I used to hold the position that Phil got screwed, but upon reading the details, I've changed my mind. I mistakenly thought he could see flaws in certain cards and just remember the patterns. When you are purposely tricking the dealer into rearranging the direction of some of the cards so you can see the high and low cards, you are basically hustling. That's an entirely different thing. I can see how someone could still be on Ivey's side, but I'm not buying it. It's kind of like looking at someone's hole cards because they aren't sharp enough to cover them well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_sorting
