# Wild Bill

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-bill/843693>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [November 20, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-bill/843693 "2019-11-20T05:15:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Lsharper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@Lsharper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsharper)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-bill/843693/1 "2019-11-20T05:15:55Z")

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Deadmans hand. Ok I get that there seems to be a huge debate on what cards Wild Bill was really holding. But what I would be interested in is were those cards indexed? Either by small letters and numbers “squezzers”. Or larger numbers more like today’s cards.

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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-bill/843693/2 "2019-11-20T05:17:40Z")

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You should have probably put this in Cafe or Game instead.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-bill/843693/3 "2019-11-20T05:28:54Z")

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Reported for forum change.

This allegedly is James Butler Hitchcock’s actual poker hand, framed on the wall of a Deadwood, SD saloon. The cards are marked only by the suit spots without any numbers.

[![](https://lclalor.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/img_3992.jpg?w=1200) ](https://lclalor.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/img_3992.jpg?w=1200)

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-bill/843693/4 "2019-11-20T07:38:49Z")

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Let’s try this in The Game Room.