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The Borgata Casino is suing poker superstar Phil Ivey for $9.6 million. The claim? Ivey cheated at baccarat through the use of a trick called edge-sorting.
The Borgata's lawsuit claims that Ivey was capable of use a tiny defect within the way some cards were printed to achieve a large edge on the baccarat table during four sessions back in 2012.
The manufacturer of the apparently faulty cards was Gemaco, that is also named within the lawsuit together with Cheng Yin Sun, a feminine accomplice of Ivey's that sat on the table with him.
Edge-sorting isn't marking cards but instead is identifying certain cards in response to defects within the printing process that leaves some cards with noticeable imperfections on their backs.
Ivey allegedly negotiated several rules and prerequisites with the Borgata that helped him pull off his wins, including getting a baccarat table to himself within the pits, a dealer that spoke Mandarin, a guest allowed to sit down on the table, and -- most significantly -- that one eight-deck shoe of purple gemaco Borgata cards can be used.
Ivey claimed that his demands were in keeping with superstition but each looked to be an angle to exploit the defective cards, as playing alone ensured he could maniuplate the deck and his companion Cheng Yin Sun gave instructions to the dealer in Mandarin to organize the cards in some way that may help Ivey track certain cards.
Ivey is mostly a high roller gambler who has won and lost millions playing poker, craps, and betting on sports but that is the primary time he's been accused of gaining an "unfair" advantage.
It's not the primary time that a casino has sued Ivey for giant wins on account of edge-sorting, however. In 2012 Crockford's casino within the U.K. sued Ivey for $11.7 million in an almost identical case with defective cards also playing a large role if so as well.
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