Poker pro robbed in Barcelona Hotel?

The long-time poker pro, Tapio Vihakas posted on the twoplustwo forum about the incident, happened earlier this year, at the Partypoker LIVE Millions in Barcelona.

Tapio has more than $260,000 in live tournament earnings, he even made the cash two times at Barcelona, finishing 201st at the €1,100 Opening event for €2,700 and 81st in the €10,300 Grand Final for €30,000.

The long-time poker pro from Finnland posted on the 8th of May on twoplustwo, as “PikkuHUMPPA”. He claims €2,000 to be missing, he kept in the pocket of his laptop-case, in his hotel room. Read the full story below:

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This is not the first time poker players experience shady activity in the hotel while playing in Barcelona. Back in 2013, high-stakes PLO pro, Jens Kyllönen got his laptop hacked.

Even though most forum members agreed with the Tapio, some were criticizing him for staying in a hotel with such a bad reputation and being irresponsible to keep large sums of cash in a hotel room.

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Partypoker got in contact with Vihakas, the incident is currently under investigation by the site.

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