High Drama at German Poker Tournament; Armed Robbers Steal $1.1 Million
Did you see what happened in Germany recently?
When armed robbers hit a Berlin hotel where a poker tournament was happening and stole $1.1 million?
If you go to UTube, you can see a video of the robbery. Much of it was actually caught on tape.
One report said the gang – armed with assault rifles and hand grenades – made off with the tournament jackpot of 800,000 euros ($1.1m; £726,000).
Several people were injured.
It happened during a five day tournament.
About 1,000 people were in the tournament.
“Several masked, armed individuals entered the Grand Hyatt Hotel and fled with a haul of money,” police spokeswoman Heidi Vogt said.
One participant, Tobias Reinkemeier, told the BBC that there was panic when the robbers broke in.
“We didn’t know what was going on. Then there was panic and everyone jumped underneath tables before they tried to escape through the emergency exit.”
Officials said most of the injuries were caused by panic.
The tournament – organised by the European Poker Tour (EPT) – resumed about four hours after the attack, German media reported.
As more news develops about the perps (as the cops say), we’ll let you know.
I hope they nab the bastards.
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Posted on March 9, 2010 by doclotto | Filed Under Analysis, Culture, German, Poker, Poker Players
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State of Play: Will Florida OK Online Poker?
Could it be that someday…and perhaps soon… online poker will be legal?
Fact is…amazing things happen legislatively, when states are up tight for revenue. Obviously, legislators HATE to raise taxes.
Those who do lose their jobs, eventually.
So what is to be done? Tax gambling.
Well OK… here is what is going down.
A federal court (last year) said it’s OK for states to individually legalize online gambling.
[Note: any law passed would probably be fought in court by do-gooders...but at least it will be a start.]
Florida may be the next in line to give it a shot, and we say…AWESOME.
A Fla. Rep. named Joe Abruzzo has introduced legislation entitled the Internet Poker Consumer Protection and Revenue Generation Act of 2010.
Florida has been contemplating their gambling laws for some time.
Make no mistake. This is about money. Lots of money. And Florida wants some of it.
Abruzzo’s legislation would put stringent regulations in place. Not only will players be required to be 21 or older, but crime and money laundering is meant to be prevented.
A tax rate of 20 percent of the poker room’s gross win has been proposed.
We’ll see what happens.
As I said… this is all about Florida needing the revenue. So it might actually happen.
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Posted on March 4, 2010 by doclotto | Filed Under Culture, Online Poker
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Charity Poker Tournament Raises $100,000 for the Homeless
Here’s a good news story.
Country superstar LeAnn Rimes and boyfriend Eddie Cibrian hit a charity poker tournament this past weekend.
It wasn’t highly publicized, but it should have been.
$100,000 was raised for a good cause. Helping the homeless.
It was the eighth annual World Poker Tour Invitational, which benefits a group called Chrysalis. This, at the Commerce Casino.
Kudos to LeAnn for not wanting to make a big deal of this.
Rimes, it should be noted, never left Cibrian’s side, standing by her man as he played in the tournament.
She wasn’t the only celebrity there.
Others were Eric Dane, Teri (Desperate Housewives) Hatcher, Jenny McCarthy, and Balthazar Getty.
A good time was had, apparently, by all.
And for a good cause.
Ain’t it nice to see something like this?
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Posted on February 24, 2010 by doclotto | Filed Under Celebrity, Poker
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