Game #13
Beast X
EX Furinkazan
Team Raiden
Konami Mahjong
Fight Club
Start Like A Beast
May 14, Game 1, E1-0
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p11074
In E1-0, Nakada is the starting dealer and starts out 4-shanten and lacking any sort of value. In the first three turns, she makes a triplet of 2p and a pair of easts. Completing a 456s sequence on turn 4, she gets to iishanten. At the start of the second row, Nakada fills in a 7s penchan and calls riichi on an east/1p shanpon. Being riichi only, she wants the east to add two more han to the hand.
Two turns later, Hagiwara chases with a green dragon/white dragon shanpon. With two 5m dora (including the red 5m) and a yakuhai with either wait, Hagiwara is guaranteed at least 5 han, with a tsumo upgrading him to a haneman.
By the end of the second row, it’s a 2 vs. 2 battle. Then, on Hagiwara’s second-last turn, he draws and discards the east and deals into Nakada. With the easts also being the uradora, Nakada wins the hand with Riichi/Double East/Ura 3 for 18,000 plus a riichi stick.
Hagiwara Highlight
May 14, Game 1, S3-1
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p10072
In S3-1, Hagiwara is the dealer in 2nd place and 14,800 behind 1st place Nakada. A riichi stick and a honba sit in the pot.
Hagiwara starts off at 4-shanten with two ryanmens and a pair of 8p dora. After making another ryanmen on turn 3, Hagiwara gets to 2-shanten by the end of the row.
At the start of the second row, Hagiwara improves his hand to be guaranteed a good wait. In the middle of the row, Hagiwara draws a third 8p dora and calls riichi on a 14s ryanmen, guaranteed at least a mangan.
Immediately after, Takizawa chases with a 58p ryanmen, also guaranteed at least a mangan.
Just two turns later, Hagiwara draws the 1s and wins the hand. Hagiwara wins with Riichi/Tsumo/Dora 3 for 4,000+100 all plus a riichi stick.
South 4
May 14, Game 1, S4-0
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s80_p3371
In S4-0, Nakada and Hagiwara are fiercely fighting for 1st place, with 2nd place Nakada just 1,000 behind 1st place Hagiwara. Any hand besides a 1/30 ron will give her 1st place.
Nakada starts out the hnd at 4-shanten with a secured red 5s, guaranteed enough value for a comeback. She doesn’t quite have a clear yaku, but there is a way to force tanyao. Through her first 8 turns, she solely discards terminals and honours. By the end of it, she is iishanten.
With a 14p ryanmen shape, she needs to either draw the 4p or transform it. In the meantime, she increases her acceptance by calling a 234s chii. In the third row, she adds a 3p to make a 233p shape, increasing the tanyao chances. With a 4m pon a few turns later, Nakada makes the 3p into a pair and waits on a 47s ryanmen.
With a chii by Takizawa a two turns later, Takizawa gets to tenpai on a red dragon/6p shanpon, only allowed to win on the red dragon.
On the second-last turn, Nakada draws the 4s and wins the hand. Nakada wins with Tanyao/Aka 2 for 1,000/2,000, winning the game.
Final Scores
Standings
Though Nakada was challenged near the end, she won the final hand and finished in 1st place. WIth Hagiwara’s 2nd place, he brings his team back into the positives. Uchikawa wasn’t able to call riichi or win a hand, moving him into 3rd place and closing shrinking their lead to 37.0pts. And Takizawa’s 4th place puts his team closer to 4th than 2nd place.
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