But Ivey's chip lead was simply too much to handle ... The buy-in for the event was $25,000 attracting 112 players. It was the first poker tournament to take place at the Casino de Monte-Carlo.

One of the world's top poker players, Phil Ivey, has lost a Supreme Court bid to reclaim £7.7m of winnings withheld by a London casino for five years. The American was challenging a Court of ...