Alice Ivers Duffield Tubbs Huckert (February 17, 1851 – February 27, 1930), better known as Poker Alice, Poker Alice Ivers 💵 or Poker Alice Tubbs, was an English 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]

Early life [ edit ]

"Poker" Alice Ivers was born in England,[6][7] to Irish immigrants. Her 💵 family moved to Virginia when Alice was twelve. As a young woman, she went to boarding school in Virginia to 💵 become a refined lady. While in her late teens, her family moved to Leadville, a city in the then Colorado 💵 Territory.[8]

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