alice ivers (february 17, 1851 – february 27, 1930), better known as poker alice, was a famous poker player. her family moved from devon, england, where she was born, to virginia, united states, where she went to school and was raised. as an adult, ivers moved to leadville, colorado where she met her husband frank duffield. duffield was responsible for getting ivers interested in poker, but he was killed a few years after they got 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 that was owned by bob ford, the man who killed jesse james