Tuesday (April 21)

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Game 1

Nice Nakada

April 21, Game 1
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p11061

In E3-0, Nakada is in 4th place, 500 behind 3rd place Nagai, 3,500 behind 2nd place Genta and 6,000 behind 1st place Hisato.

Nakada starts off the hand at 4-shanten with a pair of red dragons. In the first row, she draws both the red 5p and the red 5s, as well as sequences.By turn 4, she is already iishanten.

As she waits for tenpai, Nagai gets to tenpai first and calls riichi on a 58p ryanmen.

With a pair of red dragons in her hand, she stays relatively safe while keeping iishanten. At the start of the second row, she creates a 6s to create a 5566s shape, just a 4s or 7s away from an iipeikou tenpai. On turn 8, she draws the 7s and calls riichi on a 47s ryanmen. Guaranteed at least a mangan, winning on the 7s and getting one more han will give her a haneman. At the end of the second row, Genta discards the 7s trying to call wide 4-sided riichi and deals into Nakada. With her 1s being the uradora, Nakada wins the hand with Riichi/Pinfu/Iipeikou/Aka 2 for 12,000. plus a riichi stick, going from 4th to 1st.

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In E4-0, Nakada is now the dealer and starts at 3-shanten. In the first four turns, she advances to iishanten, but is lacking value. On turn 5, she gets to tenpai, but chooses to be dama with her 6s kanchan (later becoming a 69s/5m wait.

In the second row, she goes back a step, incresing her chances at a pinfu. In the middle of the row, she gets there and calls riichi on a 47m ryanmen. Though Hisato calls pon on the dora 5p to break her ippatsu, he discards the 7m trying to take tenpai and deals into Nakada. With her two 5m becoming the uradora, Nakada wins with Riichi/Pinfu/Ura 2 for 12,000.

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Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p11062

Moving to S2-1, still holds her strong lead, now being 20,300 ahead of the next-closest player.

She has an incredible starting hand with all three of the red fives and three ryanmens, guaranteeing her a good wait and a lot of value. With almost every single draw, she advances. On turn 4, she gets to tenpai and calls riichi on a 14p ryanmen, wanting the 4p for the additional han from tanyao. On her very next turn, she gets that 4p and wins the hand. With an uradora hit as well, Nakada wins with Riichi/Ippatsu/Tsumo/Tanyao/Aka 3/Ura 1 for 4,000+100/8,000+100, an incredible baiman win to get her to 60,100.

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Hisato

April 21, Game 1, S4-0
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p8567

In S4-0, Hisato is in 4th place, 6,700 behind 3rd place Genta and 12,300 behind 2nd place Nagai. For him to move into 3rd place, he needs a 3/30 direct hit, a 3/40 tsumo or a mangan ron. For 2nd place, he needs a mangan direct hit, a haneman tsumo or a baiman win.

Hisato starts out the hand at 2-shanten, but lacking in value. If he wants to make the comeback, he will likely need to shift to tanyao, at the very least. On turn 4, he discards a 1m from a 13m block., confirming that pursuit. He confirms his pursuit even further by discarding the red dragon dora. As his hand is right now, he has a high chance at pinfu and a potential path for tanyao.

In the second row, Hisato completes a 345p sequence for iishanten. He holds a 345s sequence as well, giving the possibility for a 345 sanshoku. With a floating 3m, he needs the perfect draws.

Before he can get to tenpai, Genta gets there first and calls riichi on a 14m ryanmen, wanting to keep his position above Hisato.

Surviving the ippatsu round with a safe green dragon draw, Hisato draws the 4m on his next turn and calls riichi on a 25m ryanmen. With the 5m, a direct hit off Nagai or a tsumo would be enough for 2nd place. With Genta’s riichi stick, Hisato can also get there with a booster along with the 5m win. Otherwise, he will have 3rd place.

During the ippatsu round, Genta draws and discards the 5m, dealing into Hisato and giving him the booster he needs. Hisato wins with Riichi/Ippatsu/Pinfu/Tanyao/Sanshoku for 12,000 plus a riichi stick.

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Results

Game 19

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Game 2

Sanshoku Style

April 21, Game 2, S1-0
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p11063

In S1-0, Shimoishi is in 3rd place, 4,600 behind 2nd place Kayamori and 27,100 behind 1st place Katsumata.

Shimoishi starts out the hand at 3-shanten with a dora 3m in hand and a likely tanyao. With a 3445s shape, a 35m shape and a 35p shape, the possibility for a 345 sanshoku is there. On turn 2, he draws a 6s, meaning that he would need to draw a 5s to create a 345 sanshoku. After filling in a 4p kanchan on turn 5, he draws the perfect red 5s. He calls riichi and waits on a 4m kanchan, guaranteed at least a haneman.

To his right, Takizawa is just behind him by 100. With no safe tiles, Takizawa just pushes forward. On turn 8, he gets to a ryanmen-ryanmen iishanten, upgrading to a perfect iishanten two turns later, At the end of the row, he gets to tenpai and calls riichi on a 47p ryanmen, wanting the 4p for a 456p iipeikou.

In the middle of the third row, Shimoishi draws the 4m and wins the hand. Shimoishi wins with Riichi/Tsumo/Tanyao/Sanshoku/Dora 1/Aka 1 for 3,000/6,000 plus a riichi stick.

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Ura San

April 21, Game 2, S2-0

In S2-0, Kayamori is the dealer in 3rd place, 11,400 behind 2nd place Shimoishi and 18,500.

Kayamori starts out the hand at 4-shanten, holding only a single dora north for value. In the first row, she makes a pair of 7m and advances herself to 2-shanten by the end of the first row. Holding enough blocks, she gets rid of the isolated north dora. At the start of the second row, he gets herself to iishanten.

To her left, Katsumata is already iishanten and has a pair of green dragons. Before the second row is done, he calls pon on it and gets to tenpai on a 7s/8s shanpon.

By this point, Kayamori is iishanten after making a 7m triplet and waits on a 10 different tiles for tenpai. Drawing the 8s, she gets to tenpai and calls riichi on a 7s kanchan wait.

With the riichi by Kayamori, Katsumata makes some moves to avoid dealing in. In the third row, he makes a 25p ryanmen, but is furiten. Soon after, Takizawa makes them a tenpai trio and calls riichi on a 5p kanchan.

Within the go-around, Kayamori draws the last 7s and wins the hand. With the flip, her 7m become sthe uradora, a welcome surprise. Kayamori wins the hand with Riichi/Ura 3 for 4,000 all plus a riichi stick, moving into 2nd place and coming within 2,500 behind 1st place Katsumata.

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Results

Game 20

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