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Poker 'Phenom' Phil Ivey Sued By Casino Alleging $9.6 Million Card Cheating Scam

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Apr. 12 2014, Published 11:10 a.m. ET

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He's known as "The Phenom" because of his extraordinary mathematical and technical skills at the poker table, but now Phil Ivey is being called a cheat.

The Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa filed a federal against the World Series of Poker champion on Tuesday, the New York Post is reporting.  The casino is claiming Ivey and a cohort pulled in $9.6 million at its baccarat table using a banned tactic called "edge sorting" and they want their money back.

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Ivey, a nine-time World Series of Poker winner has often been compared to Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods  for being the best-ever competitor in his field, but this is not the first time he's been accused on cheating.

As Radar  eported, in 2012, a British casino accused him of cheating and refused to pay him over $11 million he'd won at their tables.  He filed suit against them last year and the case is still ongoing.

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Ivey's attorney has not yet responded to the Borgata lawsuit.

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