Phil Ivey countersues Borgata in edge-sorting case
Another twist in the $9.6 million case as Ivey turns the tables on the casino that is suing him.
Ivey is claiming that the Casino destroyed the evidence he needed to defend himself against them. The countersuit alleges that the pack of Gemaco cards that were used when he and Cheng Yin Sun teamed up at the Borgata were destroyed.
This pack was needed, he claims, to prove there were known defects on the cards that would allow his detection skills to help him turn a profit. Ivey claims that the Borgata also knew about the defects, but allowed him to play anyway, which led to him winning close to $10 million.
Ivey is using the countersuit to get the Borgata's case to be dismissed on the grounds of being frivolous, as well as to claim compensatory damages.
The card manufacturer Gemaco are a co-defendant in this case, but not part of the countersuit.
Last year Phil Ivey lost a £7.7 million case against London's Crockfords Casino after a similar edge-sorting incident.
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