IPA (2022-2023) Match 3 Recap
Overview
The IPA 2022-2023 tournament resumes with Match 3 on February 4th and 5th.
Vanderbilt, Wesleyan, Pomona, UPenn, Carnegie Mellon, and Waterloo lead their respective groups. Manchester, Oxford, UPenn, Carnegie Mellon, Yale, and Emory show strong performances. Many placement shifts from Match 3.
Group A continues to lead with Vanderbilt albeit a poor performance of 16 points which averages about 4th place. Group A sees no changes in placements. Harvey Mudd, Michigan, MIT, and Tulane are all within contention for the second playoff and wildcard spot. The spread between second and fifth place is only three points. Match 4 and 5 will be significant to these four teams’ success.
Average: 28.17 points, Standard deviation: 9.06 points, Penalties: 1 point.
Group B continues to lead with Wesleyan. A strong performance by Manchester who jumps from fifth to second. Claremont McKenna sits on the other end, losing four placements from second to last. Defending IPA Champion slowly gains momentum with 36 points or roughly an average finish of third place. If the regular season was to end now, Northwestern, Indiana, and Brown are only a two point margin for a wildcard spot.
Average: 27.67 points, Standard deviation: 11.40 points, Penalties: 4 points.
Group C continues to lead with Pomona. Oxford and USC are tied for second. Oxford moves up two places from fourth to second. Cornell loses two spots down to fourth. Cornell not too far behind both teams. Washington University trails the group with a significant gap behind fifth place.
Average: 27.83 points, Standard deviation: 10.91 points, Penalties: 2 points.
Group D continues to lead with UPenn with another strong performance. UPenn sits comfortably up top. Georgia Tech and Northeastern both move up while UC San Diego and Chicago Booth both fall. The bottom four teams in this group, Northeastern, UC San Diego, Chicago Booth, and Columbia Law are all within reach of a wildcard spot. The point margin between third and sixth is only five points. Match 4 will be significant for these teams as we approach the playoffs.
Average: 28 points, Standard deviation: 11.01 points, Penalties: 2 points.
Group E again sees a large change in placements with Carnegie Mellon now leading. Carnegie Mellon, Yale, and Miami all move up while Tufts and Georgetown falls. Strong performances by the two former teams averaging second place across their tables. Deviation across results is large. Wildcard spot at the moment favors Tufts.
Average: 28 points, Standard deviation: 18.18 points, Penalties: 2 points.
Group F continues to lead with Waterloo. Emory outperforms the group with 50 points or an average placement slightly above second place across their tables. Occidental falls two spots. New South Wales, Occidental, and Harvard fight for the wildcard spot. Harvard not too far behind from Occidental.
Average: 28 points, Standard deviation: 10.24 points, Penalties: 2 points.
Notable Hands
Group C, Table 3, Hand 5 (2/10/20)
Sanjay Burugapalli (NYU) Elijah Tolz (Cornell) Alain Rossier (Oxford) Kevin Wu (Pomona) Quincy Karns (USC) Ilan Barr (WUSL)
Sanjay Burugapalli (SB | 2490) Elijah Tolz (BB | 1939) Alain Rossier (UTG | 1295) Kevin Wu (UTG + 1| 1962) Quincy Karns (CO | 2675) Ilan Barr (BTN | 1639)
All player posts an ante of 2
Burugapalli posts a small blind of 10
Tolz posts a big blind of 20
Rossier raises to 46
Wu and Karns calls
Barr and Burugapalli folds
Tolz calls
Flop: 8♦ 4♥ 7♦
Checks to Karns who bets 75
Tolz calls
Rossier and Wu folds
Turn: 8♦ 4♥ 7♦ [A♥]
Tolz checks
Karns bets 267
Tolz calls
River: 8♦ 4♥ 7♦ A♥ [6♦]
Tolz checks
Karns bets 1050
Tolz calls
Karns shows (9♦ 10♦) and wints the pot of 2,990 chips
Group D, Table 3, Hand 61 (8/40/80)
Neal Kapoor (Columbia Law) Marshall Budin (Chicago Booth) Spencer Chen (Northeastern)
Neal Kapoor (SB | 2850) Marshall Budin (BB | 3321) Spencer Chen (BTN | 5829)
All players post an ante of 8
Kapoor posts a small blind of 40
Budin posts a big blind of 80
Chen calls
Kapoor raises to 298
Budin folds
Chen raises to 600
Kapoor raises to 2842 and goes all in
Chen calls
Neal (A♥ K♠) Chen (A♣ A♠)
Flop: 10♣ 8♥ 8♦
Turn: 10♣ 8♥ 8♦ [5♣]
River: 10♣ 8♥ 8♦ 5♣ [5♠]
Chen wins the pot of 5,788 chips
Group F, Table 1, Hand 78 (12/60/120)
Karlos Papa (Occidental) Saabiq Ali (UNSW) Erik Tkachenko (Emory) Anthony Wilkinson (McGill) Mitchell Scholefield (Waterloo)
Karlos Papa (SB | 2190) Saabiq Ali (BB | 1160) Erik Tkachenko (UTG | 4346) Anthony Wilkinson (CO | 2818) Mitchell Scholefield (BTN | 1486)
All players post an ante of 12
Papa posts a small blind of 60
Ali posts a big blind of 120
Tkachenko raises to 264
Wilkinson raises to 528
Scholefield raises to 1474 and goes all in
Papa and Ali folds
Tkachenko riases to 2806
Wilkinson calls and goes all in
Tkachenko (Q♦ Q♣) Wilkinson ( A♦ A♥) Scholefield (J♠ J♦)
Flop: 9♥ J♣ K♣
Turn: 9♥ J♣ K♣ [10♦]
River: 9♥ J♣ K♣ 10♦ [4♣]
Tkachenko wins the pot of 7,326 chips
February’s Table Leaders
| Name | Team |
| Sachin Bhasin | Emory University |
| Isaac Blue | University of Pennsylvania |
| Marshall Budin | University of Chicago Booth School of Business |
| Sanjay Burugapalli | New York University |
| Conrad Crakes | University of Pennsylvania |
| Oliver Crookenden | Tulane University |
| Rhys Edwards | University of Manchester |
| Ryan Frank | University of Michigan |
| Luke Goodinson-Paradis | Tulane University |
| Gavin Heggie | University of Manchester |
| Toby Hirsch | University of Pennsylvania |
| David Huang | University of New South Wales |
| Nicholas Jager | Indiana University |
| Jason Jiang | Northwestern University |
| Kevin Li | University of Waterloo |
| Sungho Moon | Yale University |
| Sang Park | Brown University |
| Andrew Park | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Conor Patten | University of Southern California |
| Kiran Rebholz | Oxford University |
| Chris Rodriguez | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Neil Shah | Yale University |
| Justin Shiao | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Jonathan Tam | Oxford University |
| Andy Tan | Cornell University |
| Erik Tkachenko | Emory University |
| Edgar Wang | Yale University |
| Ricky Warnicke | University of Michigan |
| Charles Welch | Harvard College |
| Nick Zemtzov | Harvey Mudd College |
Group A
| Team | Total Points | Match 3 Scores | Placement Change |
| Vanderbilt | 107 | 16 | = |
| Harvey Mudd | 92 | 27 | = |
| Michigan | 92 | 35 | = |
| MIT | 89 | 34 | = |
| Tulane | 89 | 38 | = |
| Boston University | 37 | 19 | = |
Group B
| Team | Points | Match 3 Scores | Placement Change |
| Wesleyan | 99 | 20 | = |
| Manchester | 88 | 43 | ↑+3 |
| Northwestern | 82 | 26 | = |
| Indiana | 81 | 30 | = |
| Brown | 80 | 36 | ↑+1 |
| Claremont McKenna | 72 | 11 | ↓-4 |
Group C
| Team | Points | Match 3 Scores | Placement Change |
| Pomona | 116 | 26 | = |
| Oxford | 92 | 42 | ↑+2 |
| USC | 92 | 35 | = |
| Cornell | 85 | 22 | ↓-2 |
| NYU | 72 | 33 | = |
| WUSL | 41 | 10 | = |
Group D
| Team | Points | Match 3 Scores | Placement Change |
| UPenn | 130 | 48 | = |
| Georgia Tech | 84 | 29 | ↑+1 |
| Northeastern | 75 | 26 | ↑+2 |
| UCSD | 74 | 18 | ↓-2 |
| Chicago Booth | 72 | 18 | ↓-1 |
| Columbia Law | 70 | 29 | = |
Group E
| Team | Points | Match 3 Scores | Placement Change |
| Carnegie Mellon | 112 | 48 | ↑+1 |
| Yale | 103 | 51 | ↑+2 |
| Tufts | 92 | 21 | ↓-2 |
| Miami | 78 | 27 | ↑+1 |
| Georgetown | 69 | 16 | ↓-2 |
| Victoria | 50 | 5 | = |
Group F
| Team | Points | Match 3 Scores | Placement Change |
| Waterloo | 122 | 34 | = |
| Emory | 97 | 43 | ↑+2 |
| New South Wales | 87 | 31 | = |
| Occidental | 82 | 19 | ↓-2 |
| Harvard | 74 | 26 | = |
| McGill | 45 | 16 | = |
Updates
The IPA tournament will resume on February 25th and 26th.