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Game · 2025-26 Final Series

5/15 Game 2

Naoki Setokuma finished 1st (+56.4pt). The game was decided in East 2: Naoki Setokuma tsumo 8,000, which moved Naoki Setokuma's expected points by +22.7.

1st-place probabilityat the start of each hand

0%25%50%75%100%East 1East 3South 2End● Naoki Setokuma● Hisato Sasaki● Geki Shimoishi● Kenji Katsumata0%25%50%75%100%East 1South 1End● Naoki● Hisato● Geki● Kenji
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

HandsResultNaoki Setokuma
1st-place chance
Hisato Sasaki
1st-place chance
Geki Shimoishi
1st-place chance
Kenji Katsumata
1st-place chance
Naoki Setokuma
Expected pt change
Hisato Sasaki
Expected pt change
Geki Shimoishi
Expected pt change
Kenji Katsumata
Expected pt change
East 1Naoki Setokuma ron 2,900 from Hisato Sasaki24%26%24%26%+9.7-8.0+0.7-2.4
East 1, 1 honbaHisato Sasaki tsumo 12,00031%21%25%23%-19.1+32.4-7.3-6.0
East 2Naoki Setokuma tsumo 8,00018%44%19%20%+22.7-11.2-7.2-4.3
East 3Exhaustive draw33%34%16%18%-2.4-2.4+6.3-1.4
East 3, 1 honbaNaoki Setokuma ron 2,000 from Geki Shimoishi31%33%19%17%+11.5-1.5-9.90.0
East 4Exhaustive draw41%29%13%18%+8.2-0.1-0.9-7.2
South 1, 1 honbaKenji Katsumata ron 2,600 from Geki Shimoishi50%28%12%11%+0.1-0.8-10.2+10.9
South 2Naoki Setokuma ron 3,900 from Geki Shimoishi52%26%7%15%+15.4-3.3-12.2+0.1
South 3Exhaustive draw72%14%3%11%+1.5+4.2+3.6-9.3
South 3, 1 honbaKenji Katsumata ron 1,300 from Naoki Setokuma73%15%4%8%+3.2-2.3-7.2+6.3
South 4Hisato Sasaki tsumo 4,00083%9%0%8%+6.4+4.9-2.9-8.3

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