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Poker Player's Laptop Mystery in Barcelona Hotel
TournamentsSeptember 8, 2013·1 min read

Poker Player's Laptop Mystery in Barcelona Hotel


In a bizarre turn of events, a poker player's laptop was repeatedly stolen and returned during a tournament in Barcelona. The incident began when Jeans, a participant in the European Poker Tour, returned to his hotel room after being eliminated from the tournament and found his laptop missing.

The laptop, a large and heavy Fujitsu Celsius, was nowhere to be found in the room. Jeans shared the room with his friend Henry, but Henry claimed he knew nothing about the laptop's disappearance. The hotel staff, including Laya, the customer service manager, were alerted to the incident and began an investigation.

Despite the hotel's assurances and the involvement of PokerStars' IT specialists, the mystery deepened. Jeans and Henry received suspicious phone calls, including one offering a taxi to the airport and another proposing to send girls to their room. The unsettling events led the players to believe that someone within the hotel staff might be involved.

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