Poker Pro Phil Ivey Misses World group of Poker to own their Day in British Court

Poker legend Phil Ivey would ordinarily have been ensconced in Las Vegas this week, battling it out during the World Series of Poker Main Event (WSOP). 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 truth reached London’s Supreme Court week that is late last.
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 right here after winning the 2008 L.A. Poker Classic) is in London during the Supreme Court, fighting for $10 million from Crockford’s that he says is due him. (Image: WPT)
The top-ranked player’s absence from the WSOP, while notable, is no longer the massive news it once could have been. In fact, since he won his last World Series bracelet in 2014, he’s just registered for three WSOP events.
But until now, he is never missed the Main Event.
Ivey has been fighting the Crockford’s battle for 5 years, and also a case that is similar Atlantic City’s Borgata.
Edge-Sorting 101
Ivey and his accomplice Kelly Sun ’won’ the contested sum in 2012 using a training known as edge-sorting. This is a technique when a skilled player is in a position to spot tiny discrepancies in the patterns on the backs of playing cards. Ivey and Sun requested a particular kind of Ge