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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 English-born American gambler, brothel owner, and rancher who became known for playing poker and faro in the Wild West.
Born in Devonshire to Irish parents, Ivers moved with her family to Virginia at the age of 12. As an adult, she moved to Leadville, Colorado, where she met her first husband Frank Duffield. He got her interested in poker, but was killed a few years after they married. She made a name for herself by winning money from poker games in places like Silver City, New Mexico, and worked at a saloon in Creede, Colorado, which was owned by Jesse James' killer Robert Ford.
Alice Ivers was born in Devonshire on 17 February 1851, the daughter of Irish immigrants. Her family moved to Virginia when she was 12. As a young woman, she went to boarding school in Virginia to become a refined lady. In her late teens, her family moved to Leadville, Colorado.
It was in Leadville that Ivers met Frank Duffield, whom she married at a young age. Frank was a mining engineer who played poker in his spare time. After just a few years of marriage, Frank was killed in an accident while resetting a dynamite charge in a Leadville mine. Ivers was known for splurging her winnings, such as when she won a lot of money in Silver City, New Mexico, only to spend it all in New York City. After all of her big wins, she would travel to New York and spend her money on clothes. She was very keen on keeping up with the latest fashion and would buy dresses to wear at poker games, partly as a business investment to distract her opponents.
Ivers met her next husband Warren G. Tubbs around 1890, when they were both dealers at Bedrock Tom's saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota. A drunken miner tried to attack Warren with a knife, causing her to threaten the miner with her .38 firearm. After this incident, she started a romance with Warren and they were soon married. Some sources report they had had seven children together. Other sources report they did not have any children together, but that she brought a daughter and a son into the marriage, giving Warren two stepchildren. Her son, George, would take on the Tubbs name. In 1934, George was saved from a train after he was found lying on the tracks. Two women were able to pull him to safety just in time to save his life. At the time of the incident, he was 65 years old, putting his birth around 1868.
Warren was a painter by trade, and it was speculated that he contracted tuberculosis through his work. For the last years of his life, Ivers tried to help him regain his health. A few months before he died, she moved him to a ranch on the Moreau River, 100 miles (160 km) from Sturgis, South Dakota, where he died on 31 December 1909. To secure a proper burial and funeral, Ivers wrapped his body in blankets, placed him in their lumber wagon, and traveled to Sturgis with her team of horses. It took her four days to travel along the snow-covered trails to Sturgis, where she was able to arrange a funeral for Warren. In order to pay the funeral costs, she traveled to Rapid City, South Dakota, where she worked as a bartender at Black Nell's resort.
Her third husband was George Huckert, who worked on her homestead and took care of the sheep. He was constantly proposing to her, and she eventually came to owe him $1,008 but married him instead, figuring that it would be cheaper than paying his back wages. Huckert died on 12 October 1924.
After the death of her first husband, Ivers started to play poker seriously. She was in a tough financial position. After failing in a few different jobs including teaching, she turned to poker to support herself financially. She would make money by gambling and working as a dealer. She made a name for herself by winning money from poker games. By the time she was given the nickname "Poker Alice", she was drawing in large crowds to watch her play and men were constantly challenging her to play. Saloon owners liked that she was a respectable woman who kept to her values, including her refusal to play poker on Sundays.
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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 English-born American gambler, brothel owner, and rancher who became known for playing poker and faro in the Wild West.
Born in Devonshire to Irish parents, Ivers moved with her family to Virginia at the age of 12. As an adult, she moved to Leadville, Colorado, where she met her first husband Frank Duffield. He got her interested in poker, but was killed a few years after they married. She made a name for herself by winning money from poker games in places like Silver City, New Mexico, and worked at a saloon in Creede, Colorado, which was owned by Jesse James' killer Robert Ford.
Alice Ivers was born in Devonshire on 17 February 1851, the daughter of Irish immigrants. Her family moved to Virginia when she was 12. As a young woman, she went to boarding school in Virginia to become a refined lady. In her late teens, her family moved to Leadville, Colorado.
It was in Leadville that Ivers met Frank Duffield, whom she married at a young age. Frank was a mining engineer who played poker in his spare time. After just a few years of marriage, Frank was killed in an accident while resetting a dynamite charge in a Leadville mine. Ivers was known for splurging her winnings, such as when she won a lot of money in Silver City, New Mexico, only to spend it all in New York City. After all of her big wins, she would travel to New York and spend her money on clothes. She was very keen on keeping up with the latest fashion and would buy dresses to wear at poker games, partly as a business investment to distract her opponents.
Ivers met her next husband Warren G. Tubbs around 1890, when they were both dealers at Bedrock Tom's saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota. A drunken miner tried to attack Warren with a knife, causing her to threaten the miner with her .38 firearm. After this incident, she started a romance with Warren and they were soon married. Some sources report they had had seven children together. Other sources report they did not have any children together, but that she brought a daughter and a son into the marriage, giving Warren two stepchildren. Her son, George, would take on the Tubbs name. In 1934, George was saved from a train after he was found lying on the tracks. Two women were able to pull him to safety just in time to save his life. At the time of the incident, he was 65 years old, putting his birth around 1868.
Warren was a painter by trade, and it was speculated that he contracted tuberculosis through his work. For the last years of his life, Ivers tried to help him regain his health. A few months before he died, she moved him to a ranch on the Moreau River, 100 miles (160 km) from Sturgis, South Dakota, where he died on 31 December 1909. To secure a proper burial and funeral, Ivers wrapped his body in blankets, placed him in their lumber wagon, and traveled to Sturgis with her team of horses. It took her four days to travel along the snow-covered trails to Sturgis, where she was able to arrange a funeral for Warren. In order to pay the funeral costs, she traveled to Rapid City, South Dakota, where she worked as a bartender at Black Nell's resort.
Her third husband was George Huckert, who worked on her homestead and took care of the sheep. He was constantly proposing to her, and she eventually came to owe him $1,008 but married him instead, figuring that it would be cheaper than paying his back wages. Huckert died on 12 October 1924.
After the death of her first husband, Ivers started to play poker seriously. She was in a tough financial position. After failing in a few different jobs including teaching, she turned to poker to support herself financially. She would make money by gambling and working as a dealer. She made a name for herself by winning money from poker games. By the time she was given the nickname "Poker Alice", she was drawing in large crowds to watch her play and men were constantly challenging her to play. Saloon owners liked that she was a respectable woman who kept to her values, including her refusal to play poker on Sundays.
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