IPA Finals (2020 – 2021)
Saturday, May 8, 2021·12:30 p.m. ET·Streamed live on twitch.tv/collegepoker
Preview the matchups in the Finals Viewers Guide.
Prizes
| Place | Prize |
| 1st | $6,250 |
| 2nd | $3,375 |
| 3rd | $1,625 |
| 4th | $1,250 |
Format
Overview
The IPA Finals feature the four teams with the most regular-season points: Brown, Cambridge, MIT and Yale. Each team fields exactly five players, and five tables run at the same time with one player from each team at every table. Points are awarded by table placement as shown below, and the team with the most points is crowned IPA Champion.
| Placement | Points |
| 1st | 3 |
| 2nd | 2 |
| 3rd | 1 |
| 4th | 0 |
Blinds
| Level | Blinds | Ante | Time (min) |
| 1 | 10/20 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 15/30 | 8 | 10 |
| 3 | 20/40 | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | 25/50 | 13 | 10 |
| 5 | 30/60 | 15 | 10 |
| 6 | 40/80 | 20 | 10 |
| 7 | 50/100 | 25 | 10 |
| 8 | 60/120 | 30 | 10 |
| 9 | 75/150 | 38 | 10 |
| 10 | 100/200 | 50 | 8 |
| 11 | 125/250 | 63 | 8 |
| 12 | 150/300 | 75 | 8 |
| 13 | 200/400 | 100 | 8 |
| 14 | 250/500 | 125 | 8 |
| 15 | 300/600 | 150 | 6 |
| 16 | 350/700 | 175 | 6 |
| 17 | 400/800 | 200 | 6 |
| 18 | 500/1,000 | 250 | 6 |
Ties
Two-way tie: The tied teams play a best-of-five heads-up series immediately after the match, using the blind structure below.
| Level | Blinds | Time (min) |
| 1 | 10/20 | 6 |
| 2 | 20/40 | 6 |
| 3 | 30/60 | 6 |
| 4 | 50/100 | 6 |
| 5 | 100/200 | 6 |
| 6 | 150/300 | 6 |
| 7 | 200/400 | 6 |
| 8 | 300/600 | 6 |
| 9 | 400/800 | 6 |
| 10 | 500/1,000 | 6 |
Three- or four-way tie: Each tied team sends one player to a single table, which uses the four-handed blind structure above.
Chops are not permitted.