Violent robbery during EPT Barcelona

November 26, 2010 - admin - No Comments

Poker players are a great target for thieves and criminals. Most professional players carry loads of cash and often times like to show off a bit as well. After the violent robbery during the European Poker Tour in Berlin, last night during the EPT stop in Barcelona again a violent incident took place involving the up-and-coming pro’s William Reynolds, Carter Philips, Kevin Stani and Kayvan Payman.

The winner of the EPT Barcelona from last season Carter Philips, was on a night out with Kevin Stani, Kayvan Payman and Pokerstars pro William Reynolds in the city of Barcelona. A friend of Reynolds wrote down Reynolds version of the story on TwoPlusTwo:

“Carter Phillips, Kevin Stani, Kayvan Payman, and I had puffing some sisha at a live music and hookah lounge right down the way in the marina. I’d been working on a few of my dance moves and we were shootin the **** for a few hours while drinking some beers. At about 6am we’d had enough and Kayvan pays the bill. We all walk outside n Kayvans about 10 meters ahead of me when 3 guys all quickly surround him n use their barcelona pick pocketing skills to slide 4000 euro out of his pockets with out him immediately noticing. He checked his pocket as these guys start to run away down into a subway entrance.

We try to pursue but they pull security gates down behind them that can’t be lifted back up. Right near the entrance to that subway there was a restaraunt that had a large window and two workers had closed up shop but were still inside. We banged on the window to get their attention but they couldn’t speak english. Payman became frustrated and punched the window and ran around the corner. I turned back around to attempt to open up the security gates one more time but it won’t budge. As I begin walking forward and out of this little enclosed area I’m in the two workers come around the corner: 1 is holding a frying pan and the other is holding an 18in machete. I’m like wow these guys really want to help us.

Carter Philips liked it better in Barcelona last year
I approach the man with the machete attempting to talk a mix of simple english and spanish when all of a sudden he comes at me with a Steven Segal kick straight to my chest that connects. He than begins to assume the role of Zorro and starts thrusting the blade directly at my heart with his first attempt making the smallest of contact. While he is doing this I am not trying to fight back and just continue to move back with my hands up in the air reaching for the sky in this little enclosed spot. At the same time the man with the frying pan is trying to crack Payman’s skull. The two guys we were trying to get help from end up causing more harm than the robbers. This entire time my eyes are fixated on this crazy spaniard and his machete. Eventually the 2 realize we are not trying to fight back and go back inside their locked store.

That is almost how I was carved like a turkey on thanksgiving. The end.”

Pretty serious story. Philips posted on his Facebook after the incident: “I’d like to make this announcement that I am 95% sure that I am officially done with poker. more details to come. in the process of writing out a lengthy explanation to release to the poker community shortly.” Let’s hope poker players will be more careful after this and security around poker tournaments will be increased. Up to this point organizer of the tournament Pokerstars have not responded to the incident.

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