Phil Ivey hasn’t folded his edge sorting case in the UK.
Ivey is still seeking $12.4 million that he feels he is owed by Genting Crockfords London. The casino charged that Ivey cheated through a technique kwon as edge-sorting and shouldn’t have to pay. A UK court ruled in favor of the casino, saying the edge-sorting gave Ivey an edge over the house he was not entitled too.
The suit stems from 2012. Edge-sorting allowed Ivey and a partner to exploit design flaws in the cards while playing baccarat and arrange them in a way that he could identify cards coming out of a shoe.
“I can confirm that Phil Ivey filed papers at the Court of Appeal last week,” said Ivey’s lawyer Matthew Dowd to Card Player Magazine. “Phil is seeking to appeal the decision on the basis that the judge was incorrect in both fact and law to conclude that “edge-sorting” was cheating, particularly in circumstances where the judge made it very clear in his judgment that he considered Phil to be a truthful witness and that he accepted that Phil genuinely believes that his actions during the game at Crockfords did not constitute cheating.”
Ivey faces similar charges in the U.S. in a case where he used edge-sorting to win $9.6 million at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City New Jersey.
