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1876, men playing poker in a smoky saloon, one player's back is to the viewer, we can see the cards he is holding which include two black aces and two black eights, behind the player holding the aces and eights, we can see a hand suddenly pointing a gun to the back of his head, which will shortly terminate his life. Show the man holding the cards from the back, include two black aces and two black eights, the gun is behind him next to his head,
A highly detailed oil painting depicts an intense poker game in a dimly lit, rustic saloon, with a dramatic, tense scene unfolding. In the foreground, viewed from behind, a man with dark, unruly hair and a dark jacket sits at a wooden table, holding a hand of four playing cards: two Aces of Spades and two Eights (one of Spades and one of Clubs, often referred to as "Dead Man's Hand").
A gun, specifically a revolver, is pointed directly at the back of his head by another man's hand entering the frame from the left, he will shoot the player through the head. The player is Wild Bill Hickock, and this combination of cards will forever after be known as Dead Man's Hand.
