Dead man's hand in popular culture a game of poker by dealing aces and eights to Sam's love interest. It is referred to as a "dead man's hand" by Al. In an episode of "The Untouchables" syndicated TV series (1993-1994), members of an Irish gang are playing poker when they are gunned down by members of an Italian mob. A short time later, other members of the Irish gang come to investigate the scene of the demise of their unfortunate colleagues. At one point, the leader of the investigating team examines the poker hand held by one of the deceased and comments matter-of-factly, "Aces and eights".
Out (poker) 9♣ (making a pair of sevens); in this case even catching any of the three remaining aces or tens will give the player a pair to beat the opponent's, so those are even more "potential outs". In sum, the player has 9 guaranteed outs, and possibly as many as 18, depending on what cards he expects his opponents to have. Out (poker) In a poker game with more than one betting round, an out is any unseen card that, if drawn, will improve a player's hand to one that is likely to win. Knowing the number of outs a player