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

Game · 2025-26 Semifinal Series

4/10 Game 2

Kenji Katsumata finished 1st (+56.1pt). The game was decided in South 4: Kenji Katsumata tsumo 12,000, which moved Kenji Katsumata's expected points by +60.4.

1st-place probabilityat the start of each hand

0%25%50%75%100%East 1East 3South 3End● Kenji Katsumata● Kazunori Takizawa● Hiroshi Daigo● Ken Sonoda0%25%50%75%100%East 1South 1End● Kenji● Kazunori● Hiroshi● Ken
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

HandsResultKazunori Takizawa
1st-place chance
Kenji Katsumata
1st-place chance
Hiroshi Daigo
1st-place chance
Ken Sonoda
1st-place chance
Kazunori Takizawa
Expected pt change
Kenji Katsumata
Expected pt change
Hiroshi Daigo
Expected pt change
Ken Sonoda
Expected pt change
East 1Ken Sonoda ron 8,000 from Kenji Katsumata26%26%24%24%-3.4-19.9-0.2+23.5
East 2Exhaustive draw20%14%23%42%+1.1+5.0-1.8-4.3
East 2, 1 honbaKen Sonoda tsumo 2,00023%17%22%39%-4.4-5.6-3.0+13.0
East 3Kazunori Takizawa tsumo 8,00018%11%20%51%+28.3-9.2-14.9-4.2
East 4Exhaustive draw39%7%10%44%+4.0+5.1-3.0-6.1
South 1, 1 honbaKenji Katsumata ron 2,000 from Ken Sonoda45%8%9%38%+2.1+3.5-3.2-2.4
South 2Hiroshi Daigo ron 3,900 from Kenji Katsumata48%10%8%35%+5.6-16.6+10.2+0.7
South 3Hiroshi Daigo ron 12,000 from Kazunori Takizawa56%2%10%32%-47.7-0.8+47.3+1.2
South 3, 1 honbaKenji Katsumata ron 8,000 from Ken Sonoda10%2%51%37%-7.4+34.1+8.9-35.6
South 4Kenji Katsumata tsumo 12,0005%9%73%13%-1.0+60.4-30.0-29.4

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