Poker pro Phil Ivey accused of cheating by Atlantic City casino..
A little something not necessarily magic related… but interesting. It does involve a deck of cards though… From CBS News…
Phil Ivey calls himself “the greatest poker player of all time,” but a casino in Atlantic City has accused him of being something else: a cheat.
In a lawsuit, the Borgata claims Ivey pocketed more than $9.6 million by cheating at baccarat, the card game made famous by James Bond where the object is to pick the hand with the value closest to nine.
As a well-known poker pro who has won nine World Series of Poker bracelets and nearly $22 million in prize money, Phil Ivey was allowed to make a lot of requests. When he visited the Borgata in 2012, he requested a private pit, a particular set of playing cards and an automatic shuffler. Initially the hotel was happy to oblige the gambler, but now the casino thinks he made those requests just so he could cheat, reports CBS News correspondent Vinita Nair…