The edge sorting case
The edge sorting case dates back to a 2012 high-stakes baccarat sessions at Borgata, where Phil Ivey bet $150,000 per hand!
Phil Ivey and Kelly Sun used a technique called edge-sorting Edge sorting, where a player determines whether a face-down playing card is likely to be low or high by exploiting subtle differences on the backs of the cards.
Phil Ivey convicted a second time to pay back $10.1 Million
On August 30th federal judge Noel Hilman announced that Phil Ivey will have to pay back the money to Borgata. According to him Ivey and his entourage Cheung Yin „Kelly” Sun have to return the full amount of 10.13 million dollars.
The reason for that being that Ivey gained the advantage over the casino in an illegal way.
How many times can Phil Ivey lose baccarat cases? It’s looking more like he’s going to have to pay the Borgata its $10.1M if he doesn’t appeal again. https://t.co/Cd10j6ATVf
— LegalUSPokerSites (@legal_poker) August 30, 2018
Nevertheless, Phil Ivey doesn’t want to give up and accept the judgement as his legal team is claiming that the court decisions are erroneous’.
Ivey appeals once again
Consequently, Phil Ivey headed to the United States Court of Appeals the next day for the Third Court Circuit.
Phil Ivey Heads To Philly To Appeal $10M Judgement https://t.co/j5WyDHZgnc pic.twitter.com/uz37bsvkcc
— Card Player (@CardPlayerMedia) September 1, 2018
He and his attorneys will try once again to overturn a $10.1 million judgement in a case pitting him against the MGM Resorts-owned casino.
So far, Phil Ivey has lost every court case in the edge sorting scandal both against Borgata and the Crockfords Casino in front of London’s highest court and that’s why it seems rather unlikely that this will change.
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