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Earlier this year, masked gunmen robbed the EPT Berlin tournament series. The robbers, who were later identified, were able go make off with over $300,000 from the EPT Berlin tournament funds. Apparently, immediately after making off with the money the criminals divided it amongst themselves and went their separate ways. This is not to say that they wouldn’t meet up again, but later it would be in much less desirable conditions behind a view of metal bars. The four robbers were identified by police and their pictures were released to the public. Names of the criminals were also released as …

As if there weren’t already enough players moving to online poker and looking to collect rakeback money, the EPT Berlin incident where four armed gunmen stormed the Grand Hyatt Berlin and took over $250,000 of the prize money forced a whole lot more player into Internet poker.  Luckily though, live poker tournament players can feel a little safer now since police have arrested suspects that are connected with the crime. Berlin police say they have the mastermind behind the crime and he is a 28 year-old Lebanese man.  A spokesperson for the police department said, “According to the current state …

Apparently there aren’t enough rakeback deals going around in online poker so people are resorting to robbing live poker tournaments to make money.  Four armed gunmen stormed the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Berlin, Germany the other weekend in pursuit of the €1.36 million prize pool that was up for grabs in the European Poker Tour Berlin tournament. The robbers broke up the €5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event as they ran into the ballroom.  At least one of the men had a gun and another was holding a machete when they interrupted one of Europe’s biggest live poker tournaments.  When they …