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Y'all remember what the last poker hand Liberty Valance was holding just prior to getting shot? Y'all remember what hand he beat?

I don't recall what hand he beat, maybe 2 jacks and something? As for the hand he held, too predictable cuz it's been done to death. Even in an episode of Law & Order.

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I presume you're talking about the famous "Dead mans hand" of aces and eights, supposedly Hickok's hand when he was killed. But is there any actual historical proof that that was Hickok's hand? Where did the story come from? I don't want to screw up the story, I just like to know the truth. Honest, I won't tell anyone else.

 

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At least two of John Ford's films feature the aces and eights hand as a foreshadowing of death. In Stagecoach (1939), the hand is held by Luke Plummer (Tom Tyler), soon to be shot by the Ringo Kid (John Wayne) while in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Liberty Valance draws the hand just prior to his death. .... 'cording to WIKI :lol:

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