IPA (2022-2023) Match 5 Recap
Overview
The IPA 2022-2023 tournament resumes with Match 5 on March 18th and 19th.
Vanderbilt, Manchester, Pomona, Georgia Tech, Tufts, and Waterloo win their respective groups. Georgia Tech sweeps all tables in their match. Harvard makes a last minute recovery for a chance at the wildcard spot. Michigan, MIT, Indiana, Wesleyan, Brown, NYU, UPenn, Georgetown, and UNSW all receive penalties post Match 4 regarding their violation of the multi-tabling policy.
Group A finalizes with Vanderbilt on top and Harvey Mudd in second. The two teams both secure a seat in the IPA Playoffs. Vanderbilt wins four of the five tables in their group. Tulane is the wildcard contender. Boston University moves up two placements while Michigan and MIT both fall.
Average: 28.33 points, Standard deviation: 20.68 points, Penalties: 0 points.
Group B finalizes with Manchester on top and Indiana in second. Manchester wins four of the five tables in their group. Wesleyan moves on to the wildcard game. Defending IPA champions Brown trends downwards after receiving penalties for violating the multi-tabling policy. Both Wesleyan and Indiana will be handicapped going forwards in the tournament.
Average: 27.17 points, Standard deviation: 21.60 points, Penalties: 5 points.
Group C finalizes with Pomona on top and USC in second. Cornell outperforms Oxford and both teams are tied for the wildcard seat. The two teams will play a tiebreaker to determine their lifeline in the tournament.
Average: 28 points, Standard deviation: 16.88 points, Penalties: 2 points.
Group D finalizes with Georgia Tech on top and Chicago Booth in second. Columbia Law moves on the wildcard game. Georgia Tech sweeps the match by winning all fives tables and is the only regular season team in IPA history to do so. UCSD falls short of the wildcard seat and falls two places. UPenn receives significant penalties for violating the multi-tabling policy.
Average: 27.83 points, Standard deviation: 24.38 points, Penalties: 3 points.
Group E finalizes with Tufts on top and Carnegie Mellon in second. Yale moves on to the wildcard game. Tufts and Carnegie Mellon exchange placements. No movements otherwise.
Average: 27.5 points, Standard deviation: 14.58 points, Penalties: 3 points.
Group F sees Waterloo on top and Emory in second. Strong performance by Harvard who moves up two places and ties with Occidental for the wildcard spot. The two teams will play a tiebreaker to determine their lifeline in the tournament. McGill falls one placement. UNSW receives significant penalties for violating the multi-tabling policy.
Average: 27.67 points, Standard deviation: 16.61 points, Penalties: 0 points.
Notable Hands
Group C, Table 5, Hand 70 (8/40/80)
Ioannis Stamoulis (Oxford) Jan Charatan (Pomona) Rod Rofougaran (Cornell)
Stamoulis (3890 | SB) Charatan (1021 | BB) Rofougaran (3089 | BU)
All players posts an ante of 8
Jaiswal posts a small blind of 40
Hammer posts a big blind of 80
Rofougaran raises to 192
Charatan raises and goes all in
Rofougaran folds
Stamoulis calls
Stamoulis (K♦ Q♦) Charatan (A♥ A♣)
Flop: 9♦ 4♥ 8♣
Turn: 9♦ 4♥ 8♣ [Q♥]
River: 9♦ 4♥ 8♣ Q♥ [Q♠]
Stamoulis wins the pot of 2,242 chips
Group D, Table 3, Hand 107 (8/40/80)
Mathew Seng (Georgia Tech) Nathanial Kazlow (Columbia Law) Calypso Shen (UCSD)
Seng (6175 | SB) Kazlow (2637 | BB) Shen (1188 | BU)
All players posts an ante of 30
Jaiswal posts a small blind of 150
Hammer posts a big blind of 300
Seng raises and goes all in
Kazlow calls and goes all in
Seng (Q♠ K♠) Kazlow (J♥ K♥)
Flop: 9♥ 10♦ 10♥
Turn: 9♥ 10♦ 10♥ [Q♥]
River: 9♥ 10♦ 10♥ Q♥ [5♦]
Kazlow wins the pot of 5,304 chips
Group E, Table 5, Hand 51 (6/30/60)
Trey Skidmore (Yale) Devin Gialleonardo (Miami) Niles Lo (Tufts)
Skidmore (1464 | SB) Gialleonardo (3769 | BB) Lo (2767 | BU)
All players posts an ante of 6
Skidmore posts a small blind of 30
Gialleonardo posts a big blind of 60
Lo raises to 132
Skimore raises to 420
Gialleonardo calls and Lo folds
Flop: 4♥ J♦ 10♥
Skidmore bets 330
Gialleonardo raises to 708
Skidmore raises to 1038 and goes all in
Gialleonardo calls
Gialleonardo (A♥ 3♣) Skidmore (J♣ K♣)
Turn: 4♥ J♦ 10♥ [A♣]
River: 4♥ J♦ 10♥ A♣ [7♠]
Gialleonardo wins the pot of 3,066 chips
March’s Table Leaders
| Name | Team |
| Max Austin | Emory University |
| Sachin Bhasin | Emory University |
| Michael Bonaventura | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Thomas Dean | Vanderbilt University |
| Arlo Encarnacion | Northwestern University |
| Kevin Gao | Harvard College |
| Keshab Gatehouse | Vanderbilt University |
| Devin Gialleonardo | University of Miami |
| Beau Gillam | Cornell University |
| Maxwell Guo | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Gavin Heggie | University of Manchester |
| Andrew Hollett | Tufts University |
| Ross Hopkins | University of Manchester |
| Vedant Jaiswal | Boston University |
| Nicholas Johnston | University of Waterloo |
| David Kroll | Georgetown University |
| Elliott Neal | University of Manchester |
| Kiff O’Hara | University of Manchester |
| Kevin Park | Pomona College |
| Kiran Rebholz | Oxford University |
| Rod Rofougaran | Cornell University |
| Adam Rubinstein | Tufts University |
| Mathew Seng | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Justin Shiao | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Joshua Stotzky | Vanderbilt University |
| Andrew Voor | Carnegie Mellon University |
| JoJo Widi | Pomona College |
| David Xu | Vanderbilt University |
| Alvin Zou | Harvard College |
| Jonathon Kirkland | Georgia Institute of Technology |
Group A
| Team | Total Points | Match 5 Scores | Placement Change | Status |
| Vanderbilt | 226 | 65 | = | Qualified |
| Harvey Mudd | 151 | 22 | = | Qualified |
| Tulane | 144 | 26 | = | Wildcard |
| Boston University | 106 | 37 | ↑+2 | |
| Michigan | 104 | 9 | ↓-1 | |
| MIT | 102 | 1 | ↓-1 |
Group B
| Team | Points | Match 5 Scores | Placement Change | Status |
| Manchester | 204 | 67 | = | Qualified |
| Indiana | 147.5 | 31.5 | = | Qualified |
| Wesleyan | 130 | 15 | = | Wildcard |
| Northwestern | 126 | 29 | ↑+1 | |
| Brown | 118 | 9 | ↓-1 | |
| Claremont McKenna | 98.5 | 11.5 | = |
Group C
| Team | Points | Match 5 Scores | Placement Change | Status |
| Pomona | 219 | 48 | = | Qualified |
| USC | 152.5 | 27 | = | Qualified |
| Cornell | 150 | 45 | ↑+1 | Tiebreaker |
| Oxford | 150 | 30 | ↓-1 | Tiebreaker |
| NYU | 104 | 11 | = | |
| WUSL | 48.5 | 7 | = |
Group D
| Team | Points | Match 5 Scores | Placement Change | Status |
| Georgia Tech | 183 | 75 | ↑+3 | Qualified |
| Chicago Booth | 147 | 21 | ↓-1 | Qualified |
| Columbia Law | 136 | 29 | ↑+2 | Wildcard |
| UCSD | 132 | 17 | ↓-2 | |
| Northeastern | 123 | 20 | ↑+1 | |
| UPenn | 114 | 5 | ↓-3 |
Group E
| Team | Points | Match 5 Scores | Placement Change | Status |
| Tufts | 189 | 51 | ↑+1 | Qualified |
| Carnegie Mellon | 186.5 | 31 | ↓-1 | Qualified |
| Yale | 159 | 26 | = | Wildcard |
| Miami | 130 | 30 | = | |
| Georgetown | 94.5 | 20.5 | = | |
| Victoria | 77 | 6.5 | = |
Group F
| Team | Points | Match 5 Scores | Placement Change | Status |
| Waterloo | 197 | 31 | = | Qualified |
| Emory | 181 | 48 | = | Qualified |
| Harvard | 137 | 41 | ↑+2 | Tiebreaker |
| Occidental | 137 | 20 | ↓-1 | Tiebreaker |
| McGill | 128 | 25 | ↓-1 | |
| New South Wales | 48 | 1 | = |
Updates
The IPA tournament will resume with the tiebreaker matches on March 25th.