Live poker players can come out of hiding now because the four robbers from the EPT Berlin robbery have been nabbed. Berlin police arrested the suspects a few days ago after one of the suspects – the mysterious “Mohammed B” – was busted and forced to rat out his fellow partners.
After Mohammed B sold out his partners in crime, Mustafa Ucarkus, Ahmad el-Awayti, and Jihad Khaled Chetwie were all subsequently arrested. The team of robbers made off with an estimated €240,000, and could have had a lot more had the idiots not dropped a bag of €500,000 while making their escape.
A spokesperson for the Berlin police department talked about the escape and the mastermind behind the crime when he said, “According to the current state of our investigation, the suspect is thought to have been the organizer. He also drove the getaway car.” The getaway car was said to have been a luxury Mercedes, which the criminals drove away in after sprinting through a nearby shopping mall.
Aside from dropping the bag full of cash while escaping, another mistake the robbers made was when one of them took their mask off. A security camera caught the back of their head and even a side profile at one point, which was key in apprehending the suspects.
The one player who benefited from all of the commotion was Kevin MacPhee who held his composure long enough to end up winning the EPT Berlin event. This win was not only good for around €1 million in prize money, but also for an appearance on the CBS Early Show where he discussed the whole ordeal.
Luckily people haven’t been scarred too much by the EPT event since plenty of top pros were among the 546 people who signed up for the EPT Snowfest tournament in Austria. Security is a little tighter now as well which always helps.