Poker Star Phil Ivey Loses UK Court Case - By John McAuliffe
The last time we heard from poker star Phil Ivey he was being sued by Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa for card cheating. What Ivey was/is being accused of is using a tactic known as “edge-sorting” to fatten his pockets during games at the baccarat table.
Edge-sorting is a tactic that is used by players to identify design flaws on the backs of the cards in advance. Ivey requested a specific brand of cards, then had his partner, Cheng Yin Sun, instruct the dealer to rotate cards in specific directions. From there Ivey was able to figure out which card was which and pull a fast one on the casino.
Ivey has been accused of this at not only the Borgata, but also at a casino called Crockfords in the UK.
This brings us to the latest news on the poker star. Ivey has lost his court battle with Crockfords where they refused to pay him his winnings after he used this edge-sorting tactic. The amount that the British courts have refused him is around the sum of 7.7 million pounds, or $12.4 million.
In both cases Ivey has expressed his belief that he is not a cheater, rather he is just taking advantage of the casino’s shortcomings. “I believe that what we did was a legitimate strategy — we did nothing more than exploit Crockfords’ failures to take proper steps to protect themselves against a player of my ability — clearly today, the judge did not agree.”
Unfortunately for Ivey this ruling may have influence in his case with the Borgata, which the company is suing the player for $9.6 million for using the same edge-sorting tactic.
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