In poker, aces and eights are known as the Dead Man's Hand. According to legend, this is the result of an incident that took place on August 2, 1876, when an alcoholic drifter named Jack McCall shot and killed Wild Bill Hickok while playing poker in a saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota. When he was shot, Hickok was holding a pair of black aces and a pair of black eights. There is some disagreement as to the fifth card, but according to some first-hand accounts, it was a five or nine of diamonds.