
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.
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.
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