Game #13
U-Next Pirates
Akasaka
Drivens
Team Raiden
Sega Sammy
Phoenix
Yu
May 15, Game 1, E1-0
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p5635
In E1-0, Yu is the starting dealer and trying to help his team close the 237.6pts gap on the 1st place Akasaka Drivens.
Yu starts out with a decent 3-shanten starting hand, with the potential for both pinfu and tanyao. If he can get both the 6p and the 6m, a 456m sanshoku is also possible. With every honour and terminal that Yu draws, he gets a simple tile to replace it. On turn 2, he gets a red 5m for bonus value. On turn 3, he completes a 345p sequence. Though it may get in the way of the sanshoku, he ends up drawing another 5p and a 6p to get another chance.
At the start of the second row, Yu draws the desired 4p and calls riichi on a 36m ryanmen. Guaranteed 5 han, he can add 2 more with the 6m. If he can draw that 6m himself, he will have a baiman. Just two turns later, Yu gets the 6m and wins the hand. Yu wins with Riichi/Tsumo/Pinfu/Tanyao/Sanshoku/Aka 2 for 8,000 all.
Ippatsu
May 15, Game 1, E3-0
In E3-0, Setokuma is the dealer in 1st place and 8,500 behind 2nd place Genta.
Setokuma starts off at 3-shanten, but he doesn’t have any strong shapes other than his two completed sequences. In the first row, he forms a 7p pair, a 25p ryanmen and a 5m kanchan to get to iishanten. On turn 7, he draws an extra 4m to strengthen the manzu shape.
To his left, Genta is 2-shanten with some shape flexibility, including a south yakuhai pair. Though the south doesn’t show up, he makes a 567m sequence and draws a red 5p to connect to a 6p. Being tenpai, he calls riichi and waits on a 47p ryanmen, guaranteed at least 5,200 if he wins.
During the ippatsu round, Setokuma makes a 4m triplet and calls riichi on a 25p ryanmen. On his very next draw, he gets the 5p and wins the hand. Setokuma wins with Riichi/Ippatsu/Tsumo/Dora 1 for 4,000 all.
MenPinTsumo
May 15, Game 1, E3-1
In E3-1, Futoshi is in 4th place and 12,000 behind 3rd place Genta.
Futoshi starts out the hand already 2-shanten with two ryanmens, a secured dora 2m and a secured red 5m. Early on, Setokuma makes two calls, trying to rush his hand with two-dora hand. Soon after, both Setokuma and Futoshi get to iishanten.
Futoshi is teh first to tenpai, who calls riichi on a 14s ryanmen for mangan minimum.
With the two dora and not too many safe tiles in hand, Setokuma is basically forced to push. It takes until the end of the second row for Setokuma to call a 7p pon and get to tenpai on a 4m kanchan.
Within the go-around, Futoshi draws the 1s and wins the hand. Futoshi wins with Riichi/Tsumo/Pinfu/Dora 1/Aka 1 for 2,000+100/4,000+100, getting within a mangan tsumo of 2nd place.
Pillaging
May 15, Game 1
In S1-3, Yu is now the dealer again and holding a 19,300 lead over 2nd place Genta.
His starting hand is blessed with a red 5m connected to a 6m dora, as well as pairs of the east and red dragon. Before either Setokuma or Genta have gotten their first draw, Yu has already called pon on both of the yakuhai for 2-shanten. Near the end of his first row, he completes a 456m sequence for iishanten. A turn later, he makes a 36p ryanmen for tenpai.
Three turns later, Setokuma discards the 3p and deals into Yu. Yu wins the hand with East/Red Dragon/Dora 1/Aka 1 for 12,000+900.
In S1-4, Yu starts out 3-shanten with a pair of souths. The first row gives him a 2s dora for a 3s penchan, as well as a 69s ryanmen, but he doesn’t have much beyond that.
In the middle of the second row, draws a 6s to complete a second souzu sequence, leaning him towards a souzu honitsu. Though things are looking decent for Yu, Genta is the first to tenpai, discarding a 3s to get to a north tanki.
With the 3s discard, Yu calls the 123s chii to go all-in on the honitsu. After drawing an excess 7s and making his south pair into a triplet, he gets to tenpai on a 47s wait, guaranteed a mangan.
Soon after, Setokuma calls pon on the white dragon and gets to tenpai on a 4s/9p shanpon.
In the middle of the second row, Yu draws the red 5s. Since the 4 han and 5 han are the same, Yu chooses to make his south triplet into a pair in order to wait on the btter 69s ryanmen.
Two turns later, Futoshi gets to tenpai and calls riichi on a 25s ryanmen.
Unfortunately, Futoshi draws the 9s on his very next turn and deals into Yu. Yu wins the hand with Honitsu/Dora 1/Aka 1 for 12,000+1,200 plus a riichi stick, pushing Yu up to 73,100
A Stop To This Madness
May 15, Game 1, S1-6
In S1-6, Yu has won the past four hands and is up to 80,400, still holding his dealership. One of the players who wants to stop this rampage is 4th place Futoshi, all the way down at -18,400.
Yu starts out the hand at 2-shanten with a handful of manzu. Futoshi, on the other hand, has a handful of souzu. For completeness sake, Setokuma leans in the direction of pinzu. All three players lean strongly towards their flush ideals. By the end of the first row, Yu is rid of all off-suits, Setokuma has a floating 5s, while Futoshi still has a lingering 79m shape.
In the second row, the calling action begins. Setokuma is the first to call, making a 5p triplet. Soon after, Futoshi calls a 789s sequence. With Futoshi’s discarded 9m, Yu calls pon on the 9m. With a bit more fiddling, Yu is the first to tenpai, waiting with chinitsu on a 2m kanchan.
Right after, Futoshi makes a south pair and gets to tenpai on a 14s/south wait. Right after that, Setokuma draws and discards the south and deals into Futoshi. Futoshi wins the hand with Double South/Honitsu for 8,000+1,800, ending Yu’s dealership.
Final Scores
Standings
With the huge win by the U-Next Pirates, they cut their deficit on 1st place by more than half. If they can get another big win like that, they could take 1st place by the end of the day.
With the Akasaka Drivens getting a big 4th place, they fall down to 2nd and are just 66.1pts away from 3rd place overall.
Unfortunately for Team Raiden, the big win by the Pirates and their own 3rd place, they fall even further from 3rd place with three games left to play.
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