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Dramatic Event in Online Casino Poker

The land and online casino poker gambling industries are pretty sedate when it comes to major news about violence and robberies – in fact, the poker scandals at Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker were the last major news. But in a dramatic development during this week’s Berlin Poker Tour, thieves attempted a major robbery while the major poker tourney was taking place at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. The tournament is the largest annual poker tourney of its kind in Germany and frequently features top land and online casino poker players from even beyond Germany. The dramatic robbery was completely caught on camera since the event was streaming live through a number of major web sites for poker enthusiasts.

The robbers were masked and entered the Grand Hyatt with huge machetes and pistols – using just those weapons they blazed through the casino taking all of the visible cash. The goal was likely to take the full Euro 3.68 million prize pool of the Berlin Poker Tour. In actuality the thieves only managed to leave with a much more conservative Euro 100,000 to Euro 300,000 – the final amount has not yet been confirmed by the casino. Online viewers watched the drama unfold and much of the footage is still available for viewing for those interested.

There were, thankfully, only a handful of injuries resulting from the thugs robbery attempt and several of those were security guards who attempted to stop the robbery as it progressed. One security guard actually almost unmasked one of the robbers, but was stopped in his efforts when an accomplice beat the guard and then ran off. The investigation is well underway and the Poker Tour will likely resume once the drama dies down and the investigators clear the scene.