The Hills are alive: SPT marches on as locals vote with their feet

The South Australian poker scene was given another huge boost with the Southern Poker Tour (SPT)’s “Havoc in the Hills” series run and won in Hahndorf last weekend.

Following on from the success of the Matchroom and APLPT series in Adelaide last month, the locals came out in force for the SPT’s latest venture, headlined by Andrew Wohlfart, Col Birt, Steven Spear and Luke Brogan.

It was a particularly lucrative series for the Royal Poker Club’s Jerry Zhang, who took down the 6-Max Shootout after cashing in both the High Roller and Super High Roller Events to edge out Roman Priplotski for the SPT Hahndorf Player of the Series, but Priplotski certainly wasn’t going home empty-handed, bagging his first major title in the Super High Roller before finishing runner-up to Russell McDonald in the High Roller on Sunday.

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SPT HAHNDORF SUPER HIGH ROLLER ($1,200 buy-in, 35 entries, five players paid)*

Place	Name	State	Prize
1st	Roman Priplotski	SA	$15,500*
2nd	Darren Forrest	SA	$9,000*
3rd	Amin Chehade	SA	$5,500*
4th	Jerry Zhang	SA	$4,000*
5th	Stephen Bee	SA	$1,150*

However, it was Morgan Lavoillotte who bested a field of 258 runners to win $11,000 in prize money in the Main Event, cutting a deal with Valeric Leikas heads-up before finishing him off in one hand, with his 5♥5♦ turning a full house against Leikas’ A♦J♦ on a board of 5♣3♥7♣3♦4♦.

SPT HAHNDORF MAIN EVENT – FINAL TABLE RESULTS ($200 buy-in, 258 entries, 25 players paid)

Place	Name	State	Prize
1st	Morgan Lavoillotte	SA	$11,000*
2nd	Valeric Leikas	SA	$8,000*
3rd	Jason Larcombe	SA	$4,000
4th	Nick Tyler	SA	$3,000
5th	Paul Macera	SA	$2,500
6th	Col Birt	SA	$2,000
7th	Shane Voelkel	SA	$1,500
8th	Lesley Singleton	SA	$1,000
9th	Hayden Barnes	SA	$850

And in other results, Jack McLoughlin won the Opening Event, while Peter Niarhos took out the $100 Freezeout.  Travis Patching and Clinton Wehrmann shipped the Tag Team Event before Cesare Nudo went all the way in the Big Bounty to close out the series.

SPT’s Mick Sparrow was “absolutely thrilled” with the overall turnout, which helped exceed the estimated $150,000 in total prize pools and made all the more impressive given there was no interstate presence due to COVID restrictions.

“We believe that with the support and growth we’ve had this series, especially with the borders closed, that the SPT is now arguably the number one choice for SA players to attend,” he said.

The SPT will make its return to the SA/VIC border region later this year with the second instalment of the Riverland Rumble, taking place at the Berri Hotel Resort from October 28-31.

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For more information, including full results and images from the “Havoc in the Hills” series, follow the Southern Poker Tour on Facebook or log onto www.southernpokertour.com.au.