Mayfair Casino witholding Ivey's winnings

[Marky147]

Looks like Ivey went on a spin up and they didn't fancy weighing him in.....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2213888/World-s-number-poker-player-wins-7-3m-nights--London-casino-REFUSES-pay-launches-internal-inquiry.html

[mondatoo]

His mother, Pamela Ivey, who lives in Las Vegas, said: ‘He never mentioned it.

It can’t have been very important to him, or  I think he’d have mentioned it.’

Just LOL!

[Discostu]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2213888/World-s-number-poker-player-wins-7-3m-nights--London-casino-REFUSES-pay-launches-internal-inquiry.html

[SuuPRlim]

Ivey bangs a casino for 8figures US$ over a short space of time.

Sure that's never happened before.

[gouty]

This is a massive story, Mainly as Genting are the owners and are massive in UK casinos.

Hit n run players are exactly what layers dont want but 7.3m at 150k a hand is heater and a half over 7 hours.

I would imagine he will be their sponsored pro and shareholder shortly.

All stinks a bit really but if gambling commisssion are involved it cannot be a PR stunt.

[Ant040689]

or is he just that lucky?

[Waz1892]

Why no reason as to why thru are with holding it? After interviews they've ruled out collusion so what could it be?

[LIONRAMPANT]

Looks like Ivey went on a spin up and they didn't fancy weighing him in.....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2213888/World-s-number-poker-player-wins-7-3m-nights--London-casino-REFUSES-pay-launches-internal-inquiry.html

WAl

[kukushkin88]

This is the Daily Mail, if the Leveson enquiry taught us anything it´s that this is almost certainly completely made up.

[doubleup]

This is the Daily Mail, if the Leveson enquiry taught us anything it´s that this is almost certainly completely made up.

doubt that - they would get sued till their eyes popped out.

Can't see what possible grounds they have to refuse paying.  The only way to cheat in punto banco would be to completely rig the deck or have staff pay out on losers, neither of which seems plausible.

[Simon Galloway]

There are other ways to cheat at punto banco.

[doubleup]

There are other ways to cheat at punto banco.

enlighten me

[kinboshi]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2213888/World-s-number-poker-player-wins-7-3m-nights--London-casino-REFUSES-pay-launches-internal-inquiry.html

 

Yes, but how much did he lose?

[Simon Galloway]

There are other ways to cheat at punto banco.

enlighten me

You are going to have to take me word for it for now   But trust me, do not take bets that there aren't other ways to play it as a +EV game.  FWIW, I 100% don't think Ivey will have been doing this.

[ScottMGee]

Can't see what possible grounds they have to refuse paying.

i can see 7.3 million reasons.

Having worked briefly as a croupier I would say casino staff have about as much understanding of the odds / probability / luck as the average punter*. Hence I suspect their default position is - How can he have won that much? Thats impossible he must be cheating!

*One pit boss was consistently telling me to change the speed I was spinning the ball "so it hits a different number"