In March, Phil Ivey (pictured) was deposed in a case involving alleged edge-sorting at Borgata in Atlantic City. The casino sued Ivey for almost $10 millionand, in turn, Ivey counter-sued Borgata. PokerNews managed to obtain a portion of the deposition, which took place in March.

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Borgata filed suit against Ivey in April 2014, calling his actions in baccarat “premeditated, practiced, and intricate.” His sessions at Borgata occurred in 2012 and involved a private area where he could play, a dealer who spoke Mandarin Chinese, the ability to bring a guest, one deck of purple cards from Gemaco, and an automatic shuffler.

According to the deposition, no one from Borgata asked any questions about Ivey’s demands. The 10-time bracelet winner said, “I played multiple hours and they never asked me to stop or never asked me what I was doing, what was my strategy.” All told, Ivey won $9.6 million at baccarat, allegedly by taking advantage of imperfections in the deck, using a colleague to ask the dealer to turn certain cards.

Ivey suggested that in order to avoid getting swindled in the future, Borgata (pictured) should use a CSM machine, explaining, “It’s a continuous dealing machine where… the cards just get reused and reused but they change the order or something. I’m not sure exactly how the cards work. I just know… we don’t have a way of beating it.”

Ivey also added that simply changing the decks out would also solve the issue. As he put it, if Borgata or any other casino did not want to invest in CSM technology, “A cheap thing they could have done is just not reuse the same deck… That’s the easiest way to protect yourself.”

Some of the deposition that PokerNews posted centered on Borgata’s cocktail waitresses. Ivey called them the “prettiest waitresses in town” and said he had an “unlimited budget” for alcohol. All the while, he was playing baccarat for five- and six-figures a hand.

You might also recall that Ivey won £7.3 million at Crockfords Casino in London (pictured) playing a game called punto banco. The casino alleges he used the same tacticsas he did at Borgata. Crockfords withheld payment and Ivey sued.

In October 2014, a judge ruled against Ivey, dismissing the Crockfords case and leading Ivey to appeal. Ivey said at the time, “I’m obviously disappointed with this judge’s decision. As I said in court, it is not my nature to cheat and I would never do anything to risk my reputation.”

In the deposition, an update on the Crockfords legal action was also given. Ivey relayed, “We appealed and we got granted the right to appeal the case… We have a new trial in December, which is very difficult to get appeal over there. It’s very tough. Once you lose a case… it’s usually done with.”

We’ll keep you posted on the latest.

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