Video: Berlin poker heist robbers play for high stakes

The ‘Ocean’s Eleven’-style raid was carried out in front of media and thousands of online fans

LAST UPDATED AT 11:01 ON Mon 8 Mar 2010

An audacious raid saw four masked men invade the German leg of the European Poker Tour in Berlin on Saturday afternoon - in front of players, the gambling press well as tens of thousands of poker fans watching online.

The men, who were armed with handguns and a machete, reportedly remain at large following the high-stakes raid. They allegedly made off with more than £700,000 in cash.

The robbers made their get-away from the Grand Hyatt Berlin by fleeing through an adjoining shopping centre. ·