Tuesday (November 25)

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Game 1

Shibuya Shift

November 25, Game 1, S2-0
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p9025

In S2-0, Hinata is the dealer in 4th place, but is just 9,900 from 1st place.

Hinata starts out the hand with pairs of east, west, 1m and 5m (including the red 5m), allowing her to go either for triplets or pairs. Within the go-around, she calls pon on the east to try to speed up her hand. In the first row, it becomes clear that she is aiming for a honitsu, guaranteeing her at least a mangan if she goes that route. With a pon of the west at the end of the row, she gets to iishanten.

At the start of the second row, she calls pon on the 1m, getting to tenpai on 14m ryanmen. As the second row becoms the third row, nothing is coming yet. But in the middle of the third row, she makes a 3555m shape, changing her wait to a 34m wait. If she gets the 3m, she will have a haneman. Though she ends up missing a 1m win on her next draw and subsequently declining the added kan, she draws the 4m on her next turn and wins the hand. Hinata wins with Honitsu/East/Aka 1 for 4,000 all, moving her into 1st place.

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Ura Ura

November 25, Game 1, S3-2
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p9520

In S3-2, Genta is in 3rd place, 4,300 behind 2nd place Hinata and 9,600 behind 1st place Setokuma.

Genta starts out the hand securing a red 5m to get to 4-shanten. Sequence candidates pop up in the first row to get her to 2-shanten. At the start of the second row, Genta fills in a 3m penchan to get to iishanten and is an 8m away from getting a manzu straight. He can also draw a 4s to get a three-sided wait in manzu instead. A turn later, he gets the 4s and calls riichi on the 147m wait.

Within the go-around, Setokuma gets to tenpai with a 6m kanchan. With tanyao guaranteed, a triplet of 3p dora and a red 5s, he has a dangerous dealer mangan lurking.

A few turns later, Setokuma draws a fourth 2s and calls a concealed kan. With his rinshan draw, he gets a fourth 3p and calls kan again, upgrading his hand to a guaranteed haneman.

However, these kans only end up giving Genta extra uradora chances. At the end of the second row, Genta draws the 7m and wins the hand. With the kan making Genta’s 3m and 1m into dora, and his 7m pair also being kanuradora, Genta wins the hand with Riichi/Tsumo/Dora 2/Aka 1/Ura 2 for 3,000+200/6,000+200, pushing Genta into 1st place.

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Results

Game 119

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Game 2

Kadokawa Content

November 25, Game 2, E2-0
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p8023

In E2-0, Okada is in 1st place after winning a mangan tsumo in the first hand.

Okada starts off at 3-shanten with sequences in sight. She puts herself a 4s away from a 345s iipeikou and makes a 36m ryanmen, but is only able to get to 2-shanten by the end of the first row. In the middle of the second row, she draws the 4s to secure the additional yaku and get to iishanten. Making a pair of 7m on her next draw, she gets to a perfect iishanten. A turn later, she gets to pinfu tenpai and calls riichi on a 47p ryanmen, guaranteed at least a mangan.

At the end of the second row, Kurosawa discards the 4p and deals into Okada. Okada wins the hand with Riichi/Pinfu/Tanyao/Iipeikou for 12,000.

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Kayamori

November 25, Game 2, S2-0
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p9521

In S2-0, Kayamori is in 2nd place and is 12,100 behind 1st place Okada.

Kayamori starts off the hand 3-shanten for both a standard and pairs hand, holding pairs of the double south, north and 5m (including the red 5m). When the south comes out during the first go-around, Kayamori calls pon. After pairing up the 2m on her next draw, she calls pon on it too to get to iishanten. Before the row is done, she adds a 6m pair to the hand, giving her a route for all triplets and a haneman hand.

At the start of the second row, she calls pon on the 5m and gets to tenpai on a 6m/north shanpon. Just two turns later, Matsumoto discards the north and deals in. Kayamori wins with Toitoi/Honitsu/Double South/Aka 1 for 12,000, putting her just 100 shy of 1st place.

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No More Ura San

November 25, Game 2, S3-1
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p9522

In S3-1, Kayamori is the dealer in 1st place and holding a 5,700 lead over 2nd place Okada.

Kayamori starts off 3-shanten with a triplet of 2s and a pair of 8s, as well as two kanchans, a floating red 5s and a loosely-connected dora 5p. In the first three turns, she is able to make the 8s into a triplet, getting her to 2-shanten. Soon after, she fills in both the 4m and the 4p kanchan to get to tenpai. She discards the red 5s and calls riichi on a 36p wait. Two turns later, she gets the 6p and wins the hand. With the flip, her 2s triplet becomes the new dora and suddenly boosts her to a haneman. Kayamori wins the hand with Riichi/Tsumo/Tanyao/Dora 1/Ura 3 for 6,000+100 all, giving her a huge 30,100 lead over 2nd place.

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Results

Game 120

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