Aces and Eights Video Poker

For the unwise and the uninitiated, Video Poker seems like a pretty straightforward game, and if you feed coins into the slots all day long the chances are that you might win a few bucks along the way. They couldn’t be more mistaken.
Video Poker, in all its various formats, where skills and strategies play a [...]

Ace-Eight Nickname: Dead Man’s Hand

Poker Slang Encyclopedia
Playing Card & Poker Hand Nicknames Explained & Illustrated

The card combination of an Ace with an Eight (A-8) has perhaps the most well-known nickname in poker: Dead Man’s Hand. This is, of course, a reference to the legend of Wild Bill Hickok’s final poker hand, although his cards were actually a pair [...]