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Four Berlin Poker Robbers Convicted

Sentences of Nearly Four Years For Four Robbers Convicted of EPT Berlin Robbery But Cash Still Missing

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Four EPT Berlin robbers convictedFour men were today convicted of the European Poker Tour Berlin heist in March.

The robbery was dramatically captured by attending media and the gang got away with €242,000, most of which is still missing.

The three youngest thieves, all under 21, received three-and-a-half years in prison while the a 21-year-old who handed himself in received three years and nine months in jail.

The four men staged the raid at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Berlin while EPT Berlin was underway, armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles, grenades and machetes according to Sky News. Seven people were injured in the fracas.

It is believed less than €4,000 of the money has been recovered so far.