Poker star sues Crockfords for £7.7m

News Richard Spearman QC 3rd October 2014

Richard Spearman QC is acting for Phil Ivey, who has been described as “arguably the best poker player in the world”, in his claim for over £7.7m derived from playing Punto Banco, a form of Baccarat, at Crockfords Club in Mayfair over two days in August 2012. It is common ground that Phil Ivey used a technique known as “edge-sorting”. The central issue in the case is whether this is a legitimate form of “advantage play”, as Phil Ivey contends, or whether, as Crockfords contends, it constitutes cheating. The trial began before Mitting J on 2 October and is due to last a week.

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