Dead man's hand in popular culture Hand is the name of a haunted attraction character in Central Ohio. Big Boss Brewing in Raleigh, NC brews a beer called "Aces and Ates." Dead Man's Hand is also a beer currently brewed by a small brewery called "Het Nest" in Turnhout, Belgium (World Capital of Playing Cards) Dead man's hand in popular culture The dead man's hand, a legendary "cursed" poker hand usually depicted as consisting of the ace of spades, ace of clubs, eight of spades and eight of clubs with an undefined fifth card, has appeared or been referenced in numerous works of popular culture. In
Poker evaluate their hands. The player with the best hand according to the poker variant being played wins the pot. A poker hand comprises five cards; in variants where a player has more than five cards available to them, only the best five-card combination counts. Poker variations are played where a "high hand" or a "low hand" may be the best desired hand. In other words, when playing a poker variant with "low poker" the best hand is one that contains the lowest cards (and it can get further complicated by including or not including flushes and straights etc. from "high