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'''Alice Ivers Tubbs''', commonly known as '''Poker Alice''' (February 17, 1851 - February 27, 1930) was considered to have been the best known female [[poker]] player in the American West. A native of Devonshire, [[England]], she emigrated with her family to [[Virginia]] when she was a small girl. When Alice was in her teens, the Iverses relocated to Leadville, [[Colorado]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-pokeralice.html|title=Kathy Weiser, "Poker Alice - Famous Frontier Gambler"|publisher=legendsofamerica.com|accessdate=May 10, 2012}}</ref> Another source maintains that Alice was born not in England but two years later in 1853 in Virginia to [[Ireland|Irish]] immigrant parents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sangres.com/history/pokeralice.htm|title=Poker Alice Ivers|publisher=sangres.com|accessdate=May 10, 2012}}</ref>

'''Alice Ivers Duffield Tubbs Huckert''', commonly known as '''Poker Alice''' (February 17, 1851 - February 27, 1930), was considered to have been the best known female [[poker]] player in the American West. A native of Devonshire, [[England]], she emigrated with her family to [[Virginia]] when she was a small girl. When Alice was in her teens, the Iverses relocated to Leadville in the [[Colorado]] Rockies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-pokeralice.html|title=Kathy Weiser, "Poker Alice - Famous Frontier Gambler"|publisher=legendsofamerica.com|accessdate=May 10, 2012}}</ref> Another source maintains that Alice was born not in England but two years later in 1853 in Virginia to [[Ireland|Irish]] immigrant parents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sangres.com/history/pokeralice.htm|title=Poker Alice Ivers|publisher=sangres.com|accessdate=May 10, 2012}}</ref>

   

   

==Background==

==Background==

Fashionably dressed, Alice packed a .38 revolver and began to smoke cigars. She was welcome in the gambling halls because her presence drew more interested patrons. She claimed to have religious beliefs which made her avoid engaging in gambling on Sundays. She also worked for a time at the Gold Dust Gambling House in Silver City in the [[New Mexico]] Territory. Her winnings there enabled her to travel to [[New York City]], where she embellished her wardrobe.

Fashionably dressed, Alice packed a .38 revolver and began to smoke cigars. She was welcome in the gambling halls because her presence drew more interested patrons. She claimed to have religious beliefs which made her avoid engaging in gambling on Sundays. She also worked for a time at the Gold Dust Gambling House in Silver City in the [[New Mexico]] Territory. Her winnings there enabled her to travel to [[New York City]], where she embellished her wardrobe.

   

   

On returning from New York, Alice was hired as a dealer in Bob Ford's saloon in Creede in Mineral County in southwestern Colorado. Earlier, Ford had shot [[Jesse James]] to death for the reward money. Alice then arrived in Deadwood, [[South Dakota]], about the time of statehood. There she met the dealer and gambler Warren G. Tubbs, who also for stable income painted houses in nearby Sturgis, South Dakota.

On returning from New York, Alice was hired as a dealer in Bob Ford's saloon in Creede in Mineral County in southwestern Colorado. Earlier, Ford had shot [[Jesse James]] to death for the reward money. Alice then arrived in Deadwood, [[South Dakota]], about the time of statehood. There she met the dealer and gambler Warren G. Tubbs, who also for more stable income painted houses in nearby Sturgis, South Dakota.