Originally Posted by insidemanpoker

The original thread had a lack of info in the beginning which makes it hard to sift through.

Here is the story:

Official Stars 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 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."



from bz-berlin homepage
Cinematic assault on the Potsdamer Platz. Several masked men who attacked on Saturday, the Berlin luxury hotel "Hyatt". They had it in for the millions jackpot of celebrity guests poker tournament. According to BZ-in information for the perpetrators have seized up to 800,000 euros. Total 1 Milion Euro were at the tournament today in the pot.

If the attack is to first information security men were injured in the tournament. Of eight victims is mentioned. According to witnesses, were issued with a so-called pump-action shotgun shots. There are six to eight offenders have broken into the hotel, they were said to be armed with Kalashnikovs and hand grenades, have threatened to ignite the grenade.

In the tournament at the Nobel Hotel is high gambled since Tuesday. The winning prize is one million euros. And Boris Becker (millions of poker with Becker and Naujoks) Mit dabei waren, which is already eliminated from the tournament, as are the defending champions from Berlin, Sandra Naujoks (tournament: Sandra Naujoks out already).


eyewitness Claudia Sommerey:

"Ich bin dann in den Vorraum gegangen und habe drei maskierte Männer gesehen, die mit Gewehren bewaffnet waren und auf die Anmeldung zugestürmt sind",
"Die Security-Mitarbeiter haben dann versucht, die Männer mit den Absperrungen in Schach zu halten"
"Ich hörte nur, wie jemand 'runter, runter' rief, dann habe ich mich unter einen der Tische gelegt. Im Vorraum waren da immer noch Geräusche von Auseinandersetzungen zu hören."
"Leider war ich fünf Minuten in der Warteschleife des Notrufs"

google translation:
"I then went into the hall and saw three masked men, armed with rifles and are rushed on the application, "
"The security staff then tried to keep the men with the fences at bay"
"I just heard someone 'shouted down, down', then I put myself under one of the tables. In the hall there were still hear sounds of conflict."
"Unfortunately, I had five minutes on hold the emergency call"
(german) Source:
http://www.spiegel.de/sport/sonst/0,1518,682151,00.html



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfoTT_5bxWM

http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportblade...icle6732009.ab



Cliffs: EPT Berlin raided by 5-8 masked gunment. Current estimate 1mil Euros stolen. No one seriously injured.

Originally Posted by Happystacka

Man that reminded me of a thread about armed robbers where they stormed a casino and shouted this is a robbery and some security guards shouted no its not and opened fire, one of the more epic tales i've read on here.

and oh yeah cool story bro etc

Originally Posted by Keyser112

wtf? updates!