Leaderboards
All-time IPA records for teams and players, from every season since 2019.
Championships
Most IPA championships
2020–21, 2021–22
- 2Boston University2019–201
- 2Columbia Law2022–231
- 2Waterloo2024–251
- 2Cambridge2025–261
Most playoff appearances
- 1Georgia Tech4
- 1Yale4
- 4Cambridge3
- 4Cornell3
- 4Michigan3
- 4Oxford3
- 4Vanderbilt3
Most seasons in the IPA
every season
Best average group finish (3+ seasons)
Georgia Tech1.50
- 2Oxford1.67
- 3Cambridge2.00
- 3Columbia Law2.00
- 3Pomona2.00
Career records
Most tables played
- 2Neal Kapoor (Columbia Law)24
- 3Joshua Stotzky (Michigan / Vanderbilt)20
- 3Kevin Wu (Pomona)20
- 5Ethan Mandelbaum (Columbia Law)19
Most tables won
- 2Joshua Stotzky (Michigan / Vanderbilt)8
- 3Harrison Emery (Cambridge)7
- 3Andrew Hollett (Tufts)7
- 3Jonathan Tam (Oxford)7
Best average finish (min. 10 tables)
Tiannan Zhang (Carnegie Mellon)1.82
- 2Andrew Hollett (Tufts)1.94
- 3Camran Lateef (Brown)2.00
- 4Matthew Wang (Waterloo)2.09
- 5Eric Jiang (Waterloo)2.27
Most top-3 finishes
- 2Neal Kapoor (Columbia Law)17
- 3Joshua Stotzky (Michigan / Vanderbilt)15
- 3Kevin Wu (Pomona)15
- 3Andrew Hollett (Tufts)15
Longest winning streak (tables)
2021–22
- 2Sunny Wang (Penn)2025–264
- 2Kaiwen Xu (Waterloo)2025–264
- 2Flavius Vlasiu (Oxford)2021–224
- 2Zhenglun Gavin Wu (Illinois)2025–264
Most consecutive top-3 finishes
2021–22 to 2022–23
- 2Joshua Stotzky (Michigan / Vanderbilt)2020–21 to 2022–2311
- 3Tiannan Zhang (Carnegie Mellon)2024–25 to 2025–2610
- 4Nathaniel Cohen-Goh (Auckland)2021–229
- 5Andrew Hollett (Tufts)2022–238
Most seasons played
Most playoff appearances
Most Finals appearances
Andrew Reed (Brown)2
- 1Donnie Sahyouni (Brown)2
- 1Liam Skinner (Brown)2
- 1Ronnie Strode (Brown)2
- 1Brandon Kwan (Waterloo)2
Most eliminations (“bounties”)
- 2Jonathan Tam (Oxford)21
- 3Andrew Hollett (Tufts)19
- 3Harrison Emery (Cambridge)19
- 3Toby Hirsch (Penn)19
Most hands played
Justin Shiao (Georgia Tech)1989
- 2Kevin Wu (Pomona)1905
- 3Kiran Rebholz (Oxford)1778
- 4Joshua Stotzky (Michigan / Vanderbilt)1691
- 5Neal Kapoor (Columbia Law)1625
Single-season records
Most tables won in a season
2021–22
- 1Joshua Stotzky (Vanderbilt)2021–226
- 3Tiannan Zhang (Carnegie Mellon)2024–255
- 3Charlie Welch (Harvard)2022–235
- 3Camran Lateef (Brown)2021–225
Most tables played in a season
2024–25
- 1Neal Kapoor (Columbia Law)2022–2310
- 1Tiannan Zhang (Carnegie Mellon)2024–2510
- 4Aaron Chen (Harvard)2020–219
- 4Alain Rossier (Oxford)2022–239
Most hands played in a season
Nathaniel Cohen-Goh (Auckland)1262
2021–22
- 2Kiran Rebholz (Oxford)2022–231087
- 3Kevin Wu (Pomona)2021–221068
- 4Richard Zhou (Oxford)2022–231065
- 5Charlie Welch (Harvard)2022–231057
Team records
Most table wins in a season
2022–23
- 2Vanderbilt2021–2216
- 3Cambridge2025–2615
- 3Pomona2022–2315
- 3Penn2025–2615
Most table wins in one match
2022–23, Match 5
- 2Brown2021–22, Match 54
- 2Cambridge2025–26 Finals, Match 14
- 2Carnegie Mellon2022–23 Playoffs, Match 24
- 2Columbia Law2022–23 Playoffs, Match 34
Highest team match score
2022–23, Match 5
- 2Manchester2022–23, Match 567
- 3Vanderbilt2022–23, Match 565
- 4WashU2025–26, Match 561
- 5Vanderbilt2024–25, Match 558
Biggest margin of victory in a match
Georgia Tech+46
2022–23, Match 5 · 75 to 29 vs Columbia Law
- 2Manchester2022–23, Match 5 · 67 to 31 vs Indiana+35
- 3BU2025–26 Challenger, Match 2 · 56 to 28 vs Toronto+28
- 3Vanderbilt2022–23, Match 5 · 65 to 37 vs BU+28
- 5Vanderbilt2022–23, Match 4 · 51 to 29 vs BU+22
Most regular-season points
WashU229
2025–26
- 2Vanderbilt2022–23226
- 3Illinois2025–26 Challenger222
- 4Imperial2025–26219
- 4Pomona2022–23219
Perfect attendance (no empty seats)
Columbia Law100%
2020–21 to 2022–23
- 1Georgia Tech2021–22 to 2024–25100%
- 1Pomona2020–21 to 2022–23100%
- 1Vanderbilt2021–22 to 2024–25100%
- 1Tufts2021–22 to 2024–25100%
Game records
Most hands in one game
2021–22, Match 1 · 86 min
- 2Renee Hong (MIT)2024–25, Match 4 · 81 min269
- 3Alvin Zou (Harvard)2022–23, Match 5 · 102 min255
- 5Jonathan Pry (Columbia Law)2021–22 Playoffs, Match 3 · 91 min238
Longest game (minutes)
Arnau Puig (Imperial)137
2021–22, Match 1 · 208 hands, 137 min
- 2Qinghua Liu (Princeton)2021–22, Match 1 · 186 hands, 127 min127
- 2Alain Rossier (Oxford)2021–22, Match 2 · 213 hands, 127 min127
- 4Maxwell Chengming Guo (Georgia Tech)2021–22, Match 1 · 156 hands, 125 min125
- 5Kenan Patel (Illinois)2021–22, Match 1 · 224 hands, 125 min125
Shortest game (hands)
2025–26, Match 2 · 40 hands, 45 min
- 2Justin Shiao (Georgia Tech)2022–23, Match 5 · 48 hands, 46 min48
- 3Jeremy Luo (Vanderbilt)2024–25, Match 2 · 50 hands, 43 min50
- 4Richard Zhang (Boston College)2025–26, Match 3 · 51 hands, 46 min51
- 5Christopher Schober (Penn)2022–23, Match 2 · 52 hands, 61 min52
Longest heads-up battle (hands)
Justin Wong (Imperial) vs Ryan Shimizu (British Columbia)219 hands
2021–22, Match 1
- 2Lawrence Hickford (Warwick) vs Arnav Bhakta (Yale)2025–26, Match 5201 hands
- 3Seyane Sivarakulan (Cambridge) vs Arnav Bhakta (Yale)2025–26 Playoffs, Match 1181 hands
- 4Renee Hong (MIT) vs Brendan LaFrenier (Michigan)2024–25, Match 4176 hands
- 5Ethan Mandelbaum (Columbia Law) vs Jennifer Luo (Waterloo)2022–23 Playoffs, Match 2172 hands
Longest heads-up battle (minutes)
Lawrence Hickford (Warwick) vs Arnav Bhakta (Yale)68.7 min
2025–26, Match 5
- 2Rishabh Ghosh (Harvard) vs Justin Shiao (Georgia Tech)2022–23 Playoffs, Match 265.1 min
- 3Connor Flynn (UCLA) vs Patrick Smith (Illinois)2025–26 Challenger, Match 364.9 min
- 4Andrew Chen (UCLA) vs Patrick Smith (Illinois)2025–26 Challenger, Match 259.6 min
- 5Seyane Sivarakulan (Cambridge) vs Arnav Bhakta (Yale)2025–26 Playoffs, Match 157.5 min
Most eliminations in one game
2024–25, Match 2
- 1Shane Pike (Illinois)2021–22, Match 36
- 3Aidan Post (Georgetown)2021–22, Match 45
- 3Albie Vock (Manchester)2021–22, Match 35
- 3Alexander Huang (NYU)2025–26, Match 15
Most hands won in one game
Joshua Stotzky (Vanderbilt)157
2021–22 Playoffs, Match 3
- 2Justin Wong (Imperial)2021–22, Match 1144
- 3Spencer Cheung (Northeastern)2022–23, Match 3138
- 4Brendan LaFrenier (Michigan)2024–25, Match 4131
- 5Seyane Sivarakulan (Cambridge)2025–26 Playoffs, Match 1121
Most all-ins survived in one game
2021–22, Match 4
- 2Peter Robertson (Waterloo)2021–22, Match 135
- 3Ryan Shimizu (British Columbia)2021–22, Match 134
- 4Joshua Zheng (Waterloo)2025–26 Playoffs, Match 128
- 5Jacob Matten (Brown)2025–26, Match 327
Longest survival as the short stack
Joseph Galicot (WashU)94 hands
2025–26 Playoffs, Match 1
- 2Vedant Jaiswal (BU)2021–22, Match 287 hands
- 3Andy Tan (Cornell)2021–22, Match 286 hands
- 4Vimal Kamath (Cambridge)2024–25 Playoffs, Match 275 hands
- 5Braden Pollack (Northwestern)2025–26, Match 474 hands
Biggest pot (big blinds)
2024–25, Match 2 · 6102 chips
- 2Allen He (Johns Hopkins)2024–25, Match 4 · 6006 chips300.3
- 4Patrick Smith (Illinois)2025–26 Challenger, Match 2 · 6597 chips at blinds 15/30219.9
- 5Isaac Blue (Penn)2021–22, Match 2 · 4320 chips216.0
Biggest single-hand win (big blinds)
2024–25, Match 2
- 2Allen He (Johns Hopkins)2024–25, Match 4200.3
- 3Isaac Blue (Penn)2021–22, Match 2115.2
- 4Kevin Park (Pomona)2022–23 Playoffs, Match 2113.0
- 5Joseph Galicot (WashU)2025–26, Match 2112.3
Biggest comeback to win a table
Maysa Barandish (UC Berkeley)1.3% of chips
2024–25, Match 2
- 2Tharun Raviendran (UNC)2025–26, Match 52.43% of chips
- 3Aidan Chen (Harvey Mudd)2025–26, Match 42.99% of chips
- 4Conrad Crakes (Penn)2022–23, Match 33.47% of chips
- 5Evan Merzon (Duke)2025–26, Match 43.53% of chips
Luck and big hands
Biggest suckout
Dylan LaBorwit (Emory)2.3%
2024–25, Match 4 · 4♣ 6♣ vs 7♣ 10♣
- 2Henry Berkemeier (Chicago Booth)2022–23, Match 2 · Q♥ 9♣ vs K♠ K♣2.4%
- 3Christos Iason Enotiadis (UC San Diego)2025–26 Challenger, Match 2 · 6♣ 6♥ vs 10♥ Q♥4.5%
- 3Pranav Reddy (UC San Diego)2022–23, Match 1 · J♥ J♦ vs Q♣ K♠4.5%
- 3Thomas Schreck (Wake Forest)2025–26, Match 2 · A♠ A♦ vs 10♦ 10♠4.5%
Luckiest all-ins (wins above expected)
Justin Shiao (Georgia Tech)+9.27
- 2Jonathan Tam (Oxford)+8.15
- 3Ryan Shimizu (British Columbia)+7.72
- 4Sungho Moon (Yale)+5.96
- 5Filippo Cirilli (Bocconi)+5.84
Unluckiest all-ins (wins below expected)
Mathew Seng (Georgia Tech)−6.94
- 2Trey Skidmore (Yale)−6.11
- 3Malcom Schiltz (Occidental)−4.4
- 4Yashika Gupta (Chicago Booth)−3.87
- 5Phoenix Taku (Auckland)−3.65
Most four-of-a-kinds shown
- 2David Huang (UNSW)2
- 2Jonathan Tam (Oxford)2
- 2Niles Lo (Tufts)2
- 2Tiannan Zhang (Carnegie Mellon)2
Royal flushes
2022–23, Match 4
- 1Luke Wang (Harvey Mudd)2025–26, Match 2royal flush
- 1Saatvik Sejpal (Harvey Mudd)2021–22, Match 2royal flush
Playing style
Loosest (VPIP)
Santiago Quintero (Columbia)55.1%
- 2Flavius Vlasiu (Oxford)51.7%
- 3Mark Arkun (McGill)51.0%
- 4Richard Zhang (Boston College)50.2%
- 5Richard Zhou (Oxford)50.0%
Tightest (VPIP)
Megha Maran (MIT)16.7%
- 2Ryan Dong (Colgate)19.9%
- 3Grace Yu (McGill)20.4%
- 4Ty Katz (WashU)21.7%
- 5Jonathan Pry (Columbia Law)21.8%
Most preflop raises (PFR)
- 2Jeremy Luo (Vanderbilt)37.2%
- 3Sean Griffin (Georgetown)34.8%
- 4Flavius Vlasiu (Oxford)34.0%
- 5Camran Lateef (Brown)33.5%
Fewest preflop raises (PFR)
- 2Grace Yu (McGill)3.3%
- 3Yashika Gupta (Chicago Booth)3.5%
- 4Luke Goodinson-Paradis (Tulane)4.4%
- 5Anthony Iorillo (WashU)5.7%
Most 3-bets
- 2Jeremy Luo (Vanderbilt)20.2%
- 3Benjamin Fredrickson (NYU)19.6%
- 4Sishir Yarlagadda (WashU)18.8%
- 5Yujin Choi (Imperial)18.3%
Most aggressive (aggression factor)
Solomon Olshin (Pomona)4.39
- 2Richard Zhou (Oxford)3.94
- 3Jeremy Luo (Vanderbilt)3.08
- 4Santiago Quintero (Columbia)3.04
- 5Kevin Wu (Pomona)3.03
Most all-ins (per 100 hands)
Connor Ray (Indiana)10.71
- 2Thanawitch Chatbipho (Warwick)8.98
- 3Christopher Jackson (Georgia Tech)8.56
- 4Benjamin Fredrickson (NYU)7.88
- 5Tomas Hernandez (Penn)7.74
Most showdowns (% of flops)
Christopher Jackson (Georgia Tech)49.1%
- 2Sungho Moon (Yale)46.6%
- 3Robert Wachsmann (McGill)45.7%
- 4Loghan Kerr (Northeastern)45.0%
- 5James Sohigian (Duke)44.7%
Hand records for 2025–26 don’t include Playoffs Matches 2 and 3, which have no saved hand histories.
Team
Players
Most tables won
9 tables
- 1Justin Shiao (Georgia Tech)7 tables4
- 1Rowan Goranson (Boston College)7 tables4
- 1Sunny Wang (Penn)7 tables4
- 1Kaiwen Xu (Waterloo)6 tables4
Most top-3 finishes
9 tables
- 1Hongwoo Choi (Cambridge)9 tables8
- 3Harrison Emery (Cambridge)9 tables7
- 3Alexander Chen (Warwick)8 tables7
- 3Leo Li (Penn)8 tables7
Best average finish (min. 3 tables)
Filippo Cirilli (Bocconi)1.00
3 tables
- 2Zhenglun Gavin Wu (Illinois)5 tables1.40
- 3Kaiwen Xu (Waterloo)6 tables1.50
- 3Kerry Zhao (Penn)6 tables1.50
- 3Chaelsey Park (Penn)4 tables1.50
Most points
9 tables
- 2Zhenglun Gavin Wu (Illinois)5 tables65
- 3Hongwoo Choi (Cambridge)9 tables60
- 4Mason Yuh (Virginia)8 tables59
- 5Ajay Bagaria (Cornell)8 tables58
Longest winning streak (tables)
Sunny Wang (Penn)4
Match 3 to Playoffs, Match 2
- 1Kaiwen Xu (Waterloo)Match 3 to Playoffs, Match 24
- 1Zhenglun Gavin Wu (Illinois)Challenger, Match 1 to Challenger, Match 44
- 4Rowan Goranson (Boston College)Match 5 to Playoffs, Match 23
- 4Sagun Venuganti (Virginia)Wildcard to Playoffs, Match 33
Most tables played
Most consecutive top-3 finishes
- 1Leo Li (Penn)7
- 1Joseph Galicot (WashU)7
- 1Noah Baker (Wake Forest)7
- 1Sunny Wang (Penn)7
Hand records
Most eliminations
- 2Justin Shiao (Georgia Tech)12
- 3Filippo Cirilli (Bocconi)11
- 4Finnegan Lamb (Dartmouth)10
- 4Joseph Greca (Michigan)10
Most hands played
Hongwoo Choi (Cambridge)762
- 2Emrah Omerovic (WashU)735
- 3Finnegan Lamb (Dartmouth)729
- 4Joseph Greca (Michigan)722
- 5Jones Dickerson (UC Berkeley)706
Longest game
Hayden Ballard (BU)109 min
Challenger, Match 3 · 216 hands
- 2Christian Gensbigler (Dartmouth)Match 1 · 122 hands108 min
- 3Anuj Sakarda (Yale)Match 1 · 128 hands103 min
- 4Kenneth Luo (Toronto)Challenger, Match 3 · 210 hands102 min
- 5Andre Richardson (Dartmouth)Wildcard · 178 hands100 min
Biggest pot
Patrick Smith (Illinois)219.9 BB
Challenger, Match 2 · 6597 chips
- 2Joseph Galicot (WashU)Match 2 · 4246 chips212.3 BB
- 3Anish Devineni (UNC)Match 1 · 4204 chips210.2 BB
- 4Peter Gao (Waterloo)Match 2 · 4092 chips204.6 BB
- 4Soo Hyun Lee (Carnegie Mellon)Match 1 · 4092 chips204.6 BB
Biggest suckout
Challenger, Match 2 · 6♣ 6♥ vs 10♥ Q♥
- 1Thomas Schreck (Wake Forest)Match 2 · A♠ A♦ vs 10♦ 10♠4.5%
- 3Tiannan Zhang (Carnegie Mellon)Match 3 · A♣ K♦ vs A♥ A♦6.9%
- 4Liam Chau (Carnegie Mellon)Match 3 · A♥ J♠ vs A♣ A♠7.2%
- 5Luke Wang (Harvey Mudd)Match 1 · 8♦ 8♣ vs A♦ A♣8.4%
Loosest (VPIP), min. 300 hands
Santiago Quintero (Columbia)55.1%
361 hands
- 2Richard Zhang (Boston College)448 hands50.2%
- 3Leo Li (Penn)536 hands46.3%
- 4Aris Hatzistefanis (NYU)394 hands45.7%
- 5Emir Canga (Boston College)346 hands44.8%
Tightest (VPIP), min. 300 hands
Jacob Hartman (UNC)18.0%
361 hands
- 2Ryan Dong (Colgate)392 hands19.9%
- 3Ty Katz (WashU)313 hands21.7%
- 4Akshat Bhargava (Virginia)352 hands21.9%
- 5Yuli Lu (Wake Forest)473 hands22.0%
Most preflop raises (PFR), min. 300 hands
536 hands
- 2Sean Griffin (Georgetown)428 hands34.8%
- 3Harvey Wright (Colgate)317 hands32.5%
- 4Benjamin Fredrickson (NYU)368 hands31.0%
- 5Richard Zhang (Boston College)448 hands30.4%
Game records
Shortest game (hands)
Andy Xu (NYU)40
Match 2 · 40 hands, 45 min
- 2Richard Zhang (Boston College)Match 3 · 51 hands, 46 min51
- 3Nicholas DelFranco (Michigan)Match 5 · 60 hands, 34 min60
- 4Daryn Pham (Duke)Match 5 · 62 hands, 49 min62
- 5Ben Halvorson (Babson)Challenger, Match 1 · 64 hands, 50 min64
Longest heads-up battle (hands)
Lawrence Hickford (Warwick) vs Arnav Bhakta (Yale)201 hands
Match 5
- 2Seyane Sivarakulan (Cambridge) vs Arnav Bhakta (Yale)Playoffs, Match 1181 hands
- 3Tharun Raviendran (UNC) vs Tiannan Zhang (Carnegie Mellon)Match 4158 hands
- 4Connor Flynn (UCLA) vs Patrick Smith (Illinois)Challenger, Match 3143 hands
- 5Andrew Chen (UCLA) vs Nicholas Eskandari (UC San Diego)Challenger, Match 5142 hands
Longest heads-up battle (minutes)
Lawrence Hickford (Warwick) vs Arnav Bhakta (Yale)68.7 min
Match 5
- 2Connor Flynn (UCLA) vs Patrick Smith (Illinois)Challenger, Match 364.9 min
- 3Andrew Chen (UCLA) vs Patrick Smith (Illinois)Challenger, Match 259.6 min
- 4Seyane Sivarakulan (Cambridge) vs Arnav Bhakta (Yale)Playoffs, Match 157.5 min
- 5Tharun Raviendran (UNC) vs Tiannan Zhang (Carnegie Mellon)Match 455.4 min
Most eliminations in one game
Match 1
- 1Ben Halvorson (Babson)Challenger, Match 15
- 1Daryn Pham (Duke)Match 55
- 1Filippo Cirilli (Bocconi)Match 55
- 1Harrison Emery (Cambridge)Match 55
Most hands won in one game
Playoffs, Match 1
- 2Lawrence Hickford (Warwick)Match 5116
- 3Andrew Li (UT Austin)Challenger, Match 2114
- 4Arnav Bhakta (Yale)Match 5106
- 5Billy Zhang (Harvard)Match 3104
Most all-ins survived in one game
Joshua Zheng (Waterloo)28
Playoffs, Match 1
- 2Jacob Matten (Brown)Match 327
- 3Arnav Bhakta (Yale)Match 525
- 4Brendan Otani (WashU)Playoffs, Match 123
- 4Thanawitch Chatbipho (Warwick)Wildcard23
Longest survival as the short stack
Joseph Galicot (WashU)94 hands
Playoffs, Match 1
- 2Braden Pollack (Northwestern)Match 474 hands
- 3Ty Katz (WashU)Playoffs, Match 166 hands
- 4Ryan Dong (Colgate)Challenger, Match 363 hands
- 4Ty Katz (WashU)Match 463 hands
Biggest single-hand win (big blinds)
Joseph Galicot (WashU)112.3
Match 2
- 2Anish Devineni (UNC)Match 1110.8
- 2Patrick Smith (Illinois)Challenger, Match 2110.8
- 4Fernando Gomez (Boston College)Match 3109.8
- 5Soo Hyun Lee (Carnegie Mellon)Match 1106.0
Biggest comeback to win a table
Tharun Raviendran (UNC)2.43% of chips
Match 5
- 2Aidan Chen (Harvey Mudd)Match 42.99% of chips
- 3Evan Merzon (Duke)Match 43.53% of chips
- 4Kenneth Luo (Toronto)Challenger, Match 33.57% of chips
- 5Luke Ausel (Michigan)Match 54.14% of chips
Luck and big hands
Luckiest all-ins (wins above expected)
Filippo Cirilli (Bocconi)+5.84
- 2Rowan Goranson (Boston College)+3.92
- 3Sean Griffin (Georgetown)+2.86
- 4Albert Wei (Emory)+2.42
- 5Kenneth Luo (Toronto)+2.33
Unluckiest all-ins (wins below expected)
Artur Ostrovskiy (Warwick)−1.72
- 2Alexander Chen (Warwick)−1.14
- 3Miles Linde (USC)−0.47
- 4Marcus Mak (Emory)−0.22
- 5Emrah Omerovic (WashU)+0.08
Most four-of-a-kinds shown
- 1Alexander Chen (Warwick)1
- 1August Ahmed (BU)1
- 1Benson Wang (Yale)1
- 1Braden Pollack (Northwestern)1
Playing style
Fewest preflop raises (PFR)
- 2Mark DeMonte (Duke)3.2%
- 3Brendan Otani (WashU)9.1%
- 4Santiago Quintero (Columbia)9.7%
- 5Ty Katz (WashU)10.5%
Most 3-bets
- 2Benjamin Fredrickson (NYU)19.6%
- 3Sean Griffin (Georgetown)17.9%
- 4Yujin Choi (Imperial)17.8%
- 5Harvey Wright (Colgate)16.8%
Most aggressive (aggression factor)
Santiago Quintero (Columbia)3.04
- 2Richard Zhang (Boston College)2.71
- 3Hongwoo Choi (Cambridge)2.08
- 4Leo Li (Penn)1.81
- 5Aris Hatzistefanis (NYU)1.52
Most all-ins (per 100 hands)
Thanawitch Chatbipho (Warwick)9.54
- 2Benjamin Tao (Vanderbilt)8.25
- 3Jacob Matten (Brown)8.04
- 4Benjamin Fredrickson (NYU)7.88
- 5Justin Shiao (Georgia Tech)7.73
Most showdowns (% of flops)
Loghan Kerr (Northeastern)45.0%
- 2Jacob Matten (Brown)44.1%
- 3Justin Shiao (Georgia Tech)41.5%
- 4Kenneth Luo (Toronto)41.3%
- 5Harrison Emery (Cambridge)40.9%
Team
Final standings
WaterlooChampion
Finals · 27 pts
- 2Georgia TechFinals · 21 ptsRunner-up
- 3Carnegie MellonFinals · 13 pts3rd
- 4OxfordFinals · 9 pts4th
Most regular-season points
Vanderbilt199
- 2Northwestern191
- 3Virginia181
- 4Johns Hopkins178
- 5Georgia Tech175
Biggest match margin
MIT+21
Match 4 · 54 to 33 vs Penn
- 1OxfordMatch 1 · 55 to 34 vs Wake Forest+21
- 1VanderbiltMatch 5 · 58 to 37 vs Georgia Tech+21
- 4Carnegie MellonMatch 1 · 55 to 37 vs Georgia Tech+18
- 4MichiganMatch 1 · 52 to 34 vs Brown+18
Best attendance (seats filled)
Cambridge100%
45 of 45 seats
- 1Georgia Tech45 of 45 seats100%
- 1Wake Forest45 of 45 seats100%
- 1Northwestern40 of 40 seats100%
- 1Vanderbilt40 of 40 seats100%
Most table wins in one match
Playoffs, Match 1
- 2BrownPlayoffs, Match 13
- 2Carnegie MellonMatch 13
- 2Georgia TechPlayoffs, Match 23
- 2MITMatch 43
Players
Most tables won
10 tables
- 2Hari Desikan (Carnegie Mellon)10 tables4
- 2Harrison Emery (Cambridge)9 tables4
- 2Jeremy Luo (Vanderbilt)8 tables4
- 2Eli Feldman (Michigan)7 tables4
Most top-3 finishes
10 tables
- 2Robin Li (Carnegie Mellon)9 tables8
- 2Yuli Lu (Wake Forest)9 tables8
- 4Harrison Emery (Cambridge)9 tables7
- 4Thomas Schreck (Wake Forest)9 tables7
Best average finish (min. 3 tables)
Ariana Huang (Northwestern)1.00
3 tables
- 2You Sung (Daniel) Jun (Chicago)4 tables1.75
- 3Allen He (Johns Hopkins)6 tables1.83
- 3Jack Elliott (Brown)6 tables1.83
- 5Harrison Emery (Cambridge)9 tables2.00
Most points
10 tables
- 2Harrison Emery (Cambridge)9 tables76
- 3Hari Desikan (Carnegie Mellon)10 tables74
- 4Jeremy Luo (Vanderbilt)8 tables66
- 5Alexander Baek (Cornell)8 tables58
Longest winning streak (tables)
Match 5 to Playoffs, Match 1
- 1Jack Morris (Vanderbilt)Match 5 to Playoffs, Match 23
- 1Rahul Bangre (Waterloo)Playoffs, Match 1 to Finals3
- 1Allen He (Johns Hopkins)Match 1 to Match 43
- 1Ariana Huang (Northwestern)Match 4 to Playoffs, Match 13
Most tables played
Most consecutive top-3 finishes
Hand records
Most eliminations
Jeremy Luo (Vanderbilt)13
Most hands played
Robin Li (Carnegie Mellon)820
- 2Jeremy Luo (Vanderbilt)797
- 3Tiannan Zhang (Carnegie Mellon)794
- 4Calvin Cigna (Wake Forest)720
- 5Ryan Luo (Wake Forest)712
Longest game
Kunaal Agarwal (Virginia)117 min
Match 4 · 227 hands
- 2Maysa Barandish (UC Berkeley)Match 2 · 137 hands105 min
- 3Nemmo Ciccone (Virginia)Match 3 · 176 hands104 min
- 4Jack Deschenes (Princeton)Match 4 · 141 hands103 min
- 5Nathan Chen (MIT)Match 4 · 185 hands101 min
Biggest pot
Match 2 · 6102 chips
- 2Allen He (Johns Hopkins)Match 4 · 6006 chips300.3 BB
- 3Calvin Cigna (Wake Forest)Match 2 · 4020 chips201.0 BB
- 4Declan Zidar (Chicago Booth)Match 4 · 4004 chips200.2 BB
- 5Ashwin Tayur (Cornell)Playoffs, Match 2 · 3746 chips187.3 BB
Biggest suckout
Dylan LaBorwit (Emory)2.3%
Match 4 · 4♣ 6♣ vs 7♣ 10♣
- 2Jacqueline Fan (MIT)Match 2 · A♥ 7♠ vs A♦ A♠6.4%
- 3Ariana Huang (Northwestern)Playoffs, Match 1 · J♦ 9♣ vs J♠ J♥10.7%
- 4Nemmo Ciccone (Virginia)Match 3 · Q♣ K♠ vs A♦ A♣11.3%
- 5Karthik Shankar (Northwestern)Playoffs, Match 2 · 9♥ 10♥ vs J♥ Q♠11.4%
Loosest (VPIP), min. 300 hands
Jeremy Luo (Vanderbilt)49.9%
571 hands
- 2Justin Shiao (Georgia Tech)383 hands47.3%
- 3Neil Shah (Yale)322 hands44.7%
- 4Jack Morris (Vanderbilt)341 hands42.8%
- 5Ashwin Tayur (Cornell)318 hands42.8%
Tightest (VPIP), min. 300 hands
Yunke Zhao (Oxford)23.3%
395 hands
- 2Balthazar Munro (Bocconi)384 hands24.7%
- 3Raj Gosain (Johns Hopkins)483 hands25.9%
- 4Lawrence Wang (Johns Hopkins)381 hands26.2%
- 5Henry Burns (Tufts)392 hands26.3%
Most preflop raises (PFR), min. 300 hands
Jeremy Luo (Vanderbilt)37.7%
571 hands
- 2Justin Shiao (Georgia Tech)383 hands33.4%
- 3Jack Morris (Vanderbilt)341 hands31.4%
- 4Ashwin Tayur (Cornell)318 hands29.9%
- 5Zichong Zhang (Wake Forest)552 hands29.3%
Game records
Shortest game (hands)
Jeremy Luo (Vanderbilt)50
Match 2 · 50 hands, 43 min
- 2Timothy Bello (Northwestern)Match 2 · 61 hands, 52 min61
- 3Joshua Zheng (Waterloo)Match 3 · 62 hands, 63 min62
- 4Hugo Saint (Oxford)Match 2 · 74 hands, 60 min74
- 4Thomas Guo (MIT)Match 3 · 74 hands, 53 min74
Longest heads-up battle (hands)
Renee Hong (MIT) vs Brendan LaFrenier (Michigan)176 hands
Match 4
- 3Oliver Tu (Brown) vs Lawrence Wang (Johns Hopkins)Playoffs, Match 1127 hands
- 5Raj Gosain (Johns Hopkins) vs Jack Elliott (Brown)Playoffs, Match 2118 hands
Longest heads-up battle (minutes)
Oliver Tu (Brown) vs Lawrence Wang (Johns Hopkins)56.1 min
Playoffs, Match 1
- 2Justin Shiao (Georgia Tech) vs Ashwin Tayur (Cornell)Playoffs, Match 348.1 min
- 3Max Saito (Cornell) vs Ethan Kang (Cambridge)Playoffs, Match 346.0 min
- 4Micah Elwyn (Georgia Tech) vs Joseph Shimamoto (Vanderbilt)Match 544.6 min
- 5Jack Morris (Vanderbilt) vs Michael Lee (Cornell)Playoffs, Match 143.8 min
Most eliminations in one game
Match 2
- 2Giovanni Andrenelli (Bocconi)Match 55
- 2Thomas Guo (MIT)Match 35
- 2Welford Chen (UC Berkeley)Match 25
- 5Aahan Mehra (Tufts)Match 44
Most hands won in one game
Match 4
- 2Jack Elliott (Brown)Playoffs, Match 299
- 2Joshua Haidt (UNC)Match 499
- 2Renee Hong (MIT)Match 499
- 5Dylan LaBorwit (Emory)Match 493
Most all-ins survived in one game
Conor Patten (USC)20
Match 3
- 1Jack Deschenes (Princeton)Match 420
- 3Renee Hong (MIT)Match 418
- 3Vimal Kamath (Cambridge)Playoffs, Match 118
- 5Kunaal Agarwal (Virginia)Match 416
Longest survival as the short stack
Vimal Kamath (Cambridge)75 hands
Playoffs, Match 2
- 2Raj Gosain (Johns Hopkins)Playoffs, Match 372 hands
- 3Thomas Schreck (Wake Forest)Playoffs, Match 170 hands
- 4Naail Lakhani (MIT)Match 368 hands
- 5Benjamin Tao (Vanderbilt)Match 466 hands
Biggest single-hand win (big blinds)
Match 2
- 2Allen He (Johns Hopkins)Match 4200.3
- 3Calvin Cigna (Wake Forest)Match 2102.9
- 4Declan Zidar (Chicago Booth)Match 4102.0
Biggest comeback to win a table
Maysa Barandish (UC Berkeley)1.3% of chips
Match 2
- 2Jack O’Donnell (Princeton)Match 24.47% of chips
- 3Michael Chang (Wisconsin)Match 34.52% of chips
- 4Gil Shteyman (Carnegie Mellon)Match 44.6% of chips
- 5Tiger Che (Harvey Mudd)Match 44.94% of chips
Luck and big hands
Luckiest all-ins (wins above expected)
Robin Li (Carnegie Mellon)+1.26
- 2Vincent Guarnieri (Virginia)+1.23
- 3Jeremy Luo (Vanderbilt)+0.36
- 4Zichong Zhang (Wake Forest)−0.13
- 5Soo Hyun Lee (Carnegie Mellon)−0.23
Unluckiest all-ins (wins below expected)
Soo Hyun Lee (Carnegie Mellon)−0.23
- 2Zichong Zhang (Wake Forest)−0.13
- 3Jeremy Luo (Vanderbilt)+0.36
- 4Vincent Guarnieri (Virginia)+1.23
- 5Robin Li (Carnegie Mellon)+1.26
Most four-of-a-kinds shown
- 1Benjamin Goroshnik (UNC)1
- 1Dylan LaBorwit (Emory)1
- 1Eli Feldman (Michigan)1
- 1Eric Jiang (Waterloo)1
Playing style
Fewest preflop raises (PFR)
Wyatt Pereira (McGill)11.8%
- 2Joseph Greca (Michigan)15.6%
- 3Balthazar Munro (Bocconi)15.6%
- 4Ryan Zhao (McGill)16.0%
- 5Robert Wachsmann (McGill)16.5%
Most 3-bets
Jeremy Luo (Vanderbilt)20.8%
- 2Hugo Saint (Oxford)17.8%
- 3Matthew Lim (Oxford)17.4%
- 4Conor Patten (USC)16.3%
- 5Jack Morris (Vanderbilt)16.1%
Most aggressive (aggression factor)
Jeremy Luo (Vanderbilt)2.94
- 2Luke Freund (McGill)2.06
- 3Hari Desikan (Carnegie Mellon)1.94
- 4Soo Hyun Lee (Carnegie Mellon)1.85
- 5Aitegin Akmatbekov (Wisconsin)1.63
Most all-ins (per 100 hands)
Theo Kaubisch (Tufts)8.14
- 2Conor Patten (USC)7.52
- 3Vimal Kamath (Cambridge)5.77
- 4Balthazar Munro (Bocconi)5.73
- 5Oliver Tu (Brown)5.46
Most showdowns (% of flops)
Robert Wachsmann (McGill)47.3%
- 2Andrew Peterson (Wisconsin)44.1%
- 3Jeffrey Zhou (Yale)42.6%
- 4Tiannan Zhang (Carnegie Mellon)42.3%
- 5Justin Shiao (Georgia Tech)41.6%
Team
Final standings
Columbia LawChampion
Finals · 27 pts
- 2Georgia TechFinals · 23 ptsRunner-up
- 3USCFinals · 13 pts3rd
- 4PomonaFinals · 7 pts4th
Biggest match margin
Georgia Tech+46
Match 5 · 75 to 29 vs Columbia Law
- 2ManchesterMatch 5 · 67 to 31 vs Indiana+35
- 3VanderbiltMatch 5 · 65 to 37 vs BU+28
- 4VanderbiltMatch 4 · 51 to 29 vs BU+22
- 5PennMatch 1 · 51 to 31 vs UC San Diego+20
Highest team match score
Match 5
- 2ManchesterMatch 567
- 3VanderbiltMatch 565
- 4PomonaMatch 455
- 5VanderbiltMatch 254
Best attendance (seats filled)
Columbia Law100%
50 of 50 seats
- 1Harvard50 of 50 seats100%
- 1Oxford50 of 50 seats100%
- 1Georgia Tech45 of 45 seats100%
- 1Pomona45 of 45 seats100%
Most table wins in one match
Match 5
- 2Carnegie MellonPlayoffs, Match 24
- 2Columbia LawPlayoffs, Match 34
- 2Georgia TechPlayoffs, Match 14
- 2HarvardPlayoffs, Match 24
Players
Most tables won
9 tables
- 2Edward Gordon McDonald (Columbia Law)9 tables4
- 2Maxwell Chengming Guo (Georgia Tech)9 tables4
- 2Michael Bonaventura (Georgia Tech)9 tables4
- 2Gavin Heggie (Manchester)8 tables4
Most top-3 finishes
9 tables
- 1Andrew Hollett (Tufts)8 tables8
- 1Casey Rendall Sandalow (Columbia Law)8 tables8
- 1Gavin Heggie (Manchester)8 tables8
- 5Neal Kapoor (Columbia Law)10 tables7
Best average finish (min. 3 tables)
Christopher Drew (Victoria)1.33
3 tables
- 2Constantine Konstantinidis (Northwestern)4 tables1.50
- 3Thomas Dean (Vanderbilt)5 tables1.60
- 4Justin Shiao (Georgia Tech)7 tables1.71
- 5Adam Mahood (Waterloo)4 tables1.75
Most points
Charlie Welch (Harvard)75
9 tables
- 2Gavin Heggie (Manchester)8 tables66
- 3Andrew Hollett (Tufts)8 tables64
- 4Joseph Shimamoto (Vanderbilt)8 tables63
- 5Maxwell Chengming Guo (Georgia Tech)9 tables62
Longest winning streak (tables)
Match 4 to Playoffs, Match 1
- 1Justin Shiao (Georgia Tech)Match 3 to Playoffs, Match 23
- 1Shreyans Gupta (USC)Playoffs, Match 1 to Playoffs, Match 33
- 1Aidan Berkeley Wu (Pomona)Match 1 to Playoffs, Match 13
- 1Nicholas Johnston (Waterloo)Match 2 to Match 53
Most tables played
Most consecutive top-3 finishes
Hand records
Most eliminations
Charlie Welch (Harvard)14
- 1Erik Tkachenko (Emory)14
- 3Justin Shiao (Georgia Tech)13
- 4David Xu (Vanderbilt)11
- 4Gavin Heggie (Manchester)11
Most hands played
Kiran Rebholz (Oxford)1087
- 2Richard Zhou (Oxford)1065
- 3Charlie Welch (Harvard)1057
- 4David Xu (Vanderbilt)1021
- 5Erik Tkachenko (Emory)995
Longest game
Beau Gillam (Cornell)111 min
Match 1 · 191 hands
- 2Nicholas Johnston (Waterloo)Match 2 · 228 hands105 min
- 2Luke Goodinson-Paradis (Tulane)Match 3 · 213 hands105 min
- 4Justin Lenderman (USC)Match 2 · 191 hands104 min
- 4Jerry Han (Waterloo)Match 2 · 174 hands104 min
Biggest pot
Kevin Park (Pomona)212.8 BB
Playoffs, Match 2 · 4257 chips
- 2Rajan Gupta Shivaram (Pomona)Match 1 · 4238 chips211.9 BB
- 3Mathew Seng (Georgia Tech)Playoffs, Match 1 · 4214 chips210.7 BB
- 4Saatvik Sejpal (Harvey Mudd)Match 4 · 4104 chips205.2 BB
- 5Vedant Jaiswal (BU)Match 3 · 4094 chips204.7 BB
Biggest suckout
Match 2 · Q♥ 9♣ vs K♠ K♣
- 2Pranav Reddy (UC San Diego)Match 1 · J♥ J♦ vs Q♣ K♠4.5%
- 3Dylan Pardo (WashU)Match 1 · Q♦ K♥ vs 9♥ 9♦5.4%
- 4Sachin Bhasin (Emory)Match 5 · K♥ 9♦ vs K♦ K♠8.2%
- 5Maxwell Austin (Emory)Match 3 · A♠ K♠ vs A♦ A♣12.1%
Loosest (VPIP), min. 300 hands
Aidan Berkeley Wu (Pomona)61.2%
304 hands
- 2Mark Arkun (McGill)310 hands51.0%
- 3Richard Zhou (Oxford)836 hands50.0%
- 4Justin Shiao (Georgia Tech)354 hands48.6%
- 5Noah Lian (Emory)316 hands48.4%
Tightest (VPIP), min. 300 hands
Megha Maran (MIT)16.7%
634 hands
- 2Jonathan Pry (Columbia Law)847 hands19.5%
- 3Mathias Correia (Occidental)474 hands21.9%
- 4Ethan Raisner (Tufts)369 hands22.2%
- 5Jennifer Wang (MIT)305 hands22.3%
Most preflop raises (PFR), min. 300 hands
Gavin Heggie (Manchester)33.1%
641 hands
- 2Richard Zhou (Oxford)836 hands32.9%
- 3Christopher Rodriguez (Carnegie Mellon)554 hands32.5%
- 4Nicholas Jager (Indiana)477 hands31.7%
- 5John Wang (Carnegie Mellon)613 hands31.5%
Game records
Most hands in one game
Alvin Zou (Harvard)255
Match 5 · 102 min
- 2Christopher Rodriguez (Carnegie Mellon)Playoffs, Match 2 · 81 min234
- 3Nicholas Johnston (Waterloo)Match 2 · 105 min228
- 4Marshall Budin (Chicago Booth)Match 3 · 96 min227
- 4John Wang (Carnegie Mellon)Playoffs, Match 1 · 84 min227
Longest heads-up battle (hands)
Ethan Mandelbaum (Columbia Law) vs Jennifer Luo (Waterloo)172 hands
Playoffs, Match 2
- 2Marshall Budin (Chicago Booth) vs Spencer Cheung (Northeastern)Match 3166 hands
- 3Christopher Rodriguez (Carnegie Mellon) vs Rajan Gupta Shivaram (Pomona)Playoffs, Match 2130 hands
- 4Joshua Stotzky (Michigan / Vanderbilt) vs Oliver Crookenden (Tulane)Match 4123 hands
- 5Shreyans Gupta (USC) vs David Xu (Vanderbilt)Playoffs, Match 1122 hands
Longest heads-up battle (minutes)
Rishabh Ghosh (Harvard) vs Justin Shiao (Georgia Tech)65.1 min
Playoffs, Match 2
- 2Ethan Mandelbaum (Columbia Law) vs Jennifer Luo (Waterloo)Playoffs, Match 256.8 min
- 3Marshall Budin (Chicago Booth) vs Spencer Cheung (Northeastern)Match 349.4 min
- 4Edgar Wang (Yale) vs John Wang (Carnegie Mellon)Match 347.2 min
- 5Alvin Zou (Harvard) vs Justin Shiao (Georgia Tech)Playoffs, Match 343.5 min
Most eliminations in one game
Match 2
- 1Joseph Shimamoto (Vanderbilt)Match 15
- 1Rhys Edwards (Manchester)Match 35
- 1Richard Zhou (Oxford)Match 25
- 1Shiah Sarkowsky (Claremont McKenna)Match 25
Most hands won in one game
Match 3
- 2Nico Quadrini (Occidental)Tiebreaker114
- 3Rajan Gupta Shivaram (Pomona)Playoffs, Match 2112
- 4Alvin Zou (Harvard)Tiebreaker111
- 5Rishabh Ghosh (Harvard)Tiebreaker107
Most all-ins survived in one game
Match 1
- 2Kevin Wu (Pomona)Playoffs, Match 322
- 3Brian Li (Waterloo)Match 421
- 4Isaac Blue (Penn)Match 220
- 5Austin Zhu (Yale)Wildcard19
Biggest single-hand win (big blinds)
Kevin Park (Pomona)113.0
Playoffs, Match 2
- 2Rajan Gupta Shivaram (Pomona)Match 1111.9
- 3Mathew Seng (Georgia Tech)Playoffs, Match 1110.7
- 4Elliot Neal (Manchester)Match 5105.6
- 5Andy Tan (Cornell)Match 1105.2
Biggest comeback to win a table
Conrad Crakes (Penn)3.47% of chips
Match 3
- 2Michael Bonaventura (Georgia Tech)Match 53.56% of chips
- 3Thomas Dean (Vanderbilt)Match 44.17% of chips
- 4Kevin Wu (Pomona)Playoffs, Match 34.4% of chips
- 5James Leung (Yale)Playoffs, Match 34.46% of chips
Luck and big hands
Luckiest all-ins (wins above expected)
Justin Shiao (Georgia Tech)+5.16
- 2Sungho Moon (Yale)+4.31
- 3David Xu (Vanderbilt)+3.93
- 4Kevin Park (Pomona)+3.52
- 5Jonathan Pry (Columbia Law)+3.45
Unluckiest all-ins (wins below expected)
Mathew Seng (Georgia Tech)−6.1
- 2Trey Skidmore (Yale)−4.1
- 3Ioannis Stamoulis (Oxford)−3.28
- 4Casey Rendall Sandalow (Columbia Law)−2.84
- 5Nicholas Zemtzov (Harvey Mudd)−2.76
Most four-of-a-kinds shown
Playing style
Fewest preflop raises (PFR)
Yashika Gupta (Chicago Booth)1.9%
- 2Luke Goodinson-Paradis (Tulane)4.4%
- 3Ethan Raisner (Tufts)4.9%
- 4Mathias Correia (Occidental)5.7%
- 5Jacob Hamermesh (Occidental)6.6%
Most 3-bets
John Wang (Carnegie Mellon)16.3%
- 2Saabiq Ali (UNSW)14.3%
- 3Gavin Heggie (Manchester)14.1%
- 4Sungho Moon (Yale)13.4%
- 5Trey Skidmore (Yale)13.4%
Most aggressive (aggression factor)
Richard Zhou (Oxford)3.94
- 2John Wang (Carnegie Mellon)2.42
- 3Nicholas Zemtzov (Harvey Mudd)2.33
- 4Gavin Heggie (Manchester)2.16
- 5Andrew Voor (Carnegie Mellon)2.16
Most all-ins (per 100 hands)
Gil Shteyman (Carnegie Mellon)6.27
- 2Kanishk Khemka (BU)6.14
- 3Mathew Seng (Georgia Tech)6.03
- 4Sheldon Zhu (UC San Diego)5.97
- 5Damascus Thorpe (Miami)5.77
Most showdowns (% of flops)
- 2Niles Lo (Tufts)41.0%
- 3Mathew Seng (Georgia Tech)40.9%
- 4Nicholas Johnston (Waterloo)40.3%
- 5Casey Rendall Sandalow (Columbia Law)39.8%
2021–22 used countdown scoring: at a seven-player table, 1st place earned 7 points down to 1 point for 7th. Team match scores aren’t comparable with later seasons, which score 15-8-5-3-2-1.
Team
Final standings
BrownChampion
Finals · 16 pts
- 2AucklandFinals · 13 ptsRunner-up
- 3VanderbiltFinals · 12 pts3rd
- 4Columbia LawFinals · 9 pts4th
Best attendance (seats filled)
Auckland100%
45 of 45 seats
- 1Columbia Law45 of 45 seats100%
- 1Penn45 of 45 seats100%
- 1Pomona45 of 45 seats100%
- 1Vanderbilt45 of 45 seats100%
Most table wins in one match
Match 5
- 1OxfordPlayoffs, Match 34
- 1AucklandPlayoffs, Match 14
- 4BrownFinals, Match 13
- 4Claremont McKennaPlayoffs, Match 33
Players
Most tables won
9 tables
- 1Joshua Stotzky (Vanderbilt)8 tables6
- 3Camran Lateef (Brown)8 tables5
- 4Andrew Hollett (Tufts)8 tables4
- 4Flavius Vlasiu (Oxford)7 tables4
Most top-3 finishes
9 tables
- 2Joshua Peng (Vanderbilt)9 tables8
- 2Joshua Stotzky (Vanderbilt)8 tables8
- 4Hubert Januszczak (Auckland)9 tables7
- 4Josh Shi (Auckland)9 tables7
Best average finish (min. 3 tables)
Joshua Stotzky (Vanderbilt)1.25
8 tables
- 2Andrew Hollett (Tufts)8 tables1.75
- 2Camran Lateef (Brown)8 tables1.75
- 2Parsa Esfahani (Georgia Tech)4 tables1.75
- 5Joshua Peng (Vanderbilt)9 tables1.78
Most points
Nathaniel Cohen-Goh (Auckland)41.75
9 tables
- 2Joshua Peng (Vanderbilt)9 tables40
- 3Joshua Stotzky (Vanderbilt)8 tables39
- 4Neal Kapoor (Columbia Law)9 tables38
- 4Camran Lateef (Brown)8 tables38
Longest winning streak (tables)
Match 5 to Finals
- 2Flavius Vlasiu (Oxford)Match 5 to Playoffs, Match 34
- 3Hubert Januszczak (Auckland)Match 5 to Playoffs, Match 23
- 3Frederick Baldwin (Michigan)Wildcard to Playoffs, Match 23
- 3Jonathan Tam (Oxford)Match 2 to Match 43
Most tables played
Most consecutive top-3 finishes
Hand records
Most eliminations
- 2Jonathan Tam (Oxford)12
- 3Aidan Post (Georgetown)11
- 3Andrew Hollett (Tufts)11
- 3Florian Pesce (Georgia Tech)11
Most hands played
Nathaniel Cohen-Goh (Auckland)1262
- 2Kevin Wu (Pomona)1068
- 3Joshua Stotzky (Vanderbilt)881
- 4Saabiq Ali (UNSW)868
- 5Ethan Mandelbaum (Columbia Law)841
Longest game
Arnau Puig (Imperial)137 min
Match 1 · 208 hands
- 2Alain Rossier (Oxford)Match 2 · 213 hands127 min
- 2Qinghua Liu (Princeton)Match 1 · 186 hands127 min
- 4Kenan Patel (Illinois)Match 1 · 224 hands125 min
- 4Socrates Raftis (Indiana)Match 2 · 192 hands125 min
Biggest pot
Isaac Blue (Penn)216.0 BB
Match 2 · 4320 chips
- 2Elliot Steer (York)Match 4 · 4220 chips211.0 BB
- 3James Leung (Yale)Playoffs, Match 2 · 4140 chips207.0 BB
- 4David Xu (Vanderbilt)Playoffs, Match 3 · 4060 chips203.0 BB
- 5Felix Hayes-Tourelle (Auckland)Match 2 · 4030 chips201.5 BB
Biggest suckout
Ved Rajesh (Northeastern)4.5%
Match 2 · Q♥ Q♣ vs A♥ A♠
- 2Haider Bashir (Manchester)Match 2 · 4♠ 5♠ vs 4♦ 8♣5.2%
- 3Mark Hitrik (Cornell)Playoffs, Match 3 · J♣ A♦ vs A♣ A♠7.2%
- 4Aidan Post (Georgetown)Match 1 · 6♦ 6♥ vs Q♥ J♦8.8%
- 5James Leung (Yale)Match 1 · J♦ J♠ vs K♣ K♥9.1%
Loosest (VPIP), min. 300 hands
Solomon Olshin (Pomona)55.4%
343 hands
- 2Flavius Vlasiu (Oxford)412 hands51.7%
- 3Punn Kamolyabutr (UC San Diego)355 hands49.6%
- 4Samuel Swansen (Claremont McKenna)335 hands46.0%
- 5Tasha Liang (McGill)488 hands45.3%
Tightest (VPIP), min. 300 hands
Socrates Raftis (Indiana)16.1%
342 hands
- 2Grace Yu (McGill)329 hands20.4%
- 3Matthew Alexander (WashU)540 hands20.9%
- 4Kevin Wu (Pomona)717 hands22.0%
- 5Mason Snider (BU)351 hands22.5%
Most preflop raises (PFR), min. 300 hands
Flavius Vlasiu (Oxford)34.0%
412 hands
- 2Camran Lateef (Brown)348 hands31.0%
- 3Ryan Shimizu (British Columbia)312 hands29.8%
- 4Andrew Hollett (Tufts)570 hands29.1%
- 5Sungho Moon (Yale)519 hands28.9%
Game records
Most hands in one game
Ryan Shimizu (British Columbia)274
Match 1 · 86 min
- 2Jonathan Pry (Columbia Law)Playoffs, Match 3 · 91 min238
- 3Xinyi Zheng (Princeton)Match 3 · 108 min229
- 4Shuto Yasuda (British Columbia)Match 3 · 108 min228
- 5Ryan Li (USC)Match 2 · 117 min225
Shortest game (hands)
Tasha Liang (McGill)76
Match 3 · 76 hands, 73 min
- 1Kiril Voynishki (Manchester)Match 4 · 76 hands, 43 min76
- 3Mark Hitrik (Cornell)Match 4 · 82 hands, 72 min82
- 4Aidan Gomar (McGill)Match 1 · 84 hands, 59 min84
- 4Mason Snider (BU)Match 4 · 84 hands, 60 min84
Longest heads-up battle (hands)
Justin Wong (Imperial) vs Ryan Shimizu (British Columbia)219 hands
Match 1
- 3Kevin Wu (Pomona) vs Nathaniel Cohen-Goh (Auckland)Match 4141 hands
- 4Nathaniel Cohen-Goh (Auckland) vs Ryan Li (USC)Match 2136 hands
- 5Samuel Swansen (Claremont McKenna) vs Kenan Patel (Illinois)Match 1134 hands
Longest heads-up battle (minutes)
Nathaniel Cohen-Goh (Auckland) vs Ryan Li (USC)50.2 min
Match 2
- 2Niles Lo (Tufts) vs Josh Shi (Auckland)Playoffs, Match 149.9 min
- 3Samuel Swansen (Claremont McKenna) vs Kenan Patel (Illinois)Match 149.0 min
- 4Justin Wong (Imperial) vs Ryan Shimizu (British Columbia)Match 143.9 min
Most eliminations in one game
Match 3
- 2Aidan Post (Georgetown)Match 45
- 2Albie Vock (Manchester)Match 35
- 2Arnau Puig (Imperial)Match 15
- 2Constantine Konstantinidis (Northwestern)Match 25
Most hands won in one game
Joshua Stotzky (Vanderbilt)157
Playoffs, Match 3
- 2Justin Wong (Imperial)Match 1144
- 3Sungho Moon (Yale)Tiebreaker114
- 4Hu Chen (Sydney)Match 3112
- 5Ryan Shimizu (British Columbia)Match 1102
Most all-ins survived in one game
Match 4
- 2Peter Robertson (Waterloo)Match 135
- 3Ryan Shimizu (British Columbia)Match 134
- 4Justin Wong (Imperial)Match 127
- 5Harjap Singh (Penn)Match 126
Longest survival as the short stack
Vedant Jaiswal (BU)87 hands
Match 2
- 2Andy Tan (Cornell)Match 286 hands
- 3Ethan Mandelbaum (Columbia Law)Playoffs, Match 266 hands
- 4Shane Pike (Illinois)Match 163 hands
- 5Shiv Gupta (USC)Match 160 hands
Biggest single-hand win (big blinds)
Isaac Blue (Penn)115.2
Match 2
- 2Elliot Steer (York)Match 4111.0
- 3James Leung (Yale)Playoffs, Match 2107.0
- 4Hans Rogg-Desormeaux (McGill)Match 1105.2
- 5David Xu (Vanderbilt)Playoffs, Match 3103.0
Biggest comeback to win a table
William Rodliffe (Manchester)3.67% of chips
Match 2
- 2Xinyi Zheng (Princeton)Match 43.7% of chips
- 3Ryan Frank (Michigan)Match 14.25% of chips
- 4Ethan Mandelbaum (Columbia Law)Match 14.28% of chips
- 5Joshua Stotzky (Vanderbilt)Match 14.34% of chips
Luck and big hands
Luckiest all-ins (wins above expected)
Ryan Shimizu (British Columbia)+7.72
- 2Jonathan Tam (Oxford)+6.41
- 3Nathaniel Cohen-Goh (Auckland)+5.3
- 4Ethan Mandelbaum (Columbia Law)+4.06
- 5Saabiq Ali (UNSW)+3.43
Unluckiest all-ins (wins below expected)
Phoenix Taku (Auckland)−3.65
- 2Josh Shi (Auckland)−3.41
- 3Nicholas Schuler (Michigan)−1.18
- 4Alain Rossier (Oxford)−1.15
- 4Toby Hirsch (Penn)−1.15
Most four-of-a-kinds shown
- 2Adam Mahood (Waterloo)1
- 2Aidan Gomar (McGill)1
- 2Andy Tan (Cornell)1
- 2Anthony Iorillo (WashU)1
Playing style
Fewest preflop raises (PFR)
- 2Anthony Iorillo (WashU)5.7%
- 3Nicholas Zemtzov (Harvey Mudd)5.8%
- 4Solomon Olshin (Pomona)7.0%
- 5Socrates Raftis (Indiana)8.8%
Most 3-bets
- 2Saabiq Ali (UNSW)16.3%
- 3Camran Lateef (Brown)15.9%
- 4Sishir Yarlagadda (WashU)15.2%
- 5Christopher Jackson (Georgia Tech)14.2%
Most aggressive (aggression factor)
Xyzlo Lee (Columbia Law)2.57
- 2Toby Hirsch (Penn)2.44
- 3Joshua Peng (Vanderbilt)2.13
- 4Leo Luk (UNSW)1.86
- 5Kevin Wang (UNSW)1.86
Most all-ins (per 100 hands)
Connor Ray (Indiana)10.71
- 2Christopher Jackson (Georgia Tech)8.56
- 3Maxwell Chengming Guo (Georgia Tech)8.28
- 4Tomas Hernandez (Penn)7.74
- 5Matthew Alexander (WashU)7.22
Most showdowns (% of flops)
Christopher Jackson (Georgia Tech)49.1%
- 2Joshua Stotzky (Vanderbilt)47.1%
- 3Luke Isayiw (Tufts)46.3%
- 4Sungho Moon (Yale)45.5%
- 5Fei Gao (Princeton)39.6%
2020–21 tables were scored 10-8-6-4-2-1-0 by finishing place, so team match scores aren’t comparable with later seasons. Hand histories weren’t kept, so there are no hand, game or playing-style records.
Team
Players
Most tables won
9 tables
- 2Kevin Gu (Cambridge)8 tables3
- 2Matthew Wang (Yale)8 tables3
- 2Cristian Bell (Yale)7 tables3
- 2Daniel Sun (MIT)7 tables3
Most top-3 finishes
Andrew Reed (Brown)8
9 tables
- 1Liam Skinner (Brown)9 tables8
- 3Emily Xie (MIT)8 tables6
- 3Kevin Gu (Cambridge)8 tables6
- 3Ryan Schiller (Yale)7 tables6
Best average finish (min. 3 tables)
Liam Skinner (Brown)2.00
9 tables
- 2Daniel Sun (MIT)7 tables2.29
- 3Andrew Reed (Brown)9 tables2.33
- 4Donnie Sahyouni (Brown)7 tables2.43
- 4Ryan Schiller (Yale)7 tables2.43
Most points
Liam Skinner (Brown)66
9 tables
- 2Andrew Reed (Brown)9 tables60
- 3Kevin Gu (Cambridge)8 tables49
- 4Emily Xie (MIT)8 tables48
- 5Daniel Sherman (Harvard)9 tables47
Longest winning streak (tables)
Match 3 to Match 5
- 2Liam Skinner (Brown)Match 1 to Match 22
- 2Theo Gillis (Cambridge)Match 4 to Match 52
- 2Daniel Sun (MIT)Match 7 to Finals2
- 2Ryan Schiller (Yale)Match 3 to Match 42
Most tables played
- 1Andrew Reed (Brown)9
- 1Daniel Sherman (Harvard)9
- 1Liam Skinner (Brown)9
- 1William Gaylord (Cornell)9
Most consecutive top-3 finishes
- 2Ryan Schiller (Yale)5
- 3Andrew Reed (Brown)4
- 3Daniel Sherman (Harvard)4
- 3William Gaylord (Cornell)4
The first IPA season was a heads-up Finals only, so this tab has the final standings and Finals results. Hand histories weren’t kept.
Team
Players
Most Finals games won
Greye Dunn (BU)4
5 games
- 1Liam Skinner (Brown)5 games4
- 3Anthony Porco (BU)5 games3
- 3Mason Snider (BU)5 games3
- 5Andrew Reed (Brown)5 games2