IPA (2022-2023) Match 4 Recap
Overview
The IPA 2022-2023 tournament resumes with Match 4 on February 25th and 26th.
Vanderbilt, Brown, Pomona, UPenn, Carnegie Mellon, and Waterloo lead their respective groups. Defending IPA champion Brown plays excellent poker. The team now leads their group, previously sitting at fifth place.
Group A arguably sits as one of the most competitive groups. Vanderbilt continues to lead. MIT moves up to second from fourth and Tulane moves up from fifth to fourth. Harvey Mudd falls to fifth from second. No change for Michigan or former IPA champion Boston University. Vanderbilt cannot get too comfortable with their current lead. The fight for the second playoff and wildcard spot may be between MIT and Michigan. Tulane and Harvey Mudd are nowhere near out of contention.
Average: 28 points, Standard deviation: 7.56 points, Penalties: 2 points.
Group B sees a surprising performance by Brown. The defending IPA champion moves up to first from fifth. Only a five point gap between Brown and Wesleyan. Wesleyan, Manchester, and Northwestern all fall in placements. Claremont McKenna are now out of playoff contention.
Average: 28 points, Standard deviation: 18.19 points, Penalties: 2 points.
Group C continues to lead with Pomona with another dominant performance. USC and Oxford trades placements with USC now in second. Cornell and NYU are tied. USC slightly favored for at least a wildcard spot. Match 5 will be significant for all teams minus Washington University who demonstrates another terrible performance.
Average: 27.83 points, Standard deviation: 16.58 points, Penalties: 3 points.
Group D once again with UPenn and another dominant performance. The team scores 51 points or about a second place average. UPenn claims with guarantee a playoff spot. The second playoff and wildcard spot is likely between Chicago Booth, UC San Diego, and Georgia Tech. Northeastern and Columbia Law not completely out of contention. Chicago Booth shows a strong performance moving up three placements from fifth to second.
Average: 28.33 points, Standard deviation: 13.38 points, Penalties: 0 points.
Group E continues to see to lead with Carnegie Mellon. Tufts and Yale exchange placements. Carnegie Mellon secures at least a wildcard seat. Tufts and Yale very likely to secure at least one playoff seat or the wildcard seat. Poor performances from Miami, Georgetown, and Victoria.
Average: 28.17 points, Standard deviation: 12.36 points, Penalties: 1 point.
Group F continues to lead with Waterloo. Minimal change with McGill and Harvard swapping places at fifth and sixth, respectively. Waterloo and Emory fight the rest of the group off for their playoff seats. None of the bottom four teams are out of contention of the wildcard spot. Match 5 will be significant for these four teams.
Average: 27.67 points, Standard deviation: 14.43 points, Penalties: 4 points.
Notable Hands
Group A, Table 4, Hand 52 (6/30/60)
Vedant Jaiswal (BU) Henry Hammer (HMC) 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 | UTG CU) Chan (3012 | BTN)
All players posts 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
Vedant (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 2404 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 |
| Elliott 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 | Total Points | Match 4 Scores | Placement Change |
| Vanderbilt | 147 | 40 | = |
| MIT | 121 | 32 | ↑+2 |
| Michigan | 120 | 28 | = |
| Tulane | 112 | 23 | ↑+1 |
| Harvey Mudd | 110 | 18 | ↓-3 |
| Boston University | 64 | 27 | = |
Group B
| Team | Points | Match 4 Scores | Placement Change |
| Brown | 135 | 55 | ↑+4 |
| Wesleyan | 130 | 31 | ↓-1 |
| Manchester | 119 | 31 | ↓-1 |
| Indiana | 117 | 36 | = |
| Northwestern | 90.5 | 8.5 | ↓-2 |
| Claremont McKenna | 78.5 | 6.5 | = |
Group C
| Team | Points | Match 4 Scores | Placement Change |
| Pomona | 169 | 53 | = |
| USC | 128.5 | 36.5 | ↑+1 |
| Oxford | 116 | 24 | ↓-1 |
| Cornell | 103 | 18 | = |
| NYU | 103 | 31 | = |
| WUSL | 45.5 | 4.5 | = |
Group D
| Team | Points | Match 4 Scores | Placement Change |
| UPenn | 181 | 51 | = |
| Chicago Booth | 108 | 36 | ↑+3 |
| UCSD | 103 | 29 | ↑+1 |
| Georgia Tech | 102 | 18 | ↓-2 |
| Northeastern | 92 | 17 | ↓-2 |
| Columbia Law | 89 | 19 | = |
Group E
| Team | Points | Match 4 Scores | Placement Change |
| Carnegie Mellon | 152.5 | 40.5 | = |
| Tufts | 137 | 45 | ↑+1 |
| Yale | 132 | 29 | ↓-1 |
| Miami | 99 | 21 | = |
| Georgetown | 83 | 14 | = |
| Victoria | 69.5 | 19.5 | = |
Group F
| Team | Points | Match 4 Scores | Placement Change |
| Waterloo | 162 | 40 | = |
| Emory | 123 | 26 | = |
| New South Wales | 104 | 17 | = |
| Occidental | 102 | 20 | = |
| McGill | 94 | 50 | ↑+1 |
| Harvard | 87 | 13 | ↓-1 |
Updates
The IPA tournament will resume on March 18th and 19th.