Panic was part of the 2010 PokerStars.net European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin this Saturday at approximately 4:00 p.m. local time, when a group of armed men broke into the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Berlin where the tournament is being held. Robbers were apparently after money, but there are still no reports on whether they succeeded
More than 22 players were in the event during the incident, most of them ran when they realized the covered face armed men entered the building; luckily there are no reports of serious injuries.
PokerStars organizers released an official statement - “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.”
Side events 1000 Euro NLHE and Ladies Event were cancelled and PokerStars offered all players refunds to the players registered in such events.
Staff will try to restart the tournament by 6 p.m. after they finish the process of verifying chip counts.
Police is asking for photographs and videos of the event that may help them with the investigation.
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