IPA (2021-2022) Match 4 Recap

Overview

The IPA 2021-2022 tournament resumed with Match 4 on February 4th and 5th.

Cornell and Georgia Tech continue to dominate their groups while McGill has a surprise performance. Standings solidify and a few teams claim their playoff spots. Match 5 will determine the rest of the playoff teams.

Group A continues to lead with UNSW. UNSW and Pomona are favorites for the two playoff seats. Auckland and USC fight for the wildcard spot. Victoria and Sydney are still in contention for the wildcard spot. No changes in placements are realized.

Group B also sees no changes in placements. Columbia Law, Manchester, and Michigan are close with only 1.75 points differentiating first from third. William & Mary not too far behind.

Group C’s McGill has a surprise performance, dominating most of their tables. McGill now sits in first, up from fourth place. McGill and Claremont McKenna have a safety margin going into the final match of the regular season. Yale, Washington University, and Illinois are all in contention for the wildcard spot.

Group D’s Georgia Tech dominates once again. Georgia Tech and Oxford are clear favorites for the two playoff spots while Princeton maintains a healthy gap from Indiana who sits in fourth.

Group E sees close results amongst the top three teams. Waterloo deviates away from the group leaders, but is still well within contention of a playoff or wildcard spot. Vanderbilt, UPenn, and Tufts all need to show a strong performance in their final match.

Group F’s Cornell shows that they are one of the strongest teams in the league. Cornell has a stress free final match as their playoff spot is nearly secured. The second playoff and wildcard spot is up for grabs by the next four teams – Miami, Imperial, Harvey Mudd, and Brown.

Notable Hands

Group A, Table 4, Hand 21 (10/20/40)

Jan Charatan (Pomona), Beckham Lie (USC), Sanskaar Saxena (UCD), Leo Luk (UNSW), Reuben Rosenberg (Sydney), Felix Hayes-Tourelle (Auckland), Kanwar Kainth (Victoria)

Luk (2157 | SB) Saxena (2911 | BB) Kainth (2111 | UTG) Charatan (1665 | UTG+1) Rosenberg (2067 | UTG+2) Lie (2158 | CO) Hayes-Tourelle (931 | BTN)

Kainth raises to 120

Charatan and Lie calls 120

Flop: 3♥ 6♥ 4♥

Kainth bets 160

Charatan folds

Lie raises to 600

Kainth raises to 1981 and goes all in

Lie calls 1981

Turn: 3♥ 6♥ 4♥ [4♦]

River: 3♥ 6♥ 4♥ 4♦ [3♠]

Lie (6♦ 6♣) Kainth (A♥ K♥)

Lie wins the pot of 4,452 chips with 8♥ 8♣.

Group B, Table 1, Hand 51 (15/30/60)

Joey Arslanian (Michigan) John Ball (Harvard) Albie Vock (Manchester) Mo Bereday (William & Mary) Aidan Post (Georgetown)

Post (4782 | SB) Arslanian (1720 | BB) Ball (2169 | UTG) Vock (2521 | CO) Bereday (2808 | BTN)

Ball raises to 120

Bereday and Arslanian calls 120

Flop: 2♥ 8♠ 4♦

Arslanian checks

Ball bets 120

Bereday calls 120

Arslanian folds

Turn: 2♥ 8♠ 4♦ [8♣]

Ball checks

Bereday bets 528

Ball calls 528

River: 2♥ 8♠ 4♦ 8♣ [A♦]

Ball checks

Bereday bets 1386 and goes all in

Ball calls 1386

Ball (A♣ A♥) Bereday (10♦ 9♥)

Ball wins the pot of 4,533 chips.

Group B, Table 3, Hand 37 (13/25/50)

Joshua Bay (Michigan) Kiril Voynishki (Manchester) Zachary Josephs (Columbia Law) Jarvis Bereday (William & Mary)

Bay (1969 | SB) Voynishki (2803 | BB) Josephs (1544 | UTG) Bereday (3684 | BTN)

Bereday calls 50

Bay raises to 225

Voynishki and Bereday calls 225

Flop:  Q♠ Q♣ Q♦

Checks around

Turn: Q♠ Q♣ Q♦ [5♣]

Bay bets 400

Voynishki calls

Bereday folds

River: Q♠ Q♣ Q♦ 5♣ [8♥]

Bay bets 1331 and goes all in

Voynishki calls

Voynishki (K♠ Q♥) Liu (A♣ A♥)

Voynishki wins the pot of 4,189 chips.

Group C, Table 2, Hand 60 (20/40/80)

Anthony Iorillo (WUSL) Peter Gianaris (Claremont McKenna) Kenan Patel (Illinois) Aidan Gomar (McGill) Trey Skidmore (Yale)

Patel (1013 | SB) Gomar (2074 | BB) Skidmore (3687 | UTG) Iorillo (1016 | CO) Gianaris (6210 | BTN)

Skidmore raises to 240

Gianaris calls 240

Flop: Q♠ Q♥ 5♠

Skidmore bets 300

Gianaris calls 300

Turn: Q♠ Q♥ 5♠ [Q♦]

Skidmore bets 600

Gianaris calls 600

River: Q♠ Q♥ 5♠ Q♦ [3♠]

Skidmore bets 790

Gianaris calls 790

Skidmore (Q♣ 10♣) Gianaris (4♥ 5♥)

Guo wins the pot of 4,080 chips.

February’s Table Leaders

Saabiq Ali (UNSW), Tom Burton (Manchester), Hu Chen (Sydney), Nathaniel Cohen-Goh (Auckland), Devin Gialleonardo (Miami), Mark Hitrik (Cornell), Drew Hollett (Tufts), Tristan Holup (Vanderbilt), Christopher Jackson (Georgia Tech), Xyzlo Lee (Columbia Law), Ryan Li (USC), Tasha Liang (McGill), Niles Lo (Tufts), Leo Luk (UNSW), Aidan Post (Georgetown), Paul Robatche (McGill), Rod Rofougaran (Cornell), Will Rumble (Oxford), Ryan Shimizu (UBC), Harjap Singh (UPenn), Trey Skidmore (Yale), Mason Snider (BU), Elliott Steer (York), Jonathan Tam (Oxford), Andy Tan (Cornell), Kiril Voynishki (Manchester), Charlie Welch (Harvard), Robbie Wilson (Edinburgh), Xinyi Zheng (Princeton), Austin Zhu (Yale)

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

The IPA tournament will resume on March 4th and 5th, 2022.