Poker legend Phil Ivey would ordinarily have been ensconced in Las Vegas this battling it out at the World Series of Poker Main Event (WSOP) week. Instead, Ivey is in London, fighting his battle that is legal to £7.7 million ($10 million) in punto banco winnings from London’s tony Crockfords Casino, which he contests has been illegally withheld. The scenario reached London’s Supreme Court later last week.
Instead of playing for the $8.15 million top prize in this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event, poker pro Phil Ivey (seen here after winning the 2008 L.A. Poker Classic) is in London during the Supreme Court, fighting for $10 million which he claims is due him from Crockford’s. (Image: WPT)
The top-ranked player’s absence from the WSOP, while notable, is no longer the massive news it once might have been. In reality, since he won his last World Series bracelet in 2014, he’s only registered for three WSOP occasions.
But as yet, he is never missed the Main Event.
Ivey happens to be fighting the Crockford’s battle for 5 years, along with a case that is similar Atlantic City’s Borgata.
Edge-Sorting 101
Ivey and his accomplice Kelly Sun ‘won’ the contested sum in 2012 making use of a practice known as edge-sorting. This might be a technique in which a skilled player is able to spot tiny discrepancies in the patterns on the backs of playing cards. Ivey and Sun requested a certain type of Continuar lendo Poker Pro Phil Ivey Misses World number of Poker to Have their Day in UK Court