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'''Alice Ivers Duffield Tubbs Huckert''', commonly known as '''Poker Alice''' (February 17, 1851 - February 27, 1930), was considered to have been the best 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]] [[Rocky Mountains|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>
{{Infobox person
|name=Alice Ivers Duffield Tubbs Huckert, known as Poker Alice<br>
(Gambler, brothel operator, and rancher)
|image=
|birth_date=February 17, 1851
|birth_place=Devonshire, [[England]]
|death_date=February 27, 1930
|death_place=Rapid City<br>Pennington County<br />[[South Dakota]], USA
|death_cause=Failed gall bladder surgery
|resting_place=St. Aloysius Cemetery in Sturgis, South Dakota
|residence=[[Sturgis, South Dakota|Sturgis]], [[Meade County, South Dakota|Meade County]]<br />South Dakota
|religion=Proclaimed [[Christianity|Christian]]
|spouse=Three-time widow:<br />
(1) Frank Duffield<br />
(2) Warren G. Tubbs
(3) George Huckert
|children=Seven children from second marriage
}}
'''Alice Ivers Duffield Tubbs Huckert''', commonly known as '''Poker Alice''' (February 17, 1851 – February 27, 1930), was considered to have been the best 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]] [[Rocky Mountains|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==