A live poker tournament in Germany was robbed by four heavily armed men who fled with part of the jackpot of the tournament. Saturday at 4:10 pm, four men (some sources speak of six men) wearing black motorcycle helmets invaded the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Berlin, here they held the cashier at gunpoint and threatened visitors and staff with a machette. The men managed to take a yet unknown amount of money from the poker jackpot. Eight people were slightly injured during the robbery, including seven players and spectators of the poker tournament who tried to flee. A security guard of the hotel managed to briefly seize one of the robbers, making him drop a bag of money, but the robber was helped by his buddy’s and they were able to flee. The hotel employee was slightly injured after he managed to grab the robber. The Berlin poker event is part of the EPT (European Poker Tour). The EPT started in August last year and includes 13 events with a finale in Monte Carlo. The jackpot of the tournament stood at € 1 million, according to several sources the robbers managed to take around 200,000 euros (£ 180.000). The robbers were able to escape with the poker online jackpot by fleeing in a busy shopping center, here they were able to get away with a getaway car which was waiting for them. A spokesman for the EPT said that future games of the EPT poker tournament will continue as planned, but with better security.
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