Game #11
Shibuya
Abemas
EX Furinkazan
Team Raiden
Konami Mahjong
Fight Club
Three Calls
May 16, Game 1, E3-0
In E3-0, Shiratori is in 2nd place and 2,500 behind 1st place Matsugase.
Shiratori starts out the hand 2-shanten for chiitoi with pairs of white dragon, north, 5m and 7m. With this mix, Shiratori also has the option to go for a manzu honitsu. Right when the white dragon comes out, Shiratori calls pon to aim for a standard hand. Later in the row, Shiratori draws a red 5m to get to 2-shanten. In the second row, he calls pon on the 5m to get to iishanten and later calls pon on the 7m to get to tenpai on a 4m kanchan.
Within a go-around, Hagiwara gets to tenpai and stays dama on a yakuless 8p kanchan. After a bit of fiddling over the next few turns, Hagiwara somehow gets to a west tanki wait and calls riichi.
After Hagiwara, Matsugase gets to tenpai and calls riichi on a 47p ryanmen.
Since Shiratori has a mangan hand and not much to fold with after his north pair, Shiratori just pushes. In the middle of the second row, Shriatori draws the 4m and wins the hand. Shiratori wins with Honitsu/White Dragon/Aka 1 for 2,000/4,000 plus two riichi sticks.
Yakuman Tenpai!!!
May 16, Game 1, E4-0
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-14_s40_p760
In E4-0, Takizawa is the dealer in 3rd place, 3,500 behind 2nd place Matsugase and 15,000 behind 1st place Takizawa. The Konami Mahjong Fight Club is in 3rd place and the team wants to get higher.
Takizawa starts out the hand with an ankou of 6p, a pair of 8p and a 47m ryanmen. Sitting 4-shanten, the only value the hand seemed to have is a potential tanyao and maybe a dora.
Looking around the table, Hagiwara is the closest to tenpai at the start with a 2-shanten hand, two kanchans and a penchan. On turn 2, Hagiwara fills in the penchan to get to iishanten. At the end of the row, Hagiwara gets to tenpai and calls riichi on a 7s kanchan.
During the first row, Takizawa managed to make an ankou of 2m and a pair 8m. If Takizawa can draw either the 8m or 8p, Takizawa will be tenpai for sanankou. In the middle of the second row, Takizawa draws a 5m to create a 556m. Drawing the 5m, 8p or 8m, Takizawa would be tenpai for a potential suuankou. On his very next draw, Takizawa draws the 8m. Calling riichi, Takizawa waits on an 8p/5m shanpon, hoping to draw either of them for the dealer yakuman.
On his very next draw, Takizawa draws the 8p and win the hand. With this one single draw, Takizawa wins a Suuankou dealer yakuman for 16,000 all, a well-needed gain for the team.
Flush
May 16, Game 1, E4-1
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-14_s50_p751
In E4-1, Shiratori is trying to recover some points after Takizawa won a dealer yakuman and stole Shiratori’s 1st.
Shiratori starts out the hand 3-shanten with 9 pinzu tiles. In the first row, Shiratori draws two more pinzu to secure honitsu. On turn 7, Shiratori draws a red 5p to get to chinitsu iishanten. Soon after, Shiratori calls pon to get to tenpai on a 2p/3p shanpon. To improve the wait, Shiratori makes a second call and waits on a 258p wait. At the end of the row, Shiratori finds the 2p and wins the hand. Shiratori wins with Chinitsu/Aka 1 for 3,000+100/6,000+100 to move above 30,000.
Ura Ura
May 16, Game 1, S1-0
In S1-0, Hagiwara is in 4th place and in the negatives. To move into 3rd place, Hagiwara needs to win a mangan.
Hagiwara starts the hand 4-shanten with a dora 9p. In the first row, Hagiwara pairs up the 9p, makes a ryanmen and gets to iishanten. On turn 8, Hagiwara fills in a penchan and calls riichi on a 47s ryanmen for mangan minimum. If Hagiwara wins off of the 7s, he would also add iipeikou to his hand. Two turns later, Shiratori throws the 7s trying to get accept tenpai and deals into Hagiwara. With a flip of the uradora, Hagiwara adds two han and upgrades to a haneman. Hagiwara wins with Riichi/Pinfu/Iipeikou/Dora 2/Ura 2 for 12,000, moving into 3rd place.
Escaping 4th
May 16, Game 1, S4-0
In S4-0, Matsugase is in 4th place and 2,800 behind 3rd place Hagiwara. With a 2/40 tsumo, a 1/50 direct hit or a 3/30 general ron, Matsugase will finish the game in 3rd place.
Matsugase starts out the hand by filling in a kanchan to get to 2-shanten. With a pair of 3p, a red 5p and a red 5m, Matsugase has more than enough value to move into 3rd. In the first row, Matsugase expands his tile acceptance, but is still stuck at 2-shanten. With a call of the 5p and a chii of the 7m, Matsugase gets to tenpai and waits on a 7m/3p shanpon.
Within a go-around, Takizawa gets to tenpai and waits on a 7s penchan.
After that, Hagiwara gets to tenpai and waits on a 4p kanchan.
After a few turns of waiting, Matsugase improves his wait to a 258m. Soon after, Shiratori draws and discards the 8m and deals into Matsugase. Matsugase wins the hand with Tanyao/Dora 2/Aka 2 for 8,000, successfully escaping 3rd.
Final Scores
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-15_s10_p229
Twitter: https://twitter.com/m_league_jikkyo/status/1658437967118209024
Standings
All he needed was one hand. With that single riichi, that single win, Takizawa won the game and got the Konami Mahjong Fight Club to within a win of the top of the standings. Unfortunately, the loss from Hagiwara takes them a bit further away from the top.
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