Zoes Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 BERLIN — A heavily armed group stormed a poker tournament in a German luxury hotel Saturday afternoon and made off with a jackpot, a police spokesman said. Several participants at the tournament in Berlin's Grand Hyatt hotel were slightly injured when they panicked and fled following the daring afternoon heist. 4 robbers in disguises forced employees to hand over money, and then managed to escape. Mueller declined to give details, including how much money the men got away with. The jackpot for the tournament stood at euro1 million ($1.36 million), according to a European Poker Tour Web site. The EPT confirmed the heist on the event's blog in an official statement, saying there had been "an armed robbery executed by six men." It was unclear why the number differed from the police count. The B.Z. daily quoted witnesses as saying that the robbers were armed with automatic weapons, machetes and hand grenades. A masked robber, pictured in red, is captured by a security guard (above and below) in the Grand Hyatt in Berlin. The guard was forced to let the attacker loose when another member of the gang threatened him with a machete "Get that fuckin' money up, son!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango 24 Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 saw this is in the news talk about going all out for the cash possibly one of the ballsiest stick ups ive seen in a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindle Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 gimme the loot gimme the loot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango 24 Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityonSMASH Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 george clooney is way to smart, theyll never catch him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuanie tuan Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 machetes and grenades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLU Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 i'm a little bit disappointed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 "They weren't playing with a full deck" said a police spokesperson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 A statement from one of the employees noted "I didn't want to hand over the jackpot but wasn't about to call their bluff" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soul vice Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFTpQLK3lOs So appropriate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritably Clean Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 One of the police officers stated, "I don't have a pun to go along with this," Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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