Press release from PokerStars:An armed robbery by six men took place today at EPT Berlin. Nobody was seriously injured. We hope to re-start all events at 4pm local time. A police investigation is under way. If you have video footage or photographs that could help the police, please contact the EPT organizers as soon as possible.According to German media, the robbers managed to get away with at lea[...] Read more » Breaking News: Armed Robbery at EPT Berlin (Video & Pictures)
Joined: Jun '09
Location: France
Age: 43 (M)
Posts: 670
Hello everybody! is clearly incredible story. But predictable as much money and so little security too tempting for thieves. It is much easier than banks. Coming very soon, new post lol!
Joined: May '09
Location: India
Age: 37 (M)
Posts: 4873
well its really a very sick incident and horror for the organisers and the casino where it was taking place. they should hav proper security for such big events so that these things don't happen again.
Joined: Aug '09
Location: Portugal
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 411
Posted by MANUEDO: Unbelieveble: I was following it on an italian blog and I was astonished to read this news. Only one question: sholudn't have been guaranteed players safety ??
Millions of dollars and i didn´t see security. I watch the images and it was really sick
Joined: Oct '09
Location: Lithuania
Age: 43 (M)
Posts: 2805
not 1-st time they use it dont forgot in Malta couple weeks ago now there so they start scary us so they must dont have real money in the real game just who win the tour must all moneys send to bank account because the same situation can easy be repeated in future good luck all
Joined: Dec '09
Location: Canada
Age: 62 (M)
Posts: 344
wow we can say that their are pretty intelligent cause where a big amount of money can be rob bank casino and poker tournament but the tournament was not in a casino if it was in a casino that was not possible
Joined: Feb '10
Location: Finland
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 1248
Wow. Amazing that THIS kind of events does not have a full security measures! Best players all over the world , millions in tables and this is how they are secured ! Very poor
Joined: Oct '09
Location: Germany
Age: 40 (M)
Posts: 6
The one securityman they had was phenomenal. The police now got one of them. Its the one who was hold by the security guy. He gave himself up the police.