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Game · 2021-22 Semifinal Series

4/8 Game 2

Kenji Katsumata finished 1st (+83.7pt). The game was decided in East 1, 1 honba: Kenji Katsumata tsumo 12,000, which moved Kenji Katsumata's expected points by +35.8.

1st-place probabilityat the start of each hand

0%25%50%75%100%East 1East 2South 1End● Kenji Katsumata● Hisato Sasaki● Takaharu Ooi● Go Kobayashi0%25%50%75%100%East 1East 4End● Kenji● Hisato● Takaharu● Go
The chance of finishing 1st, at the start of each hand (estimated by simulation). Shaded: the hand that decided this game.

Hand by handexpected pt change = how much the hand's result moved the expected final points

HandsResultKenji Katsumata
1st-place chance
Hisato Sasaki
1st-place chance
Takaharu Ooi
1st-place chance
Go Kobayashi
1st-place chance
Kenji Katsumata
Expected pt change
Hisato Sasaki
Expected pt change
Takaharu Ooi
Expected pt change
Go Kobayashi
Expected pt change
East 1Exhaustive draw25%25%25%26%+3.2-4.3-0.9+2.0
East 1, 1 honbaKenji Katsumata tsumo 12,00027%24%22%27%+35.8-11.4-11.3-13.1
East 1, 2 honbaKenji Katsumata tsumo 18,00056%15%14%15%+32.9-12.1-9.9-10.9
East 1, 3 honbaKenji Katsumata ron 12,000 from Go Kobayashi85%4%6%5%+18.9+2.7+1.4-23.1
East 1, 4 honbaExhaustive draw95%2%2%1%+1.1-1.8-1.9+2.7
East 1, 5 honbaHisato Sasaki ron 3,200 from Go Kobayashi95%2%2%1%-0.1+9.5-0.9-8.5
East 2Exhaustive draw96%2%1%1%+2.7-1.1-0.9-0.7
East 3, 1 honbaKenji Katsumata ron 5,200 from Takaharu Ooi98%1%1%0%+7.4+3.3-11.4+0.7
East 4Go Kobayashi tsumo 12,00099%0%0%0%-5.0-8.9-12.7+26.7
East 4, 1 honbaExhaustive draw99%1%0%1%-1.1-3.4-1.1+5.6
East 4, 2 honbaTakaharu Ooi tsumo 1,10098%0%0%1%-1.5-0.6+5.9-3.8
South 1Hisato Sasaki tsumo 8,00099%0%0%0%-6.0+18.0-5.8-6.2
South 2Hisato Sasaki ron 9,600 from Go Kobayashi99%1%0%0%-0.5+17.8+3.7-20.9
South 2, 1 honbaGo Kobayashi tsumo 4,00098%2%0%0%+0.5-5.4-5.9+10.8
South 3Go Kobayashi tsumo 8,000100%0%0%0%-1.9-1.6-11.0+14.5
South 4Exhaustive draw100%0%0%1%-1.1+1.5-1.5+1.1
South 4, 1 honbaHisato Sasaki tsumo 1,50099%0%0%1%-0.8+5.7-0.3-4.6

All 2021-22 games / This game's record (M League Haifu)