Phil Ivey Contests Borgata Request for His Baccarat Winnings

Phil IveyPhil Ivey formally contested theBorgata Casino’s request for the $9.6 million in baccarat winnings Ivey won from the casino in 2012, leading to a series of court sessions on edge-sorting, reported NorthJersey.com.

Borgata references the Golden Nugget gamblers, who, in 2015, gave back their $1.5 million in winnings in the same case, where hands were deemed “unauthorized” because a pre-shuffling error allowed players to notice a recurring pattern.

Ivey contends that because a federal judge found that he didn’t violate any rules, this case doesn’t necessarily apply or mean that Borgata should get its money back, according to NorthJersey.com.

While at Borgata, Ivey won 864 hands, lost 822…