{"id":7249,"date":"2014-04-13T15:57:25","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T15:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2014\/04\/13\/pro-poker-player-phil-ivey-sued-by-atlantic-city-casino-borgata-on-claims-of-cheating\/"},"modified":"2014-04-13T15:57:25","modified_gmt":"2014-04-13T15:57:25","slug":"pro-poker-player-phil-ivey-sued-by-atlantic-city-casino-borgata-on-claims-of-cheating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2014\/04\/13\/pro-poker-player-phil-ivey-sued-by-atlantic-city-casino-borgata-on-claims-of-cheating\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro poker player Phil Ivey sued by Atlantic City casino Borgata on claims of cheating."},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tIn this 2009 file photo, Phil Ivey looks up during a hand at the final table of the World Series of Poker at the Rio in Las Vegas. Ivey has been sued in federal court by the Borgata in Atlantic City, which claimed the $9.6 million he won at the casino in 2012 was earned through cheating at high-stakes mini-baccarat. (File, LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL)<\/span><\/p>\n

\tBy HOWARD STUTZ
\n\tLAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
\n\tProfessional poker standout Phil Ivey has been sued in federal court by the Borgata in Atlantic City, which claimed the $9.6 million he won at the casino in 2012 was earned through cheating at high-stakes mini-baccarat.<\/p>\n

\tThe casino, which is 50 percent-owned and managed by Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming Corp., claims Ivey, one of the world\u2019s best known poker players, manipulated a defect in the playing cards through a special manner of dealing that he requested.<\/p>\n

\tAccording to the lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in New Jersey, Ivey was assisted in the scheme by an associate who spoke Mandarin Chinese with the dealer.<\/p>\n

\tIvey has won nine World Series of Poker individual champion gold bracelets and has earned more than $19 million in tournament poker winnings, according to the PokerPages.com database.<\/p>\n

\tHe was accused by the Borgata of \u201cedge sorting,\u201d which violates New Jersey casino gambling regulations.<\/p>\n

\tA spokesman for Boyd Gaming declined comment Friday.<\/p>\n

\tThe lawsuit claimed Ivey and the associate were able to exploit the defect in playing cards, which were produced by Gemaco Inc., a Kansas City, Mo.-based manufacturer, through the dealing method.<\/p>\n

\tIvey, through the associate, asked that the cards be dealt in a special manner because of \u201csuperstition.\u201d The dealer was given \u201cspecial instructions\u201d by Ivey\u2019s associate on \u201chow to turn the cards as they were dealt.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHowever, the lawsuit claimed the dealing method enabled Ivey to sort and arrange so-called \u201cgood cards\u201d that gave him an unfair advantage in the game.<\/p>\n

\tIvey wagered between $25,000 and $100,000 a hand during several trips to the Borgata between April and October that year, winning a total of $9.6 million.<\/p>\n

\tLast year, Ivey was accused of cheating by Crockfords, a British casino owned by Malaysia-based Genting Group, during several gambling sessions in 2012. In papers filed in Britain\u2019s High Court, the casino claimed Ivey cheated at Punto Banco, a form of baccarat, and withheld payment of nearly $12 million in winnings.<\/p>\n

\tIvey sued the casino to collect his winnings, but the case is still pending.<\/p>\n

\tIn the Borgata lawsuit, the casino claims the methods of dealing Ivey requested at the Borgata and Crockfords were similar.<\/p>\n

\tIvey is tied for fourth with the late Johnny Moss for most career World Series of Poker bracelets. He has earned more than $6 million at World Series of Poker events.<\/p>\n

\tIvey, who was connected to the Full Tilt Poker website, stayed away from the World Series of Poker in 2011 following the \u201cBlack Friday\u201d federal crackdown on Internet poker. He returned to the tournament in 2012, reaching five final tables in individual events.<\/p>\n

\tHe now operates a website, IveyPoker.com, that offers various poker products and training opportunities from professional poker players.<\/p>\n

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Posted by:<\/strong> TommyC on April 15, 2014, 1:54 pm<\/p>\n

Beginning to wonder about Mr Ivey !<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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