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The Borgata\u2019s lawsuit against Phil Ivey will be allowed to continue. (Image: pokerground.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Phil Ivey<\/a> may still ultimately come out on top against the Borgata in the lawsuit over the $9.6 million he won at baccarat using an edge sorting technique.<\/p>\n

But at least for now, a judge has said that the case has enough merit that it shouldn\u2019t be thrown out of court entirely, meaning the battle over those millions could go on for some time still.<\/p>\n

District Court Judge Noel Lawrence Hillman denied a motion from Ivey\u2019s lawyers to dismiss the charges against Ivey and fellow defendant Cheng Yin Sun, allowing the case to continue but giving few clues as to which side may have the upper hand in the legal battle.<\/p>\n

The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa alleges that Ivey cheated in a series of sessions in which he played baccarat at their casino, which includes charges of fraud, breach of contract and violations of RICO racketeering statutes.<\/p>\n

Ivey Used Edge Sorting to Beat Casino at Baccarat<\/b><\/h2>\n

The case concerns a dispute over four sessions of baccarat that Ivey played in 2012, during which he won the $9.6 million that the Borgata is now attempting to recover from him. Ivey used a technique known as edge sorting, in which he obtained conditions for the game where he was able to tell whether a card was high or low even when it was face down.<\/p>\n

That gave him an enormous advantage over the casino in a game where the house typically has a small edge.<\/p>\n

This was possible because one of the conditions involved using an eight-deck shoe made up of a specific type of Borgata playing cards: purple-backed cards manufactured by Gemaco. Unknown to the casino, this particular brand had backs that were not perfectly cut; when Ivey then asked the dealer to turn high cards 180 degrees, ostensibly for superstitious reasons, he was then able to distinguish those cards even face down.<\/p>\n

Ivey\u2019s Lawyers Claim Charges Should Be Heard by DGE<\/b><\/h2>\n

The Borgata<\/a> says that Ivey\u2019s suggestion that these conditions were desired because of superstition, rather than for the fact that they gave him an edge, this was a fraud that turned the sessions into an illegal gambling game that violated New Jersey\u2019s Casino Control Act. Ivey\u2019s lawyers said that this claim can only be resolved by the Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE), which has jurisdiction over such matters.<\/p>\n

Judge Hillman partially accepted this argument, saying that the Borgata must explain why the fraud-related charges shouldn\u2019t be taken to the DGE to be resolved.<\/p>\n

\u201cBorgata indicates that it reported defendants\u2019 alleged conduct to the DGE, but Borgata does not provide any other information on what transpired, if anything, before the DGE,\u201d the judge wrote. \u201cThus, the Court will deny Borgata\u2019s motion as a procedural matter, but the Court will order Borgata to show cause as to why the Court should not administratively terminate Borgata\u2019s breach of contract and related claims against Ivey.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Question Over Whether Casino Should Have Known Better<\/b><\/h2>\n

However, Judge Hillman also wrote that most of the charges should be allowed to continue, as should the Borgata\u2019s related case against Gemaco, which manufactured the imperfect cards. Still, even while making that declaration, he warned that there is a lingering question over whether the Borgata probably should have known something was up well before Ivey won his millions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is also the begged and largely ignored question inherent in Plaintiff\u2019s allegations of why the casino\u2026took so long to figure out the defendants\u2019 alleged scheme,\u201d he wrote. \u201cBut at this stage of the proceedings Borgata has pled plausible claims sounding in fraud. The Court will therefore allow the case, in addition to Borgata\u2019s claims against Gemaco, to proceed through discovery.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Phil Ivey may still ultimately come out on top against the Borgata in the lawsuit over the $9.6 million he won at baccarat using an edge sorting technique. 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