{"id":20699,"date":"2013-05-08T08:57:31","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T08:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?p=20699"},"modified":"2013-05-08T08:57:31","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T08:57:31","slug":"phil-ivey-sues-crockfords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/phil-ivey-sues-crockfords\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Ivey sues Crockfords"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14062\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?attachment_id=14062\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14062\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14062\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14062\" title=\"crockfords\" src=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/crockfords-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crockfords to be sued by Poker Ace<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Phil Ivey is taking legal\u00a0action against Crockfords Casino in Mayfair for allegedly withholding money he won playing punto banco last August. The American poker ace is believed to be the world\u2019s sixth-highest earner from punto banco tournaments, amassing winnings of $14.6m (\u00a39m).<\/p>\n<p>Ivey said he was \u201cdeeply saddened\u201d to file a writ at the High Court but he had been left with no alternative. He continued: \u201cOver the years, I have won and lost substantial sums at Crockfords and I have always honoured my commitments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the time, I was given a receipt for my winnings but Crockfords subsequently withheld payment. I therefore feel I have no alternative but to take legal action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ivey who is 35, was with a female companion last August when he started a winning run at the table and over two days of gaming, he \u00a0is thought to have ended his first night \u00a32.3m ahead, rising to \u00a37.3m by the end of the second night. But bosses as the casino which is owned by gaming giant Genting, allegedly withheld his winnings and opened an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The Independent understands that investigators have flown to London from Kuala Lumpur to interview staff \u2013 including a croupier working on the nights Mr Ivey played \u2013 and to review surveillance video footage and examine the cards used.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ivey\u2019s lawyer, Matthew Dowd of Archerfield Partners, said: \u201cIt is with great regret that Phil has been forced to issue court proceedings against Crockfords to secure payment of his winnings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phil Ivey is taking legal action against Crockfords Casino in Mayfair for allegedly withholding money he won playing punto banco last August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-20699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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