Poker star Phil Ivey 'did not cheat' to win ?7m

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A star poker player has defended a practice he used to win millions of pounds from a London casino after it refused to pay out the money.

Crockfords casino accuses Phil Ivey of cheating by using the "edge-sorting technique" in card game punto banco.

Mr Ivey, considered one of the best poker players in the world, is suing the Mayfair casino for ?7.7m, saying the technique is lawful.

He told the High Court in London: "I would never cheat in a casino."

Edge-sorting involves studying cards for imperfections.

The 38-year-old American played punto banco - a form of the card game baccarat - over two days in August 2012.

He was told his winnings would be wired to him, but they never arrived. His stake of ?1m was returned.

'Unjustly treated'
"I consider all the strategies I use to be lawful and I would never cheat in a casino. It is not in my nature to cheat and nor would I risk my reputation by acting unlawfully in any manner."

Mr Justice Mitting, who is hearing the case, has been told by Mr Ivey's counsel, Richard Spearman QC, that the casino's case was "plainly unsustainable".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29476942

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This shows casino will not let any one walk out with the winnings, they will try to find any excuse not to pay, our govt will keep the mouth shut because every spin the tax man takes the ???? in revenue, there are hundreds of CCTV in casino if this man cheated then prove it???

[Meat-Head]

Yeah see on tv an emerican casino, where the guy cheated, within seconds Bubba and Bubba Jnr had hold of him.

showed him clicking (iShit Failiure) flicking another card out his hand, but typical tv, showed the clip three times and slowed it down, you still had to be quick to see it.

if he can afford the steak at ?1 million how much was the French fries

[super jumbe]

I wonder why this man had to gamble when he has over 1.0 mill ????

[jaws2]

stick ter scratch cards... tonites winning lotto numbers 7-12-22-31-40-50. i charge 10% per win, thanks Meat for sending me my fee via a brown envelope when you won on the numbers I gave you last time via PM

[Meat-Head]

thanks Meat for sending me my fee via a brown envelope when you won on the numbers I gave you last time via PM

No worries the money is going towards a stalker, sorry Private Investigator who is on the case of the *HOT* bird from the parts department

[ontherack]

Is hot Bird missing, done a runner, left, sacked what??? The plot thickens. Maybe Hot Bird section Required!!!

[jaws2]

Is hot Bird missing, done a runner, left, sacked what??? The plot thickens. Maybe Hot Bird section Required!!!

Rescan check dish postion

[ifred]

Sorry I'm lost here?
Was the hot parts girl the dealer in the card scam, how did she mark his cards for him to cheat on meat head her long term stalker?
Or did you meat give the hot parts girl some money again to buy french fries but only got an empty chip bag back?
Jaws try standing on dish...always gives best signal and cures flat feet!


PS got the brown envelop but the ?1M was missing, please resend but don't write on outside of envelope ?1m in note for Ifred...Thks

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Yeah see on tv an emerican casino, where the guy cheated, within seconds Bubba and Bubba Jnr had hold of him.

showed him clicking (iShit Failiure) flicking another card out his hand, but typical tv, showed the clip three times and slowed it down, you still had to be quick to see it.

Very few cheated I have read in the papers and most of them never played big money, and they went out broke (SKINNED) This one they could not find any clue and they lied that the cheque is in the post, the question was why the punter did not ask for the cheque there and there?

[gc1966]

keep your eyes peeled for a postie delivering mail in a Bugatti Veyron whilst whistling the theme tune to when the boat comes in

[chikiryau]

yeah, you're right.

[nara]

Thanks for the info

What info?

[nara]

It seems to me that it is really very strange when such a famous poker player is accused of cheating. I think this is a problem of the casino itself and Mr Ivey did the right thing by suing this casino.

I think he should get his money.

Do you now? For cheating? This is an old story...he lost the case and also £7.7 million pounds.

Last year, he also had to pay out an undisclosed, but reportedly huge, settlement with an Atlantic City casino in the U.S. after being accused of cheating there.

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I think these words explain a lot and we should not doubt his winning.

This is very old news but the bottom line is all casino don’t want any player to win money from casino, look on every table there is a dealer and inspector watching plus CCTV every wrong move you make, if they said he cheated they should have thrown him out of casino and banned him for life they did not do that instead they told him they will send the wining money through the bank they lied and they also lied to say he cheated, look this player was professional poker player and he can win that proves they will not want anyone to win big money, just cannot understand why people go to lose money in the first place keep well away from gambling.