Friday (September 25)

Table A

Table B

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Table A, Game 1

Maki

September 25, Table A, Game 1, E1-0

In E1-0, Asami is in the west seat and starts off 2-shanten with a decent chance at pinfu and tanyao. By turn 2, Asami has pinfu basically guaranteed. At the end of the first row, Asami gets a 4s pair for iishanten.

Two turns into the second row, Asami gets to tenpai and calls riichi on a 47p ryanmen. If she wins on the 4p, she will add a 456 sanshoku for mangan minimum.

To her right, Hinata has a hand with pinfu and tanyao chances as well. After breaking the east pair to avoid dealing in, she ends up going to iishanten with tanyao guaranteed. After creating a 567s sequence (saving the red 5s) and a 7p pair, Hinata gets to tenpai and calls riichi on a 25p ryanmen.

But, Hinata doesn’t even get a chance at another draw. On Asami’s turn, she draws the perfect 4p and wins the hand. With an uradora hit, Asami wins the hand with Riichi/Tsumo/Pinfu/Sanshoku/Ura 1 for 3,000/6,000 plus a riichi stick.

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Ura San

September 25, Table A, Game 1, E3-1
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p10079

In E3-1, Hagiwara is in 3rd place, 2,500 behind 2nd place Asakura and 25,800 behind 1st place dealer Asami.

Hagiwara starts off already 2-shanten with a two completes sequence, a 25m ryanmen, a pair of norths and a floating 3s dora. On turn 3, he draws a 2m for iishanten. Over the next few turns he keeps missing tenpai, despite having 11 different types of tiles that can get him to tenpai.

Then, in the middle of the second row, Hagiwara pairs up the 3s dora and calls riichi on a north/1s shanpon. In the third row, he draws the north and wins the hand. With the big flip, Hagiwara’s norths become the new dora to upgrade him to a haneman. Hagiwara wins the hand with Riichi/Tsumo/Dora 2/Ura 3 for 3000+100/6,000+100.

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Baiman

September 25, Table A, Game 1, E4-0
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p10557

In E4-0, Asakura is in 4th place, 7,500 behind 3rd place dealer Hinata.

Asakura starts out the hand iishanten with his first draw, holding a secured red 5m and a dora 6p as part of a 6777p shape. However, he chooses to decline the iishanten to go for tanyao. On turn 2, he yet again had a chance to take iishanten, but he breaks his 2p pair for more pinfu and good wait possibilities.

At the end of the first row, Asakura gets to tenpai on a 6p/6m shanpon and stays dama, still wanting a good wait. A turn later, he gets the better wait and calls riichi on a 25m ryanmen, guaranteed at least a haneman.

Across from him, Hinata is at a perfect iishanten. In the third row, Hinata calls pon on the red dragon and waits on a 69p ryanmen.

Immediately after, Asakura draws the 2m and wins the hand. Getting the uradora as well, Asakura wins with Riichi/Tsumo/Tanyao/Dora 2/Aka 2/Ura 1 for 4,000/8,000, moving up to 3rd place and within 2,100 behind 2nd place.

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To The Top

September 25, Table A, Game 1, S2-1
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s90_p2084

In S2-1, Asakura is the dealer in 2nd place, 10,600 behind 1st place Asami. A riichi stick and a honba are in the pot.

Asakura starts off at 2-shanten with pairs of white dragon and green dragon. On turn 2, he creates a 345p sequence for iishanten. Over the next few turns, Asakura looks for a better shape than his 3s penchan. Before the row is done, Asakura creates a 25m ryanmen shape. At the end of the second row, he switches it for a 58s ryanmen. With a 567s sequence already secured, Asakura wants the 5s for a 567s iipeikou.

Across from him, Hinata has already called a 678p sequence and sits iishanten. With the white dragon pair in her hand, she blocks Asakura on that route. At the end of her second row, she pairs up the red dragon and gets to tenpai on a red dragon/white dragon shanpon, guaranteed a mangan if she wins.

On Asakura’s turn, he draws the 8s for tenpai and calls riichi on a white dragon/green dragon shanpon. On his very next turn, he draws the final green dragon in the wall and wins the hand. Asakura wins with Riichi/Ippatsu/Tsumo/Green Dragon/Dora 1 for 4,000+100 all plus a riichi stick, moving him into 1st place.

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Results

Game 21

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Table B, Game 1

Hori

September 25, Table B, Game 1, E3-1
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p8059

Hori is tied for 3rd place, just 5,000 behind 1st place AIkawa. A riichi stick and a honba are in the pot.

Hori starts out the hand at 3-shanten with not much value aside from a 1p dora as part of a 3p penchan shape. On turn 3, he draws a red 5p to create a 47p ryanmen. Two turns later, he completes a 123s sequence for iishanten. At the end of the row, he fills in the 3p penchan and calls riichi on the 47p ryanmen wait.

At the end of the second row, Hori draws the 7p and wins the hand. Hori wins with Riichi/Tsumo/Dora 1/Aka 1 for 2,000+100/4,000+100 plus a riichi stick, moving into 1st place.

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Jets

September 25, Table B, Game 1, S1-0
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p11556

In S1-0, Aikawa is in 4th place, 2,000 behind 3rd place Uchikawa and 6,000 behind 2nd place Shimoishi.

Aikawa starts out the hand at 4-shanten with a pair of red dragons as potential value. In the first row, she makes a bit of advancement, including filling in a 7s penchan, but is uninspiring as she gets to 2-shanten.

Around the table, though, Shimoishi is already iishanten having called the green dragon and holds a connected red 5m double dora. Uchikawa is iishanten as well, holding a good chance at a good wait. In the second row, Shimoishi calls a 456m chii and gets to tenpai on a 3s tanki. In the middle of the row, he switches to a 25m ryanmen wait.

In Aikawa’s hand, she has a floating 5m dora. To try and stays safe and stall, she drops her red dragon pair, then her 2p pair. Before the row is done, Aikawa pairs up the 5m, creates a 789p sequence and calls riichi on a 58s ryanmen, guaranteed at least a mangan.

On Shimoishi’s turn, he draws a green dragon and calls an added kan.It doesn’t help him, but Aikawa now has another chance at uradora.

Within the go-around, Uchikawa chases with a 25m wait of his own. If Aikawa draws and discards it while in riichi, Uchikawa will be headbumped by more expensive dealer Shimoishi.

Aikawa has no worries about that, though, as Aikawa draws the 8s immediately after and wins the hand. Aikawa wins with Riichi/Tsumo/Pinfu/Dora 2/Ura 1 for 3,000/6,000 plus a riichi stick, taking her into 2nd place.

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Results

Game 22

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Table A, Game 2

Nakabayashi

September 25, Table A, Game 2, E3-0

In E3-0, Nakabayashi is the dealer in 2nd place, 8,000 behind 1st place Matsumoto.

Nakabayashi starts out the hand at 3-shanten with a red 5p secured in a 345p sequence. Within the firs three turns, Nakabayashi pairs up the 9m and fills in an 8p kanchan for iishanten. On turn 4, he fills in a 789s sequence for a chance for tenpai.

But he doesn’t take it.

Instead, he chooses to break his 3s pair. Having a floating 3s and 5m, he tries to go for a wider wait and the possibility of pinfu as well.

In the middle of the second row, though, he ends up pairing up the 5m pair instead. With the hand now halfway finished, he decides to call riichi and try to win with what he has.

A few turns later, Taro gets to tenpai and chases with a 58p ryanmen. With a triplet of 2m dora in his hand, he is guaranteed a mangan.

Within the go-around, Setokuma discards the 9m (a safe tile against Taro and a newly-formed suji against Nakabayashi) deals into Nakabayashi. Nakabayashi wins the hand with Riichi/Aka 1/Ura 1 for 7,700 plus a riichi stick.

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Matsumoto

September 25, Table A, Game 2, S1-1
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p9060

In S1-1, Matsumoto is in 2nd place and 3,700 behind 1st place Nakabayashi.

With his very first draw, he gets to iishanten with a good wait almost guaranteed. At the end of the first row, that “almost guaranteed” becomes “guaranteed” as his tile acceptance goes from five types to eight types. At the start of the second row, he creates a 234s iipeikou and calls riichi on a 58s ryanmen.

Immediately after, Setokuma chases with a 9s tanki.

Two turns later, Matsumoto draws the 8s and wins the hand. With the green dragon being the uradora, Matsumoto wins the hand with Riichi/Tsumo/Iipeikou/Ura 2 for 2,000+100/4,000+100 plus two riichi sticks, moving into 1st place.

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Results

Game 23

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Table B, Game 2

Shirinashihama

September 25, Table B, Game 2, E1-0
Video: https://abema.tv/video/episode/444-1_s5_p8060

In E1-0, Wataru is starting south and starts off 2-shanten with his first draw and holding a secured red 5m. On turn 3, he fills in a 2s kanchan. On his very next turn, he pairs up the 7p and calls riichi on a 69m ryanmen wait.

Before the row is done, Nakada discards the 5p trying to take a perfect iishanten and deals into Wataru. With the uradora, Wataru’s 7p pair hits and ups his hand to a mangan. Wataru wins with Riichi/Aka 1/Ura 2 for 8,000.

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Results

Game 24

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