In some legal scuffling, Atlantic City’s Borgata casino has again told a New Jersey court that poker pro Phil Ivey cheated at baccarat bus using a technique known as “edge-sorting.”
The casino sued Ivey saying he used the technique to gain an edge at the casino’s baccarat tables in 2012 when Ivey and an associate won $9.6 million. Ivey has admitted that he used defects in the cards to read cards coming out of a shoe, but says the tactic is legal and the casino’s responsibility to prevent.
Ivey has both counter-sued the casino and filed a motion for summary judgment. Borgata is now filing a cross-motion for summary judgment against defendants Phil Ivey, Cheng Yin Sun, Gemaco Inc., and a “Jane Doe” Gemaco employee (the manufacturer of the cards), according to Flushdraw.com
The casino maintains in its new motion that “Defendants’ edge sorting scheme was a complex, premeditated, and fraudulent plan to obtain an unfair advantage in the game of Baccarat.”
