Sascha Manns is already well known as a regular of The Festival Series and really needs no introduction, but we thought we’d do it anyway.
Sascha defeated Belorussian Siarhei Narozhny after a fairly short heads up encounter for €8,788, but to be fair, the result was never in doubt. Last night Sascha narrowly missed out on the 8-Game title and returned this afternoon, still in the zone and determined to finally get a trophy.
There was definitely no horsing about today. He was one of the fifteen players from 46 starters who returned for the second and final day of the championship. Manns took the chip lead early on in the day and never looked back, but refusing to count his chickens before they were hatched, he remained fully zoned in on the goal.
Although the points haven’t been calculated, with a win and a second place finish, Manns is surely now at the top of the unofficial Player of the Series leaderboard.
Congratulations once again to The King of Malta*, who is now also the King of Kings here in Rozvadov. Which country will he conquer next?
| Position | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sascha Manns** | Germany | € 8,788 |
| 2 | Siarhei Narozhny | Belarus | € 6,056 |
| 3 | David Reiber | Germany | € 3,859 |
| 4 | Peter Emil Reck | Germany | € 2,791 |
| 5 | Craig Cooper | United Kingdom | € 2,256 |
*A few years ago Portomaso Casino in Malta held a few editions of a tournament called the King of Malta. Sascha won the second edition and reigned for two years, until Lawrence Bonnici took his crown in 2019. Sascha narrowly missed defending his crown, finishing 3rd in that edition, but you know what, if they ever do revive that tournament, it’s a certainty that Sascha will return to try and reclaim his kingdom and show his loyal poker subjects that he’s still the one wearing the ermin.
P.S. The player who came second in the King of Malta tournament to Sascha was none other than The Hendon Mob’s Roland Boothby.
P.P.S. Antoine Degiorgio claims he was the original King of Malta, but there's no record of him assuming the Malta poker throne on The Hendon Mob database.
P.P.P.S. It would be rude not to mention Giulio Spampinato, who was also a King of Malta and to add that on that occasion, Roland Boothby was also the runner up. Close, but no sceptre.
