory, he was found guilty. Wild Bill's older brother, Lorenzo, was in attendance at the trial. McCall's death was by hanging on March 1, 1877.

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COMMENTS:

AdamWolf
October 17, 2006
C'mon, admit it,. if it was humanly possible, you'd love to see Wild Bill go heads up with Hellmuth.

It'd be great. Well..up until he shot Phil...

Bill Hickok
September 22, 2005
Do any of the cards shown at the museum have blood on them?

wild bill
August 26, 2005
was the original mans man..he could take on 8 hombres at once...i aint talking about gunfights her..he was the master cockfighter,and smoker

AA88 J?
August 23, 2005
Jack Of Diamonds As The 5th Card? No, It Was A Queen. This Is Because When The Picked Up His Cards There Was A Bloody Boot Print On The Queen, Signifying He Was Holding It. Since My Viper License Plate Reads Aa88q, I Hope Im Right

Ben
August 12, 2005
"Posted by: JetsFan315 - that reason is NEITHER OF THE TOURNAMENTS EXISTED WHEN HE WAS ALIVE! the WPT was made in 03 and WSOP in 1970. hes a poker hall of famer, there is also must be a reson for that"

I now realise that people weren't lying to me when they said Americans don't understand irony...

JetsFan315
August 9, 2005
when is Johnny Moss gonna get on here. he is the only 1 who has won the WSOP main event 3 times besides ungar, who both r legends.

IrishRover
August 8, 2005
I don't know how good a poker player he was but I would be willing to bet that no one on this site has made there living for several months at a time killing people and playing poker as he did.

JetsFan315
August 4, 2005
can u make it any more obvious then this that u have been lying, HICKCOCK HAS BEEN DEAD FOR LIKE 200 YEARS!

englishcat
August 3, 2005
spoke with wild bill hickock last nite he said to watch out for me in the 2006 wsop

JetsFan315
July 31, 2005
"Posted by: Ben on Jul 31, 2005 - IP=86.130.86.210 No way Jetsfan, he's not done much at the WSOP and I've never seen him make a final table on the WPT or anything."

that reason is NEITHER OF THE TOURNAMENTS EXISTED WHEN HE WAS ALIVE! the WPT was made in 03 and WSOP in 1970. hes a poker hall of famer, there is also must be a reason for that

james
July 31, 2005
He Was A Hick & A Redneck

Unregistered
September 29, 2005
been there is a good reason that he's not done much at the wsop or make a final table on the wpt.

Ben
July 30, 2005
No way Jetsfan, he's not done much at the WSOP and I've never seen him make a final table on the WPT or anything.

JetsFan315
July 28, 2005
r u kidding me? he is a legend, he is in the poker hall of fame.

loveland
July 13, 2005
he was a terrible gambler. back then five card draw was a cheaters game and he wasnt any kind of a machanic

the bride
May 30, 2005
I Will Kill Bill!

bruce
May 16, 2005
doc holiday will kill wild bill on poker anyday

BoonsFarm
May 14, 2005
I could out play this clown... I heard he sucked anyway...

randaddy
May 5, 2005
When Wild Bill was young he ran across Jack McCall during a cattle drive and McCall was a hot head and Wild Bill set him straight and made him leave the drive. WB always sat with his back to the wall during a poker game but this time he didn't. He felt uneasy about it and at the end of his last hand he was going to change chairs when Jack McCall who had a long history with Wild Bill shot him.

the real story
April 30, 2005
I dont think the guy intended to shoot him necessarily. I think he was aiming at that overgrown caterpillar on Hickocks face and missed.

dayton
April 30, 2005
just at deadwood three months ago. Salloon #10 has a chair mounted in a glass case up on a wall above the door you enter. This is purportedly the same chair Wild Bill was killed in while playing poker. Anyone here who has a desire to see Deadwood should get their ass in gear an go... the history is alive and well. Even if Bill isn't.

padme
April 18, 2005
I think maybe he was in the whole thing with mccall or maybe he was to concentrated on the game.either way,(ALAIN'/Kracker HE DID NOT DESERVE TO BE SHOT

morybund
March 31, 2005
anybody got a pix of hickock and McCall in the same frame? the player across from Bill should have warned him. Why didn't he do you suppose?

Bill Swearingen
March 16, 2005
You're all a bunch of hoopleheads.

Alain/ chaos.boarder
March 8, 2005
Wild Bill was a sheriff not a marshal was he not? Not that that means much here nor there :P. Either way he's a dead guy who desereved to be shot.

Information Desk
March 4, 2005
No, he is a little older than Lorenzo Lame-Ass

Unregistered
February 27, 2005
I rule and would definitely beat any of you in NL...school is in session.

Santa
February 25, 2005
It says that his older brother is named Lorenzo........Would that be Lorenzo Llamas of "RENEGADE"??? He is such a dreamboat!!!

pirates66
February 8, 2005
Wow... I live in Yankton.

My Great Grandfather was there
January 19, 2005
You are all wrong about the composition of the cards. They are the ace of diamonds, the ace of clubs, the eight of hearts, the eight of spades and the queen of hearts. They can be seen at the Adams Museum in Deadwood, SD, and were donated with documentation by my father, Richard H. Stephens who received them from Richard Stephens, the man who picked them up, and passed through to him by his father, James Stephens. Go check it out. They have been there since the mid-1970's.

nate j
January 10, 2005
I agree DOC HOLIDAY was a better card player

bruce
December 14, 2004
doc holiday was better card player than hiitcock

Corey Kissling/Kisser
November 7, 2004
how did he get the name of Wild Bill?

Willy The Kid
October 17, 2004
Its Acatually Old Saloon No. 10 I've been there

B..
October 10, 2004
Old Style Saloon No. 10 (saloon10.com) in Deadwood shows a 9 diamonds on their site as the card which will win you the "Deadman's Hand Bonus"

Nachtwulf
September 13, 2004
The "Dead Man's Hand" was black aces over black eights, the the fifth card is an area of contention between three cards (in order of credability): The 5 of Diamonds (The actual card is supposedly on display in Deadwood), 9 of Diamonds, and the Queen of Clubs (On display at Ripley's Believe it or Not.) All three are supposedly reported by first hand accounts. However, the Jack of Diamonds and King of Spades have both been potrayed in movies as the "fifth" card, due to thier more "photogenic" natures.

greg
August 4, 2004
This guy owes me money

Unregistered
August 3, 2004
yup

charlie
August 2, 2004
is that really a picture of wild bill?

Tryla
Wild Bill Hickok July 22, 2004
dead mans hand made me some money. thanx bill.