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European Poker Tour Berlin Hit In Robbery
Submitted by Luckylizzy on Mon, 2010-03-08 13:08
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The PokerStars European Poker Tour was the victim of a robbery Saturday afternoon. Just after 2 p.m. the first ever EPT Berlin event was raided by six armed men who stormed the Grand Hyatt Berlin and made off with an undisclosed amount of money.
Berlin tabloid B.Z. claims that the robbers made off with as much as €800,000 before running off into a crowd of pedestrians in the nearby Potsdamer Platz Arcades. Though no guards were seriously injured the paper also claims as many as eight security personnel suffered minor injuries from the incident.
Following the event PokerStars released the following statement:
"An armed robbery by 5-6 men took place today at EPT Berlin. Nobody was seriously injured. We hope to restart all events at 4 p.m. local time. A police investigation is underway. If you have video footage or photographs that could help the police, please contact the EPT organizers as soon as possible."
As of the time that this article was written no arrests have been made. Authorities are counting on tips from people who may have a clue as to the true identity of the individuals involved. If you have any information please contact EPT organizers or Berlin authorities immediately.
Already video footage of the theft has begun to surface online. The following clip was taken from a bystander at the scene. http://www.pokershark.com/board/showthread.php?p=409#post409
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