He's a force to reckon with when it comes to playing poker and other types of card games, but it looks like American poker pro Phil Ivey's good fortune did not work at Britain's Supreme Court - he lost a huge case this Wednesday (October 25) that rendered him unable from cashing in.
The British Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that Phil Ivey had managed to employ illegitimate methods to [...] Read more » Phil Ivey Loses British Court Battle Over £7.7 Million Winnings From London Casino
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And that wasnt the first court he lost about the specific case of course. And he still finds what he did legitimate according to the article.
Which casino is going to accept him as a baccarat player again? Even if they do, they will make sure to watch for all of his tricks. In other words he wont have the so called advantage, so why choosing to play again right?
I was sure that he would lose this court ..... of course a small chance he had but he was so small that probably it was not worth spending money on lawyers if many people knew that it was simply impossible to fight corporations ..... especially if several ships had been lost before
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this is very big amount and its now for 5 years and they now want to have judgment!it alaways problem when somebody want to take big amount from casino,they find some way to say that they had problem with machines and that somebody cheated!
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This man has lost a lot of money with this two casinos London Casino and Borgata. These many millions of dollars can weigh a lot in his career. I hope Phil Ivey not to be affected with his games and continue to play professional poker. Is a good player and can easily forget this period of his life.
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I kinda was rooting for him, not that I care a lot about his career or support him, but I would like to see casinos getting a kick in their arses and being forced to pay for their own mistakes, because this is just another of those scenarios where casino has screwed themselves, still they get away unhurt financially.
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he can easy earn this amount on few high stakes poker tournaments with rich people in asia,but problem is in casino,because when somebody take money from them,they want to find way to pay them and they will try to spend years and years on this!
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Yes I think too like some people say ih this forum post that phil ibey is bery good poker player and he can win more money from rich guys playing high stakes poker in asia or other place and this decision from court is not so dramatic to hom, of course big money, but he can earn more in poker
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Posted by Gerimantas: Yes I think too like some people say ih this forum post that phil ibey is bery good poker player and he can win more money from rich guys playing high stakes poker in asia or other place and this decision from court is not so dramatic to hom, of course big money, but he can earn more in poker
Gerimantas you are right. Phil Ivey is a great player, a professional and of course he will try to forget this episod of his life even if the amount of money is huge. Now he will try to play to recover from other games but needs huge stakes games. Ivey need to return in asia to recover this money.
