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.

[9] Ivers was known for splurging her winnings, as when she won a lot of money in Silver City and spent it all in New York.

She was very keen on keeping up with the latest fashions and would buy dresses to wear to play poker, partly as a business investment to distract her opponents.

[9] Alice met her next husband around 1890[6] when she was a dealer in Bedrock Tom's saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota.

[8] When a drunken miner tried to attack her fellow dealer Warren G. Tubbs with a knife, Alice threatened him with her .38 firearm.

A few months before Warren died, Alice moved him to a ranch on the Moreau River, 100 miles (160 km) from Sturgis, South Dakota.

[15][16][17] To secure a proper burial and funeral, Alice wrapped Warren's body in blankets, placed him in their lumber wagon, and with her team of horses, traveled to Sturgis.

Eventually, Ivers owed Huckert $1,008, so she married him, figuring that it would be cheaper than paying his back wages.

Saloon owners liked that Ivers was a respectable woman who kept to her values, including her refusal to play poker on Sundays.

[25] Around 10:30pm, five soldiers of Troop K, accompanied by a number of members of the South Dakota guard, which had recently been stationed at Fort Meade, went to Alice's resort for the intention of starting a "rough house".

After the soldiers were refused admittance, they began throwing stones through the windows of Alice's resort and cutting telephone and electric wires.

[29] No charges were filed by State's Attorney Gray of Meade County against Alice, for the shooting and subsequent death of Private Koetzle.

[32] The following year, her resort was raided, possibly for the last time, and Alice was charged and convicted of operating a house of prostitution.

[33] In 1928, facing time in the state penitentiary for her convictions of bootlegging and running a house of prostitution, Alice's community came together to petition the governor to grant her a pardon.

[citation needed] On Thursday, 6 February 1930, Alice underwent a gallbladder operation in Rapid City.

There was a general fear that recovery would be difficult due to her advanced age; however, just two days later, it appeared that Alice was recovering speedily and she was expected to be able to return home before long.

[39] When her will was read, it was revealed that Alice had disinherited her relatives for not paying attention to her in her declining years; instead, she divided her estate among her friends.