14 Facts About Poker Alice

Poker Alice got her interested in poker, but was killed a few years after they married.

Poker Alice made a name for herself by winning money from poker games in places like Silver City, New Mexico, and worked at a saloon in Creede, Colorado, which was owned by Jesse James' killer Robert Ford.

Poker Alice's family moved to Virginia when she was 12.

Poker Alice was very keen on keeping up with the latest fashion and would buy dresses to wear at poker games, partly as a business investment to distract her opponents.

Poker Alice was constantly proposing to her, and she eventually came to owe him $1,008 but married him instead, figuring that it would be cheaper than paying his back wages.

Poker Alice would make money by gambling and working as a dealer.

Poker Alice made a name for herself by winning money from poker games.

Poker Alice claimed that she won $250,000, which would now be worth more than $3 million.

Poker Alice used her good looks to distract men at the poker table.

Poker Alice always had the newest dresses, and even in her 50s was considered a very attractive woman.

Poker Alice was very good at counting cards and figuring odds, which helped her at the table.

Poker Alice was known to have always carried a gun with her, preferably her.

Two years later, another confrontation at Poker Alice's resort led to the shooting of several soldiers and one civilian.

Poker Alice's recovery continued, but doctors warned that there was no surety she was out of danger.