Most differences in results are within chance.They do not justify criticizing players.

Game · 2025-26 Final Series

5/4 Game 1

Aki Nikaido finished 1st (+61.1pt). The game was decided in South 4: Aki Nikaido tsumo 8,000, which moved Aki Nikaido's expected points by +46.7.

1st-place probabilityat the start of each hand

0%25%50%75%100%East 1East 3South 2End● Aki Nikaido● Naoki Setokuma● Hisato Sasaki● Daisuke Suzuki0%25%50%75%100%East 1South 1End● Aki● Naoki● Hisato● Daisuke
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

HandsResultAki Nikaido
1st-place chance
Naoki Setokuma
1st-place chance
Hisato Sasaki
1st-place chance
Daisuke Suzuki
1st-place chance
Aki Nikaido
Expected pt change
Naoki Setokuma
Expected pt change
Hisato Sasaki
Expected pt change
Daisuke Suzuki
Expected pt change
East 1Aki Nikaido tsumo 18,00026%25%24%25%+42.8-16.4-13.5-13.0
East 1, 1 honbaNaoki Setokuma tsumo 8,00062%11%14%13%-11.6+20.2-3.3-5.3
East 2Hisato Sasaki ron 2,600 from Aki Nikaido50%23%14%13%-3.0-1.0+5.5-1.4
East 3Aki Nikaido ron 1,300 from Naoki Setokuma48%22%17%13%+8.9-2.8-5.0-1.1
East 4Hisato Sasaki tsumo 16,00059%19%11%11%-17.2-10.4+48.1-20.6
South 1Hisato Sasaki ron 2,600 from Daisuke Suzuki37%13%46%4%-1.8-1.8+9.2-5.6
South 2Hisato Sasaki ron 3,900 from Daisuke Suzuki30%10%59%2%-3.8-4.1+14.3-6.4
South 3Daisuke Suzuki tsumo 2,00018%3%78%1%-1.2-2.5+1.0+2.7
South 4Aki Nikaido tsumo 8,00012%1%86%1%+46.7-2.0-35.1-9.6

All 2025-26 games / This game's record (M League Haifu)