Tuesday (November 4)

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Game 1

Nagai

November 4. Game 1
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p7516

In E1-0, Nagai starts out the hand at 3-shanten with a red 5p for value. By turn 2, Nagai gets to 2-shanten with a good wait guaranteed. On turn 4, he completes a 567s sequence and gets to iishanten. For two turns in a row, Nagai draws an 8s dora to make a pair. With this tenpai, he calls riichi on a 14m ryanmen, wanting the 1m or a tsumo for a haneman.

Across from Nagai is 2-shanten Takaki with a pon of souths and pairs of green dragon and east. When the green dragon comes out, Takaki calls pon to push his hand. With an east pon near the end of the second row, he gets to tenpai and waits on a 9s tanki.

On Nagai’s turn, he draws the 4m and wins the hand. Nagai wins the hand with Riichi/Tsumo/Pinfu/Dora 2/Aka 1/Ura 1 for 3,000/6,000.

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Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p7517

In E3-0, Nagai is now the dealer and starts out the hand 3-shanten with a red 5m. Within the first four turns, Nagai makes two ryanmens and gets to 2-shanten. On his next turn, he fills in a 7s penchan. A turn later, Nagai completes a 345m sequence and calls riichi on a 69m ryanmen, wanting the 6m dora for max value.

On turn 8, Nagai draws the 6m dora and wins the hand. Hitting an uradora, Nagai wins the hand with Riichi/Tsumo/Pinfu/Dora 1/Aka 1/Ura 1 for 6,000 all, pushing his score up to 55,000.

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Sticks

November 4, Game 1, E3-5

In E3-5, the stakes are high and the sticks are high. Whoever wins the next hand will be guaranteed to get 6,500 in bonuses. Sitting in 2nd place is Kurosawa, wanting to widen her lead over the bottom two.

Kurosawa starts off at 3-shanten with a dora 3s. Within the first row, Kurosawa draws a red 5s, makes sequences and sequence candidates to easily move into iishanten. In the middle of the second row, Kurosawa makes a 2m triplet and calls riichi on a 36s ryanmen, wanting the 3s dora or a tsumo for mangan minimum.

Within the go-around 1st place Nagai calls a 678s chii and gets to tenpai on a 36s ryanmen. With Nagai ahead in turn order, he will win the headbump battle.

But, Kurosawa can still win by tsumo. Sure enough, two turns later, Kurosawa draws the dora 3s and wins the hand. Kurosawa wins with Riichi/Tsumo/Dora 2/Aka 1 for 2,000+500/4,000+500 plus 5,000 in riichi sticks, a total gain of 14,500 on the hand.

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Closing It Out

November 4, Game 1, S4-0
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p7518

In S4-0, Nagai is trying to close out the game before Kurosawa has a chance to get to 10 honba and make a comeback.

Nagai starts out the hand at 2-shanten with two red fives and two dora 5m. On turn 2, Nagai makes a 567s sequence and gets to iishanten. On his very next turn, he completes a 456p sequence for a chance to tenpai.

He has a choice between discarding the 2m for a guaranteed haneman with a decent chance at baiman, or he can take a wider wait for only a guaranteed mangan with a chance at haneman. Nagai chooses to take the wider wait, throwing the dora 5m and calls riichi on a 147m three-sided wait. Immediately after, Kurosawa discards the 4m trying to take iishanten and deals into Nagai. Nagai wins the hand with Riichi/Ippatsu/Pinfu/Tanyao/Dora 1/Aka 2 for 12,000, ending the game with 67,100.

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Results

Game 83

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Game 2

Ippatsu

November 4, Game 2, E2-0
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p8016

In E2-0, Shibukawa is in 4th place, 5,800 behind the 2nd place tie and 11,600 behind 1st place Hagiwara.

Shibukawa starts out the hand behind everyone, being 4-shanten while the rest of the table is at 2-shanten. Being so far behind, he is naturally slower than the rest of the table. On turn 5, Nagai is the first to tenpai and waits dama on a 6m kanchan.

Getting some good draws, Shibukawa manages to get to iishanten by turn 7. However, he faces added danger when dealer Genta calls riichi on a 58m nobetan.

Because of the dealer riichi, Shibukawa starts to take a step back, breaking his souzu shape. At the end of the row, Hagiwara joins in and calls riichi on a 7m kanchan. Unfortunately, none remain int he wall.

As the turns go along, Shibukawa’s dangerous tiles become safe and he ends up advancing his hand as well. In the middle of the second row, Shibukawa gets to tenpai and stays dama on a 3p kanchan. On his next turn, he decides to make a tsumogiri riichi. The timing ends up being perfect as he draws the 3p on his next turn and wins the hand. Shibukawa wins with Riichi/Ippatsu/Tsumo/Tanyao/Dora 1 for 2,000/4,000 plus two riichi sticks, enough to move into 1st place.

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Nagai Again

November 4, Game 2

In E3-0, Nagai is in 3rd place, 4,800 behind 2nd place Hagiwara and 6,200 behind 1st place dealer Shibukawa.

With Nagai’s first draw, he makes a triplet of easts to get to 2-shanten. On turn 3, he gets to a ryanmen-ryanmen iishanten. On turn 5, he fills in one of them for tenpai and calls riichi on a 69m ryanmen, needing only one more han for a mangan.

Though there are four winning tiles in the wall, none of them end up coming to him. Through the first row and the second row, he doesn’t get it. During this time, Hagiwara advances his expensive hand with two red fives and a dora 7m. In the middle of the third row, Hagiwara gets to tenpai and calls riichi on a 36m ryanmen, guaranteed at least a mangan.

During the go-around, Nagai finally gets a winning 6m. Nagai wins the hand with Riichi/Tsumo/East/Dora 1 for 2,000/4,000 plus a riichi stick.

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Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p7519

In E4-0, Nagai is now the dealer and starts out 3-shanten with a red 5m. Within the first few turns, Nagai has an excess in blocks, allowing him to break his 1m pair to aim for a potential tanyao. On turn 5, he fills in a 3s kanchan to get to a perfect iishanten. A turn later, Nagai gets to tenpai and calls riichi on a 14p ryanmen. In the middle of the second row, Nagai draws the 1p and wins the hand. Hitting the uradora, Nagai wins the hand with Riichi/Tsumo/Pinfu/Aka 1/Ura 1 for 4,000 all.

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Results

Game 84

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