Poker Alice

Poker Alice Ivers
Born(1851-02-17)17 February 1851
Devonshire, England
Died27 February 1930(1930-02-27) (aged 79)
Rapid City, South Dakota, US
Resting placeSt. Aloysius Cemetery in Sturgis, South Dakota
Occupation(s)Gambler; Brothel operator; Rancher
Spouses
  • Frank Duffield
  • Warren G. Tubbs
  • George Huckert

Alice Ivers Duffield Tubbs Huckert (17 February 1851 – 27 February 1930), better known as Poker Alice, Poker Alice Ivers or Poker Alice Tubbs, was an American poker[1][2] and faro player[3][4] in the American West.

Her family moved from Devon, England, where she was born, to Virginia, United States, where she was reared and educated. As an adult, Ivers moved to Leadville, Colorado, where she met her first husband, Frank Duffield. He got Ivers interested in poker, but he was killed a few years after they married. Ivers made a name for herself by winning money from poker games in places like Silver City, New Mexico, and even working at a saloon in Creede, Colorado, that was owned by Bob Ford, the man who killed Jesse James.[5]

  1. ^ ""Poker" Alice Tubbs (1851-1930)". Denver Public Library History. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  2. ^ Trimble, Marshall (27 September 2017). "Poker Alice". True West Magazine. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  3. ^ Cooper, Courtney Ryley (3 December 1927). "Easy Come, Easy Go". Saturday Evening Post. Curtis Publishing Company.
  4. ^ "Queen of Faro Camps to see World Series". Rapid City Journal. 5 October 1929.
  5. ^ "Poker Alice – Famous Frontier Gambler". Legends of America. Retrieved 4 April 2024.