IPA 2019 – 2020

The inaugural Intercollegiate Poker Association league featured Boston University, Brown University, Cornell University, University of Michigan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Yale University. The prize pool for the event was $7,500 USD which was generously provided by Susquehanna International Group.

Rosters for the event was as follows:

Boston University: Jakub Dardzinski*, Gordon Donn, Nathan Josephs, Jackson O’Neill, Anthony Porco, Gordon Shi, Mason Snider, Song Xie

Brown University: Eli Shea*, Andrew Reed, Donnie Sahyouni, Liam Skinner, Ronnie Strode, Daniel Tardiff

Cornell University: Benjamin Galinson*, Matthew Gaylord, Victor Huggett, Matthew Sun

University of Michigan: Alexander Woo*, Jacob Bergamin, Maxwell DeVooght, Jordan Li, Aditya Narain, Steven Shore

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Kevin Jiang*, Allen Cheng, Tiancheng Qin, Daniel Sun, Brian Xie

Yale University: Christopher Rodriguez*, Rob Brunstad, Michael Curcio, Jack Klinger, Miles Kim, Joseph Kwon, Tyler Meli

* Denotes leadership

The tournament began on September of 2019 and concluded on July of 2020. The format of the event was Heads Up No Limit Texas Hold’em. Opposing teams of five competed heads up in a best-of-15. The first team to reach eight points claimed the match point. Tie breakers were determined by win-loss difference.

Boston University and Brown University competed in the IPA Finals. The two teams played a best-of-25 heads up match with BU claiming a 14 – 11 victory. BU and Brown took home $5,000 and $2,500 USD, respectively.

Final rankings are as follows:

1st: Boston University

2nd: Brown University

3rd: University of Michigan

4th: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

5th: Cornell University

6th: Yale University