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- One of the world's top poker players, Phil Ivey, has lost a Supreme Court bid to reclaim £7.7m of winnings withheld by a London casino for five years. The American was challenging a Court of Appeal judgement that Crockfords Club could refuse to pay up when Ivey won the cash playing card game punto banco.
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Jul 9, 2020 · According to court documents filed July 2 in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the two parties have come to an agreement on the $10.1 million that the 10-time World Series...
- History of Legal back-and-forth
- Ivey's Hidden Progress
- Conclusion Not Thrilling, Not Surprising
While the legal war started in 2014, it took until late 2016 for a big inflection point to finally occur. At that point, the judge presiding over the case sided with Borgata and ordered Ivey and Sun to return more than $10 million they'd won— the at-issue baccarat millions plus some craps winnings. The case continued on appeal, and some sources rep...
However, while every turn was seeming to go against Ivey, he was all the while making some small gains in the background, like a poker player stealing enough blinds to stay afloat in a tournament. The appeals process was apparently going far better for Ivey than the initial case. Of central concern was the issue of whether he had cheated by marking...
If Ivey were to win his appeal, the case would have continued on remand, going back to a lower court for reconsideration. Borgata would have been forced to return the $124,410 it had already seized from Ivey, and nothing would have been guaranteed going forward. Both sides would have also been on the hook to continue shelling out attorney fees, whi...
Jul 5, 2023 · How Phil Ivey beat the house to win millions. According to CardPlayer.com, Ivey got involved in a dispute with the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In 2012, Ivey and his partner Kelly Sun went to the Borgata and walked away $9.6 million richer.
Nov 27, 2019 · Phil Ivey's legal troubles with Borgata have dominated his life in recent years. Here is the ultimate resource for his battle with the Atlantic City casino.
Jul 11, 2020 · Poker pro Phil Ivey and baccarat partner Cheng Yin Sun reach a potential settlement with the Borgata in a $10.1 million case regarding edge sorting.
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A casino where pro poker champ Phil Ivey and a companion won nearly $10 million playing baccarat with flawed cards wanted the manufacturer to pay it that amount in damages, arguing the asymmetrical cards led to its large losses, but a federal court judge disagreed, ruling.
Jul 11, 2020 · Professional advantage player and poker player Phil Ivey and the parent company of Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel Casino settled their long-running “edge sorting” lawsuit which involved Ivey and co-defendant Cheung Yin “Kelly” Sun.
