IPA (2021 – 2022) Match 4 Recap

February 18, 2022

IPA 2021 - 2022

Overview

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

Cornell and Georgia Tech continue to dominate their groups, while McGill delivers a surprise performance. The standings are solidifying, a few teams have claimed their playoff spots, and Match 5 will determine the rest of the playoff field.

UNSW continues to lead Group A, and UNSW and Pomona are the favorites for the two playoff seats. Auckland and USC are fighting for the wildcard spot, with Victoria and Sydney still in contention. There were no changes in placement.

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

In Group C, McGill delivers a surprise performance, dominating most of its tables and moving from fourth to first. McGill and Claremont McKenna have a safety margin going into the final match of the regular season, while Yale, Washington University and Illinois are all in contention for the wildcard spot.

In Group D, Georgia Tech dominates once again. Georgia Tech and Oxford are clear favorites for the two playoff spots, while Princeton maintains a healthy gap over fourth-place Indiana.

Group E sees close results among the top three teams. Waterloo has fallen behind the group leaders but is still well within contention for a playoff or wildcard spot. Vanderbilt, UPenn and Tufts all need strong performances in their final match.

In Group F, Cornell shows it is one of the strongest teams in the league. Cornell has a stress-free final match, as its playoff spot is nearly secured. The second playoff spot and the wildcard spot are up for grabs among 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 (UC Davis), Leo Luk (UNSW), Reuben Rosenberg (Sydney), Felix Hayes-Tourelle (Auckland), Kanwar Kainth (Victoria)

Kainth raises to 120

Charatan and Lie call 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 a full house.

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)

Ball raises to 120

Bereday and Arslanian call 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 call 225

Flop: Q♠ Q♣ Q♦

Everyone checks

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♥) Bay (A♣ A♥)

Voynishki wins the pot of 4,189 chips.

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

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

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♥)

Skidmore 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-Claive (McGill), Rod Rofougaran (Cornell), Will Rumble (Oxford), Ryan Shimizu (UBC), Harjap Singh (UPenn), Trey Skidmore (Yale), Mason Snider (BU), Elliot 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

Team	Points	Match 4	Change
UNSW	91	25	No change
Pomona	90.75	25	No change
Auckland	81.25	20	No change
USC	79	21	No change
Victoria	74.75	16.75	No change
Sydney	73	17.5	No change
UC Davis	67.75	13.75	No change

Group B

Team	Points	Match 4	Change
Columbia Law	95.5	23.5	No change
Manchester	94	24	No change
Michigan	93.75	24	No change
William & Mary	88	22	No change
Wesleyan	70.75	14.75	No change
Harvard	67.5	19.5	No change
Georgetown	49.5	11.5	No change

Group C

Team	Points	Match 4	Change
McGill	92	31	↑+3
Claremont McKenna	90	21	↓-1
Yale	83	23	↑+2
Washington University	82.25	17.75	↓-2
Illinois	79.75	18.5	↓-2
York	74.75	17	No change
Chicago Booth	55.5	10.5	No change

Group D

Team	Points	Match 4	Change
Georgia Tech	104.75	28.75	No change
Oxford	96	27	No change
Princeton	85	23	↑+1
Indiana	76.5	12.25	↓-1
Boston University	72.25	21.5	↑+1
Northwestern	70	15	↓-1
Northeastern	54	12	No change

Group E

Team	Points	Match 4	Change
Vanderbilt	83	19	No change
UPenn	82.5	20	No change
Tufts	81	22	↑+1
Waterloo	75.75	14	↓-1
UC San Diego	51.5	13	No change
Edinburgh	46.25	17	No change

Group F

Team	Points	Match 4	Change
Cornell	105	30	No change
Miami	86.75	25	↑+1
Imperial	83.75	23.75	↑+2
Harvey Mudd	81	21	No change
Brown	80	13	↓-3
British Columbia	69.25	19.25	No change
UMass	52	7.25	No change

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