IPA (2022 – 2023) Match 4 Recap

Overview

The IPA 2022–2023 tournament resumed with Match 4 on February 25 and 26.

Vanderbilt, Brown, Pomona, UPenn, Carnegie Mellon and Waterloo lead their respective groups. Defending IPA champion Brown plays excellent poker and now leads its group after previously sitting in fifth place.

Group A is arguably one of the most competitive groups. Vanderbilt continues to lead, MIT moves up from fourth to second, and Tulane moves up from fifth to fourth, while Harvey Mudd falls from second to fifth. There is no change for Michigan or former IPA champion Boston University. Vanderbilt cannot get too comfortable with its lead. The fight for the second playoff spot and the wildcard spot may come down to MIT and Michigan, but Tulane and Harvey Mudd are far from out of contention.

Average 28 pts·Std. dev. 7.56·Penalties 2

Group B sees a surprising performance from Brown, as the defending IPA champion moves up from fifth to first. Only five points separate Brown and Wesleyan. Wesleyan, Manchester and Northwestern all fall in the standings, and Claremont McKenna is now out of playoff contention.

Average 28 pts·Std. dev. 18.19·Penalties 2

Pomona continues to lead Group C with another dominant performance. USC and Oxford trade places, with USC now in second, and Cornell and NYU are tied. USC is slightly favored for at least a wildcard spot. Match 5 will be significant for every team except Washington University, which turns in another poor performance.

Average 27.83 pts·Std. dev. 16.58·Penalties 3

UPenn leads Group D once again with another dominant performance, scoring 51 points, about a second-place average, to guarantee a playoff spot. The second playoff spot and the wildcard spot will likely come down to Chicago Booth, UC San Diego and Georgia Tech, though Northeastern and Columbia Law are not completely out of contention. Chicago Booth shows a strong performance, moving up three places from fifth to second.

Average 28.33 pts·Std. dev. 13.38·Penalties 0

Carnegie Mellon continues to lead Group E and secures at least a wildcard seat. Tufts and Yale trade places and are very likely to secure at least a playoff or wildcard seat. Miami, Georgetown and Victoria put in poor performances.

Average 28.17 pts·Std. dev. 12.36·Penalties 1

Waterloo continues to lead Group F. There was minimal change, with McGill and Harvard swapping fifth and sixth place. Waterloo and Emory are fighting off the rest of the group for the playoff seats, and none of the bottom four teams is out of contention for the wildcard spot. Match 5 will be significant for these four teams.

Average 27.67 pts·Std. dev. 14.43·Penalties 4

Notable Hands

Group A, Table 4, Hand 52 (6/30/60)

Vedant Jaiswal (BU) Henry Hammer (Harvey Mudd) David Xu (Vanderbilt) Megha Maran (MIT) Drew Jennings (Tulane) Justin Chan (Michigan)

Jaiswal (1190 | SB) Hammer (2708 | BB) Xu (961 | UTG) Maran (2027 | UTG+1) Jennings (2102 | CO) Chan (3012 | BTN)

All players post an ante of 6

Jaiswal posts a small blind of 30

Hammer posts a big blind of 60

Folds to Jaiswal who raises to 177

Hammer raises to 300

Jaiswal raises to 1184 and goes all in

Hammer calls

Jaiswal (6♠ 6♣) Hammer (K♥ K♠)

Flop: 6♥ 4♠ 2♣

Turn: 6♥ 4♠ 2♣ [7♣]

River: 6♥ 4♠ 2♣ 7♣ [K♣]

Hammer wins the pot of 2,404 chips.

February’s Table Leaders

Name	Team
Mark Arkun	McGill University
Isaac Blue	University of Pennsylvania
Marshall Budin	University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Justin Chan	University of Michigan
Jaret Chase	Boston University
Nathan Chen	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thomas Dean	Vanderbilt University
Christopher Drew	University of Victoria
Cody Eskandarian	University of Pennsylvania
Vikrant Goel	Pomona College
Ian Gurland	Brown University
Tobin Hirsch	University of Pennsylvania
Andrew Hollett	Tufts University
Nicholas Johnston	University of Waterloo
Quincy Karns	University of Southern California
Camran Lateef	Brown University
Ryan Li	University of Southern California
Terry Li	University of Waterloo
Tristan Loa	Wesleyan University
Elliot Neal	University of Manchester
Jacob Parent	McGill University
Christopher Rodriguez	Carnegie Mellon University
Adam Rubinstein	Tufts University
Calypso Shen	University of California San Diego
Gil Shteyman	Carnegie Mellon University
Joshua Stotzky	Vanderbilt University
Edward Tan	Brown University
JoJo Widi	Pomona College
Anthony Wilkinson	McGill University
Aidan Wu	Pomona College

Group A

Team	Points	Match 4	Change
Vanderbilt	147	40	No change
MIT	121	32	↑+2
Michigan	120	28	No change
Tulane	112	23	↑+1
Harvey Mudd	110	18	↓-3
Boston University	64	27	No change

Group B

Team	Points	Match 4	Change
Brown	135	55	↑+4
Wesleyan	130	31	↓-1
Manchester	119	31	↓-1
Indiana	117	36	No change
Northwestern	90.5	8.5	↓-2
Claremont McKenna	78.5	6.5	No change

Group C

Team	Points	Match 4	Change
Pomona	169	53	No change
USC	128.5	36.5	↑+1
Oxford	116	24	↓-1
Cornell	103	18	No change
NYU	103	31	No change
WashU	45.5	4.5	No change

Group D

Team	Points	Match 4	Change
UPenn	181	51	No change
Chicago Booth	108	36	↑+3
UC San Diego	103	29	↑+1
Georgia Tech	102	18	↓-2
Northeastern	92	17	↓-2
Columbia Law	89	19	No change

Group E

Team	Points	Match 4	Change
Carnegie Mellon	152.5	40.5	No change
Tufts	137	45	↑+1
Yale	133	29	↓-1
Miami	98	21	No change
Georgetown	83	14	No change
Victoria	69.5	19.5	No change

Group F

Team	Points	Match 4	Change
Waterloo	162	40	No change
Emory	123	26	No change
New South Wales	104	17	No change
Occidental	102	20	No change
McGill	94	50	↑+1
Harvard	87	13	↓-1

Updates

The IPA tournament will resume on March 18 and 19.