IPA (2021-2022) Match 2 Recap
Overview
The IPA 2021-2022 tournament resumed with Match 2. Cambridge opted to forfeit and will be sent directly to relegation with 0 points. Group E will now play with six teams and points will be distributed from 1-6 points. Match 1 points have also been adjusted.
UC Davis, York, and Cornell showed strong performances this match. UC Davis jumped from last to second place in Group A. York went from last to a quarter point shy of third in Group E. Cornell improved their placement from the wildcard spot to first.
Group A leads with UNSW. Spread from first to fifth is close – 5 points and a quarter. First and second have many more hands to play until their guaranteed playoff spots.
Group B is a fight between William & Mary and Columbia Law School. Both teams improved to potential playoff contenders. Michigan and Manchester not too far behind. Wildcard spot is very much still a wildcard.
Group C saw Illinois lose major ground from first place. Washington University dominates with a healthy lead over the average.
Group D realized minimal changes. Princeton and Oxford swapped their second and third place standings. Georgia Tech continues to lead in first and widens their gap from second.
Group E loses Cambridge and shows consistent results from Match 1. Spread between the top three teams is only three points.
Group F sees current IPA champion Brown taking back lost ground. They improve from fifth to third. Brown looks for their third consecutive IPA Finals.
Notable Hands
Group A, Table 5, Hand 126 (15/75/150)
Shiv Gupta (USC), David Huang (UNSW), Kanwar Kainth (Victoria), Alex Kaneko (UCD)
Gupta (135 | SB) Kainth (2054 | BB) Kaneko (6455 | UTG) Huang (5356 | BTN)
Kaneko raises to 367
Huang raises to 1026
Gupta calls and goes all in
Kainth raises to 2039 and goes all in
Kaneko raises to 5341 and goes all in
Huang calls and goes all in
Gupta (10♥ 2♣) Kainth (J♦ J♠) Kaneko (A♥ K♥) Huang (K♦ K♠)
Flop: 6♥ J♥ A♦
Turn: 6♥ J♥ A♦ [7♥]
River: 6♥ J♥ A♦ 7♥ [9♥]
Kaneko wins both side pots and the main pot. Table finishes with Kaneko remaining.
Group B, Table 3, Hand 95 (12/60/120)
Ethan Mandelbaum (Columbia Law), Aaron Chen (Harvard)
Mandelbaum (2081 | SB) Chen (11836 | BB)
Mandelbaum calls 120
Chen raises to 2069 and goes all in
Mandelbaum calls
Mandelbaum (2♠ 2♥) Chen (5♣ 5♥)
Flop: 3♦ 4♦ 2♦
Turn: 3♦ 4♦ 2♦ [2♣]
River: 3♦ 4♦ 2♦ 2♣ [6♠]
Mandelbaum wins the pot of 4,162 chips.
Group B, Table 5, Hand 142 (15/75/150)
Reno Varghese (Columbia Law), Haider Bashir (Manchester)
Varghese (10529 | SB) Bashir (1471 | BB)
Varghese raises to 397
Bashir calls
Flop: 8♥ 4♣ 2♥
Bashir bets 824
Varghese raises to 1059 and goes all in
Bashir calls
Varghese (4♦ 8♣) Bashir (4♠ 5♠)
Turn: 8♥ 4♣ 2♥ [A♣]
River: 8♥ 4♣ 2♥ A♣ [3♥]
Bashir wins the pot of 2,942 chips.
Group B, Table 5, Hand 150 (15/75/150)
Reno Varghese (Columbia Law), Haider Bashir (Manchester)
Varghese (9373 | SB) Bashir (2627 | BB)
Varghese raises to 2612 and goes all in
Bashir calls
Varghese (5♥ 5♦) Bashir (J♣ A♥)
Flop: A♦ 2♣ J♠
Turn: A♦ 2♣ J♠ [5♣]
River: A♦ 2♣ J♠ 5♣ [J♥]
Bashir wins the pot of 5,254 chips.
Flip the table over worthy – I am sick
Reno G Varghese
Reno Varghese extends his congratulations to Haider Bashir.
December’s Table Leaders
Haider Bashir (Manchester), Dylan Bradley (York), Aaron Chen (Harvard), Matthew Cooney (York), Nimish Garg (Brown), Samuel Haley (York), Toby Hirsch (UPenn), Andrew Hollett (Tufts), Sean Iredell (USC), Alex Kaneko (UCD), Constantine Konstantinidis (Northwestern), Camran Lateef (Brown), Ryan Li (USC), Sungho Moon (Yale), Challen Morgan (W&M), Joshua Nam (W&M), William Parsons (UMass), Joshua Peng (Vanderbilt), Brawner Quan (Tufts), Socrates Raftis (Indiana), Zachary Roberts (Georgia Tech), Will Rodliffe (Manchester), Rod Rofougaran (Cornell), Hans Rogg-Desormeaux (McGill), Alain Rossier (Oxford), Tennyson Schaina (UCD), Mitchell Scholefield (Waterloo), Jonathan Tam (Oxford), Elijah Tolz (Cornell), Kevin Wang (UNSW)
Group A
| Team | Current Points | Match 2 Scores | Placement Change |
| UNSW | 46 | 24 | ↑+1 |
| UCD | 42 | 27 | ↑+5 |
| Victoria | 42 | 20 | = |
| USC | 41 | 23 | ↑+2 |
| Pomona | 40.75 | 16.75 | ↓-4 |
| Sydney | 35 | 15 | ↓-2 |
| Auckland | 32.5 | 13.5 | ↓-2 |
Group B
| Team | Current Points | Match 2 Scores | Placement Change |
| William & Mary | 49 | 26 | ↑+2 |
| Columbia Law | 46 | 25 | ↑+2 |
| Michigan | 44.75 | 21.75 | ↓-1 |
| Manchester | 43 | 23 | ↑+1 |
| Wesleyan | 37 | 13 | ↓-4 |
| Harvard | 35 | 18 | = |
| Georgetown | 25 | 13 | = |
Group C
| Team | Current Points | Match 2 Scores | Placement Change |
| Washington University | 49 | 25 | ↑+2 |
| Claremont McKenna | 47 | 23 | = |
| Yale | 40 | 23 | ↑+3 |
| York | 39.75 | 26.75 | ↑+3 |
| McGill | 39 | 19 | ↓-1 |
| Illinois | 37.25 | 12.25 | ↓-5 |
| Chicago Booth | 27 | 10 | ↓-2 |
Group D
| Team | Current Points | Match 2 Scores | Placement Change |
| Georgia Tech | 49 | 22 | = |
| Oxford | 43 | 23 | ↑+1 |
| Princeton | 40 | 15 | ↓-1 |
| Indiana | 39.5 | 20.5 | = |
| Northwestern | 37 | 19 | = |
| Northeastern | 36 | 20 | = |
| Boston University | 35 | 20 | = |
Group E
| Team | Current Points | Match 2 Scores | Placement Change |
| Vanderbilt | 46 | 23 | = |
| Waterloo | 44.75 | 21.75 | = |
| Tufts | 43 | 21 | = |
| UPenn | 36.5 | 18.5 | = |
| UCSD | 24.5 | 11 | = |
| Edinburgh | 14.5 | 9 | = |
Group F
| Team | Current Points | Match 2 Scores | Placement Change |
| Cornell | 51 | 28 | ↑+2 |
| Miami | 49 | 21 | ↓-1 |
| Brown | 46 | 25 | ↑+2 |
| Imperial | 43 | 19 | ↓-2 |
| Harvey Mudd | 39 | 25 | ↑+1 |
| British Columbia | 32 | 10 | ↓-2 |
| UMass | 19.25 | 11.25 | = |
The IPA tournament will resume on January 7th and 8th, 2022.