Raid / Robbery - EPT Berlin Poker - Live Shocking Video! - 6th of March 2010 - video

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Raid / Robbery - EPT Berlin Poker - Live Shocking Video! - 6th of March 2010 -

Published: 2010/03/06 by Damiaantjuh

Shocking Pictures: http://www.fuckhuiswerk.nl/robbery-ept-berlin.jpg http://www.fuckhuiswerk.nl/robbery-ept-berlin2.jpg http://www.fuckhuiswerk.nl/robbery-ept-berlin3.jpg http://www.fuckhuiswerk.nl/robbery-ept-berlin4.jpg http://www.fuckhuiswerk.nl/robbery-ept-berlin5.jpg http://www.fuckhuiswerk.nl/robbery-ept-berlin6.jpg The 2010 PokerStars.net EPT Berlin came to an abrupt halt in the action around 2:30 p.m. local time on Saturday when a group of armed men raided the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Berlin where the tournament is being held. The men were after money and no one was seriously injured in the incident. After a small group of people came running down the long hallway towards the media room upstairs on the second floor of the hotel in a stir of commotion, some of the members of the media walked the other way to see what was going on. It was soon noticed that two masked men were fighting with security guards at the opposite end of the hallway. One of the men broke free and began running down the hallway towards the media members with what looked to be some sort of weapon in his hand. He was wearing a black winter jacket and a black ski mask. The members of the media ran back to the media room where the group barricaded themselves behind the doors and stayed until things calmed down. On the other end of the hallway next to where the men and security were wrestling was the tournament ballroom and mass hysteria ensued. Sam Chartier recalled Johannes Strassmann bursting through the doors back into the room leap frogging chairs and tables and yelling in German. Although Chartier said he couldn't understand what Strassmann was saying, because of the language barrier, he noticed that everyone that did understand him went into panic move. Tables were flipped so people could bunker in behind them while chips flew all over the floor. Players, staff and media all in the ballroom took cover and then began frantically making their way to the back corner of the room where there was an exit. After about 15 minutes of mayhem around the tournament area, things began to settle down while the tournament room itself looked as if a tornado had whipped through it. Hundreds of players, staff and media were scattered in the lobby of the hotel and outside on the streets awaiting confirmation that things were safe. A few people had some minor bumps and bruises from the stampede of people that tried to exit the room, but no one was seriously injured. The rumors quickly swirled that five or six men armed with guns, knives and machetes raided the building in attempt to steal as much cash as they could. Whether or not this is all true, we don't know for sure yet. PokerStars released an official statement about the incident, which can be read below. "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 underway. If you have video footage or photographs that could help the police, please contact the EPT organizers as soon as possible." Security, police and the tournament staff worked to gets things squared away and attempt to resume all tournaments by 5:00 p.m. local time and you can find all coverage and latest news from the event on PokerNews. A police investigation is also underway. As a result, the participants for the €1,000 side event and ladies event had the option to get a refund due to the circumstances. The €1,000 side event has been cancelled while the ladies event is still in limbo.