After Phil Ivey lost the battle that pitted him and gambling partner Cheung Yin “Kelly” Sun against Atlantic City’s Borgata, he was ordered to cough up the more than $10 million he had won playing Baccarat at the casino. Needless to say, he’s been a little more than a little hesitant to make restitution and his lawyers have argued that paying such a massive sum would cause the poker pro irreparable harm. While that debate is still being worked out, the Borgata has decided to find new channels to make Ivey pay up.

CardPlayer reported last week that the Borgata has entered a cross-appeal against Ivey in the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The appeal requests that the original case, the one that claimed Ivey owed the casino for edge-sorting, be reinstated completely. In other words, the original demands made by the casino and the restitution sought would need to be covered.

This doesn’t paint a good picture for Ivey. USPoker indicates that Ivey could have to pay as much as $30 million, which was what was requested in the original lawsuit. That amount was designed to cover damages incurred by the casino, as well as legal fees.

VegasSlotsOnline reports that the Borgata is also looking to approach the matter from a different angle. It says that the casino wants to reconstruct Ivey’s baccarat hands in an attempt to collect their value. Ivey had played around 1,800 and Borgata brass estimate that the rake could have been as much as $5.4 million.