Poker pro, friend must repay $10.1M to Borgata in cards case
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Poker pro Phil Ivey and a companion must return more than $10 million they won from an Atlantic City casino while playing cards that were arranged in a certain way to give the players an edge.
A federal judge had previously ruled Ivey and companion player Cheng Yin Sun didn't meet their obligation to follow gambling regulations on four occasions in 2012 by having a dealer at the Borgata arrange Baccarat cards so they could tell what kind of card was coming next.
Last week the judge ordered the pair to return $10.1 million to the casino.
The Borgata claimed the pair exploited a defect in cards that enabled them to sort and arrange good cards. But Ivey asserts his win was simply the result of skill and good observation.
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