IPA (2022 – 2023) Playoffs Match 2 Recap
Overview
The IPA 2022–2023 tournament resumed with the second IPA Playoffs match on April 15.
USC, Pomona, Georgia Tech and Columbia Law continue to lead their respective groups, but Carnegie Mellon and Harvard close the gap on Pomona and Georgia Tech after both win four of their five tables. Pomona remains the only top seed to lead its group.
9 seed USC continues to lead Group A, with 1 seed Vanderbilt 10 points behind, Indiana 25 points back and Emory 31 points back. USC holds a healthy lead over the rest of the pack, and Vanderbilt will need a strong finish in the final playoff match to secure a seat in the IPA Finals.
Average 17.25 pts·Std. dev. 5.18·Penalties 0
2 seed Pomona continues to lead Group B, with 7 seed Carnegie Mellon just a single point behind after dominating its tables and winning four of the five games. Yale trails by 15 points and Harvey Mudd by 16. With Pomona and Carnegie Mellon neck and neck for a seat in the IPA Finals, expect more conservative play in the final playoff match.
Average 17.5 pts·Std. dev. 8.06·Penalties 0
6 seed Georgia Tech continues to lead Group C with another strong performance. Harvard dominates its tables, winning four of the five games, and now trails by just 5 points. Manchester and Chicago Booth are 33 and 48 points behind, respectively.
Average 16.75 pts·Std. dev. 13.18·Penalties 3
Columbia Law continues to lead Group D, with Waterloo 7 points behind, Tufts 13 points back and Oxford 21 points back. Waterloo puts up a strong performance to move up two places, while Oxford falls two places.
Average 17.5 pts·Std. dev. 7.85·Penalties 0
Notable Hands
Group A, Table 2, Hand 160 (15/75/150)
Nicholas Jager (Indiana) Noah Lian (Emory)
Jager (7437 | SB) Lian (563 | BB)
All players post an ante of 15
Jager posts a small blind of 75
Lian posts a big blind of 150
Jager raises to 548
Lian calls and goes all in
Jager (10♥ 10♣) Lian (9♠ 5♠)
Flop: K♦ A♣ K♥
Turn: K♦ A♣ K♥ [5♦]
River: K♦ A♣ K♥ 5♦ [5♥]
Lian wins the pot of 1,126 chips.
Group A, Table 4, Hand 3 (2/10/20)
Erik Tkachenko (Emory) Quincy Karns (USC) Thomas Dean (Vanderbilt)
Tkachenko (SB | 2098) Karns (BB | 1986) Dean (BU | 1916)
All players post an ante of 2
Tkachenko posts a small blind of 10
Karns posts a big blind of 20
Dean raises to 50
Tkachenko folds
Karns calls
Flop: 9♦ 5♣ 6♣
Karns checks
Dean bets 50
Karns raises to 160
Dean raises to 400
Karns raises to 1864
Dean calls and goes all in
Karns (8♣ 10♣) Dean (9♠ 6♠)
Turn: 9♦ 5♣ 6♣ [Q♣]
River: 9♦ 5♣ 6♣ Q♣ [K♠]
Karns wins the pot of 3,844 chips.
Group C, Table 5, Hand 29 (5/25/50)
Mathew Seng (Georgia Tech) Ankit Pahwa (Chicago Booth) Ross Hopkins (Manchester) James Devaney (Harvard)
Seng (SB | 2537) Pahwa (BB | 2537) Hopkins (UTG | 2083) Devaney (BU | 2450)
All players post an ante of 5
Seng posts a small blind of 25
Pahwa posts a big blind of 50
Hopkins folds
Devaney raises to 110
Seng calls
Pahwa folds
Flop: A♦ A♥ J♦
Seng checks
Devaney bets 102
Seng calls
Turn: A♦ A♥ J♦ [5♣]
Seng checks
Devaney bets 370
Seng calls
River: A♦ A♥ J♦ 5♣ [8♥]
Seng checks
Devaney checks
Seng shows (9♦ 10♦) and wins the pot of 1,234 chips.
Playoff Match 2 Table Leaders
| Name | Team |
| Henry Burns |  Harvard College |
| James Devaney | Harvard College |
| Kevin Gao |  University of Southern California |
| Shrey Gupta |  Indiana University |
| Nicholas Jager | University of Southern California |
| Quincy Karns |  University of Manchester |
| Terry Li |  University of Waterloo |
| Jennifer Luo | University of Waterloo |
| Adam Mahood | University of Waterloo |
| John Mark Morris |  Vanderbilt University |
| Andrew Park |  Carnegie Mellon University |
| Kevin Park |  Pomona College |
| Christopher Rodriguez | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Adam Rubinstein |  Tufts University |
| Justin Shiao |  Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Joseph Shimamoto | Vanderbilt University |
| Andrew Voor | Carnegie Mellon University |
| John Wang | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Charlie Welch | Harvard College |
| Blake Woodford | Harvard College |
Group A
| Seed | Team | Points | Match 2 | Change |
| 9 | USC | 50 | 21 | = |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 40 | 22 | = |
| 16 | Indiana | 25 | 11 | = |
| 8 |  Emory | 19 | 15 | = |
Group B
| Seed | Team | Points | Match 2 | Change |
| 2 | Pomona | 43 | 17 | = |
| 7 | Carnegie Mellon | 42 | 29 | ↑+2 |
| 15 |  Yale | 28 | 13 | = |
| 10 |  Harvey Mudd | 27 | 11 | ↓-2 |
Group C
| Seed | Team | Points | Match 2 | Change |
| 6 | Georgia Tech | 55 | 23 | = |
| 14 | Harvard | 50 | 32 | = |
| 3 | Manchester | 22 | 9 | = |
| 11 |  Chicago Booth | 7 | 3 | = |
Group D
| Seed | Team | Points | Match 2 | Change |
| 13 |  Columbia Law | 45 | 16 | = |
| 4 | Waterloo | 38 | 27 | ↑+2 |
| 5 | Tufts | 32 | 19 | = |
| 12 |  Oxford | 24 | 8 | ↓-2 |
Updates
The IPA tournament will resume with Playoffs Match 3 on April 16.