Thursday (April 16)

Game 1

Chanta

April 16, Game 1, E3-0
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p10064

In E3-0, Setokuma is in 3rd place, 1,300 behind 2nd place Takizawa and 2,600 behind 1st place Genta.

Setokuma starts out the hand with a very strong 2-shanten hand, holding a triplet of yakuhai souths, a pair of red dragons, a seured dora 1p and seven pinzu tiles. Mangan is basically guaranteed so long as he goes for the pinzu honitsu. On turn 3, he calls pon on the red dragon for iishanten. A turn later, he gets to tenpai and waits on a 3p tanki. At the end of the row, he switches to a green dragon tanki to add chanta and a guaranteed haneman.

Within the go-around, Nakada discards the green dragon and deals into Setokuma. Setokuma wins the hand with Honitsu/Chanta/South/Red Dragon/Dora 1 for 12,000, moving into 1st place.

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Dora Dora Dora

April 16, Game 1, S2-0
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p9552

In S2-0, Genta is in 3rd place, 500 behind 2nd place Nakada and 10,700 behind 1st place Setokuma.

Genta starts out the hand at 3-shanten with a pair of west dora. Within the first five turns, Genta pairs up the yakuhai south, giving him a yaku option. During the same span, Takizawa secures a yaku with a green dragon pon and gets to iishanten. In the middle of the second row, Takizawa is the first to tenpai after a 234m chii and waits on a 14m ryanmen.

At this point, Genta has already called pon on the norths and is iishanten. With a west pon soon after, he gets to tenpai on a 47p ryanmen. Around the end of the second row, Takizawa discards the 4p and deals into Genta. Genta wins the hand with North/Dora 3 for 8,000, moving up to 2nd.

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Results

Game 13

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Game 2

Geki Going

April 16, Game 2
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p11059

In E2-0, Shimoishi is the dealer in 1st place, holding a small lead after a 2/30 tsumo during the first hand.

Shimoishi starts out the hand at 2-shanten with two sequences, a kanchan and a 14s ryanmen. On turn 2, he creates a pair. Before the row is done, he converts the kanchan to a ryanmen and guarantees him a good wait and pinfu. The second row is mostly a bust, but a concealed kan by Takaki to make the 7s a dora adds one more han to Shimoishi’s hand.

At the start of the third row, Shimoishi draws the red 5s to add more value. Two turns later, he gets to tenpai and calls riichi on a 14s ryanmen. On his very next turn, he draws 1s and wins the hand. With an uradora hit, Shimoishi wins with Riichi/Ippatsu/Tsumo/Pinfu/Dora 1/Aka 1/Ura 1 for 6,000 all.

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Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p11060

Jumping to E4-0, Shimoishi starts very strong, drawing a 5s dora to get to 2-shanten. With a red 5p and a red 5m, a mangan is in the tiles. On turn 4, he draws a red 5s double dora to upgrade him to haneman. Before the end of the first row, he calls pon on the 8p for iishanten.

At the start of the second row, he calls pon on the 5p tand waits tenpai on a 5s/4p shanpon. A turn later, her draws another dora 5s and wins the hand. Shimoishi wins with Tanyao/Dora 3/Aka 3 for 3,000/6,000.

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Results

Game 14

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