Friday (March 6)

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Game 1

Setokuma

March 6, Game 1, S2-0
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p10052

In S2-0, Setokuma is the dealer in 3rd place, 9,500 behind 2nd place Nagai and 16,300 behind 1st place Mizuhara.

Setokuma starts out with a very nice 3-shanten hand, holding pairs of green dragon, red dragon and the dora north. In the first row, Setokuma calls pon on the green dragon to secure his first yaku. At the start of the second row, he calls a 678p chii for iishanten. Within the go-around, he calls pon on the red dragon and waits on an 8p kanchan, guaranteed a haneman if he wins.

Right after, Nagai gets to tenpai on a 6m kanchan, but he has no yaku. Miura gets to tenpai after him, but he gets a yaku, He calls riichi with seven pairs and waits on a 2p tanki.

Nagai folds his hand, but Setokuma keeps pushing, switching to a 9p/north shanpon. In the middle of the third row, Miura discards the 9p and deals into Setokuma. Setokuma wins the hand with Honitsu/Green Dragon/Red Dragon/Dora 2 for 18,000 plus a riichi stick.

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Mizuhara

March 6, Game 1, S4-1

In S4-1, Mizuhara has a big score of 47,500. But, she is in 2nd place, 4,400 behind 1st place Setokuma. A riichi stick and a honba is in the pot. To take 1st place, Mizuhara needs a 1/50 or 2/25 direct hit, a 2/40 or 3/20 tsumo, or a 2/50 or 3/25 ron.

Mizuhara starts out with a promising hand at 3-shanten with pairs of red dragon and white dragon.On turn 3, Mizuhara calls pon on the red dragon to get things going. Two turns later, he draws a third white dragon. The progress is good, but she still needs to get one more han. In the middle of the second row, Mizuhara gets to tenpai and waits on a 4m dora kanchan, the value she needed.

Right after, Setokuma gets to tenpai on a 25p ryanmen.

Whichever of the two wins this hand would win the game. At the end of the row, Mizuhara draws the 4m dora and wins the hand. Mizuhara wins with Red Dragon/White Dragon/Dora 1 for 1,000+100/2,000+100 plus a riichi stick, winning the game.

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Results

Game 275

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Game 2

Kazuma

March 6, Game 2

In E1-1, Kazuma is the dealer in 1st place, being the only player tenpai in the first hand of the game. A riichi stick awaits the next winner.

Kazuma starts out the hand drawing a red 5m, adding to his 4p dora pair, setting him up for a dealer mangan. Advancing on turns 2 and 4, Kazuma gets to iishanten. A turn later, he gets to tenpai and calls riichi on a 14s ryanmen. In the middle of the second row, Hagiwara discards the 1s trying to take a ryanmen-ryanmen iishanten and deals into Kazuma. Kazuma wins with Riichi/Dora 2/Aka 1 for 12,000+300 plus a riichi stick.

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Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p11550

In E1-3, Kazuma starts out filling in a 4m dora kanchan, connecting a red 5m and getting to 2-shanten. On turn 3, he adds another 4m dora to his hand. After buidling around it, Kazuma gets to tenpai at the end of the row and waits on a 6p kanchan, guaranteed a mangan. A few turns later, he switches to a 5p/5s shanpon, then widens his wait to a 36p ryanmen.

To his left, Hagiwara is at a ryanmen-ryanmen iishanten. Near the end of the row, he gets to tenpai and calls riichi on a 47p ryanmen.

Trying to defend against Hagiwara, Uchikawa discards the 3p and ends up dealing into Kazuma. Kazuma wins the hand with Pinfu/Dora 2/Aka 2 for 12,000.

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Results

Game 276

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