resting_place death_date death_place religion birth_place children image_size image_caption birth_date spouse residence image article_title name occupation death_cause
st. aloysius cemetery in sturgis , south dakota 27 february 1930 rapid city , pennington county south dakota , usa proclaimed christian devonshire , england seven children from second marriage 175px poker alice -lrb- pre-1930 -rrb- 17 february 1851 three-time widow : sturgis , meade county south dakota poker_alice ivers.jpg poker alice
 alice `` poker alice '' tubbs ivers duffield tubbs huckert , usually known as gambler ; brothel operator ; rancher failed gall bladder surgery
poker alice

alice ivers duffield tubbs huckert -lrb- 1851 -- february 27 , 1930 -rrb- , better known as poker alice or poker alice ivers , was a famous poker player 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 .
