IPA (2021 – 2022) Playoffs Match 1 Recap
Overview
The IPA 2021–2022 tournament resumed with the IPA Playoffs on March 26 and 27.
The IPA Playoffs kick off with UNSW, Auckland, Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt leading their playoff groups. The playoff field is made up of the top teams from the regular season, and the leading team in each group will secure a seat in the IPA Finals.
12 seed UNSW leads Group A, with 5 seed Columbia Law trailing closely. 1 seed Cornell sits in last but still has time to make up lost ground.
11 seed Auckland leads Group B. Josh Shi (Auckland) and Niles Lo (Tufts) went head-to-head for 88 hands, setting a new IPA record, with 88 of the table’s 136 hands played heads-up. Auckland also set the record for the most points in a playoff match with 18. 6 seed Tufts, 2 seed Oxford and 15 seed Pomona all trail.
3 seed Georgia Tech leads Group C, and defending IPA champion Brown holds second place. Brown will need strong finishes in the remaining playoff matches to reach its third consecutive IPA Finals. 14 seed McGill is again in a tie, this time with 7 seed Manchester.
4 seed Vanderbilt leads Group D, with 13 seed Michigan close behind. Michigan comes into the IPA Playoffs as one of the underdogs from the wildcard game. 9 seed Yale and 8 seed Claremont McKenna follow.
Notable Hands
Group C, Table 5, Hand 15 (8/15/30)
Ross Hopkins (Manchester) Camran Lateef (Brown) Justin Shiao (Georgia Tech) Ben McGowan (McGill)
Hopkins (1722 | SB) Lateef (2163 | BB) Shiao (2552 | UTG) McGowan (1563 | BTN)
Shiao raises to 67
McGowan folds
Hopkins raises to 185
Lateef folds
Shiao calls
Flop: 6♣ Q♥ K♦
Hopkins checks
Shiao bets 144
Hopkins raises to 1529 and goes all in
Shiao calls
Hopkins (J♠ 9♥) Shiao (K♠ Q♦)
Turn: 6♣ Q♥ K♦ [8♦]
River: 6♣ Q♥ K♦ 8♦ [10♦]
Hopkins wins the pot of 3,490 chips.
Group D, Table 5, Hand 70 (20/40/80)
David Xu (Vanderbilt) William Peng (Yale)
Xu (4004 | SB) Peng (3996 | BB)
Xu raises to 180
Peng calls
Flop: 6♦ Q♦ A♥
Peng checks
Xu bets 220
Peng calls
Turn: 6♦ Q♦ A♥ [J♦]
Peng checks
Xu bets 480
Peng calls 480
River: 6♦ Q♦ A♥ J♦ [7♦]
Peng checks
Xu bets 1040
Peng raises to 3096 and goes all in
Xu calls
Xu (J♣ K♦) Peng (7♣ A♦)
Peng wins the pot of 7,992 chips.
Playoffs Match 1 Table Leaders
| Name | Team |
| Joey Arslanian |  Michigan |
| Frederick Baldwin | Michigan |
| Nathaniel Cohen-Goh |  Auckland |
| Max Cullen Feng |  UNSW |
| Parsa Esfahani |  Georgia Tech |
| Felix Hayes-Tourelle | Auckland |
| David Huang | UNSW |
| Hubert Januszczak | Auckland |
| Jonathan Kao |  UPenn |
| Neal Kapoor |  Columbia Law |
| Camran Lateef |  Brown |
| Leo McMahon | Brown |
| Joshua Peng |  Vanderbilt |
| William Peng |  Yale |
| Hans Rogg-Desormeaux |  McGill |
| Josh Shi | Auckland |
| Joshua Stotzky | Vanderbilt |
| Andy Tan |  Cornell |
| Flavius Vlasiu |  Oxford |
| Kiril Voynishki |  Manchester |
Group A
| Team | Playoff Points | Match 1 |
| UNSW (12) | 16 | 16 |
| Columbia Law (5) | 14 | 14 |
| UPenn (16) | 10.25 | 10.25 |
| Cornell (1) | 9 | 9 |
Group B
| Team | Playoff Points | Match 1 |
| Auckland (11) | 18 | 18 |
| Tufts (6) | 13 | 13 |
| Oxford (2) | 10 | 10 |
| Pomona (15) | 5 | 5 |
Group C
| Team | Playoff Points | Match 1 |
| Georgia Tech (3) | 16 | 16 |
| Brown (10) | 14 | 14 |
| McGill (14) | 10 | 10 |
| Manchester (7) | 10 | 10 |
Group D
| Team | Playoff Points | Match 1 |
| Vanderbilt (4) | 16 | 16 |
| Michigan (13) | 15 | 15 |
| Yale (9) | 10 | 10 |
| Claremont McKenna (8) | 8.25 | 8.25 |
The IPA tournament will resume on April 9 and 10 with the second round of the IPA Playoffs.