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Game · 2025-26 Semifinal Series

4/6 Game 1

Naoki Setokuma finished 1st (+68.8pt). The game was decided in East 3, 2 honba: Naoki Setokuma tsumo 18,000, which moved Naoki Setokuma's expected points by +45.6.

1st-place probabilityat the start of each hand

0%25%50%75%100%East 1East 3South 1End● Naoki Setokuma● Kenji Katsumata● Rio Tojyo● Hisato Sasaki0%25%50%75%100%East 1East 4End● Naoki● Kenji● Rio● Hisato
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
Rio Tojyo
1st-place chance
Naoki Setokuma
1st-place chance
Hisato Sasaki
1st-place chance
Kenji Katsumata
Expected pt change
Rio Tojyo
Expected pt change
Naoki Setokuma
Expected pt change
Hisato Sasaki
Expected pt change
East 1Rio Tojyo tsumo 16,00024%24%25%27%-22.1+44.4-10.8-11.5
East 2Exhaustive draw10%60%15%15%+8.3-1.7-6.2-0.4
East 3, 1 honbaNaoki Setokuma ron 7,700 from Kenji Katsumata13%59%13%16%-19.5-0.3+21.2-1.4
East 3, 2 honbaNaoki Setokuma tsumo 18,0006%59%23%13%-11.8-20.9+45.6-12.9
East 3, 3 honbaHisato Sasaki tsumo 8,0002%27%64%7%-6.0-6.2-8.8+21.0
East 4Hisato Sasaki ron 7,700 from Kenji Katsumata2%25%58%15%-11.5-1.9-5.7+19.1
East 4, 1 honbaHisato Sasaki tsumo 12,0001%23%49%27%-5.1-13.3-13.5+31.9
East 4, 2 honbaNaoki Setokuma ron 8,000 from Hisato Sasaki1%12%28%59%-1.9+0.3+32.5-30.9
South 1Rio Tojyo ron 1,000 from Naoki Setokuma1%10%69%21%-1.6+1.6-1.0+1.0
South 2Naoki Setokuma tsumo 8,0000%11%69%20%-1.9-13.9+19.6-3.7
South 3Kenji Katsumata tsumo 8,0000%0%92%7%+8.1-3.2-5.4+0.5
South 4Kenji Katsumata tsumo 12,0000%0%92%8%+12.3-4.2+1.3-9.4

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