IPA Playoffs (2021-2022) Match 2 Recap
Overview
The IPA 2021-2022 tournament resumed with the IPA Playoffs on April 9th and 10th.
The IPA Playoffs resumes with Columbia Law, Auckland, Georgia Tech, and Vanderbilt leading their playoff groups. The playoff teams consist of the top teams from the regular season. The leading team from each group will secure a seat in the IPA Finals.
Group A leads with 5 seed Columbia Law overtaking 12 seed UNSW. 1 seed Cornell picks up significant lost ground from the previous match. UNSW and Cornell both trail closely behind Columbia Law. Reno Varghese (Columbia Law) and Andy Tan (Cornell) went head-to-head for 131 hands, setting a new IPA record. 131 of the 204 hands were played heads up. The previous record was set by Josh Shi (Auckland) and Niles Lo (Tufts) with 88 hands.
Group B continues to lead with 11 seed Auckland. The team extends their lead with a healthy margin over 6 seed Tufts who sits in second. 2 seed Oxford and 15 seed Pomona both trail.
Group C continues to lead with 3 seed Georgia Tech. The team extends their lead by a single point from the previous match. Defending IPA champions Brown maintain second place. Brown looks for their third consecutive IPA Finals. 7 seed Manchester overtakes 14 seed McGill.
Group D continues to lead with 4 seed Vanderbilt. 13 seed Michigan again follows closely. Michigan comes into the IPA Playoffs as one of the underdogs from the wildcard game. 9 seed Yale and 8 seed Claremont McKenna follow.
Notable Hands
Group C, Table 3, Hand 36 (13/25/50)
Justin Shiao (Georgia Tech) Camran Lateef (Brown)
Shiao (2895 | SB) Lateef (5105 | BB)
Shiao calls 50
Lateef checks
Flop: 10♣ 9♣ K♥
Lateef checks
Shiao bets 50
Lateef calls
Turn: 10♣ 9♣ K♥ [A♦]
Lateef checks
Shiao bets 169
Lateef calls
River: 10♣ 9♣ K♥ A♦ [3♥]
Lateef checks
Shiao bets 712
Lateef calls
Lateef (6♠ 9♥) Shiao (2♦ J♦)
Lateef wins the pot of 1,998 chips.
Group C, Table 5, Hand 52 (15/30/60)
Cottrell van Wingerden (Brown) Anass Benchekroun (McGill) Florian Pesce (Oxford) William Rodliffe (Manchester)
Wingerden (914 | SB) Benchekroun (835 | BB) Pesce (4213 | UTG) Rodliffe (2038 | BU)
Folds to Wingerden who calls
Benchekroun checks
Flop: 6♦ 8♣ 6♣
Wingerden bets 60
Benchekroun calls 60
Turn: 6♦ 8♣ 6♣ [7♦]
Wingerden bets 300
Benchekroun raises to 700 and goes all in
Wingerden calls 700
Wingerden (10♠ 10♦) Benchekroun (7♣ Q♦)
River: 6♦ 8♣ 6♣ 7♦ [5♠]
Wingerden wins the pot of 1,700 chips.
Playoffs Match 2 Table Leaders
| Name | Team |
| Frederick Baldwin | Michigan |
| Aidan Bergin | McGill |
| Parsa Esfahani | Georgia Tech |
| Tristan Holup | Vanderbilt |
| Hubert Januszczak | Auckland |
| Xyzlo Lee | Columbia Law |
| James Leung | Yale |
| Ryan Leung | Cornell |
| Leo McMahon | Brown |
| Justin Oresky | Vanderbilt |
| Joshua Peng | Vanderbilt |
| Florian Pesce | Georgia Tech |
| Brawner Quan | Tufts |
| Rod Rofougaran | Cornell |
| Christopher Schober | UPenn |
| Josh Shi | Auckland |
| Justin Shiao | Georgia Tech |
| Reno Varghese | Columbia Law |
| Flavius Vlasiu | Oxford |
| Kevin Wu | Pomona |
Group A
| Team | Total Points | Match 2 Scores | Placement Change |
| Columbia Law (5) | 28 | 14 | ↑+1 |
| UNSW (12) | 25.25 | 9.25 | ↓-1 |
| Cornell (1) | 25 | 16 | ↑+1 |
| UPenn (16) | 20.25 | 10 | ↓-1 |
Group B
| Team | Total Points | Match 2 Scores | Placement Change |
| Auckland (11) | 33 | 15 | = |
| Tufts (6) | 26 | 13 | = |
| Oxford (2) | 22 | 12 | = |
| Pomona (15) | 19 | 10 | = |
Group C
| Team | Total Points | Match 2 Scores | Placement Change |
| Georgia Tech (3) | 30 | 14 | = |
| Brown (10) | 27 | 13 | = |
| Manchester (7) | 22 | 12 | ↑+1 |
| McGill (14) | 20.25 | 10.25 | ↓-1 |
Group D
| Team | Total Points | Match 2 Scores | Placement Change |
| Vanderbilt (4) | 32 | 16 | = |
| Michigan (13) | 28 | 13 | = |
| Yale (9) | 20 | 10 | = |
| Claremont McKenna (8) | 19.25 | 11 | = |
The IPA tournament will resume on April 23th and 24th with the third and final round of the IPA Playoffs.