playing cards to be used and for an automatic card-shuffling device. Ivey – who has won 10 World Series of Poker national championships in becoming a fixture on cable TV poker programs – also asked to be supplied with card dealers who spoke Mandarin Chinese for only purple Gemaco Inc. But the same judge also affirmed Borgata's claim of breach of contract because of numerous requests by Ivey and a playing partner to various dealers to adjust the orientation of the cards, giving Ivey a significant advantage over the house in some hands.Īccording to court filings, Ivey contacted Borgata in April 2012 and asked for a private area to play mini-baccarat (played with a smaller table than baccarat, and with the feature that the players don't touch the cards) while offering to wire $1 million to the casino in exchange for an agreement that he could play for as much as $50,000 a hand. district court judge, Noel Hillman, concluded that Ivey's strategy did not constitute fraud. State officials have never pressed criminal charges against Ivey for his actions, and in October the same U.S. Ivey, 39, had claimed in a court filing last year that what he did to gain a betting advantage was no different than Borgata trying to outmaneuver him with "free alcohol served by only the most curvaceous and voluptuous females in the industry." He added that he and his playing partner never touched the cards – and that Borgata officials conceded that point.
HIS METHODS: How to beat the house at baccarat, Phil Ivey-styleīIG BETS: How Phil Ivey won $10M at Borgata in 107 hoursīLOG: Phil Ivey isn't the only gambler who beat the house – but not the courts A spokesman for Borgata was not immediately available for comment. On Monday, Ivey's attorney, Louis Barbone, said in a statement that he would "look forward to our absolute right of appeal" while also noting that the ruling was made "without argument or hearing" beyond court filings. Late last week, a federal judge told Ivey that he had to pay the Atlantic City casino $10,130,000. That has been the legal issue at stake for the past 2½ years in Borgata's effort to get a refund on the jackpot won by world-renowned poker player Phil Ivey, who grew up in Roselle and lives in Las Vegas, in four visits to the casino in 2012. How about if the game is played at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City – and you win more than $10 million that way? Is it cheating if you win at baccarat because you notice an imperfection in the pattern on the backs of playing cards that you then use to your advantage?
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