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Game · 2025-26 Semifinal Series

4/23 Game 2

Kenji Katsumata finished 1st (+93.9pt). The game was decided in East 3, 1 honba: Kenji Katsumata tsumo 12,000, which moved Kenji Katsumata's expected points by +33.0.

1st-place probabilityat the start of each hand

0%25%50%75%100%East 1East 3South 2End● Kenji Katsumata● Naoki Setokuma● Daisuke Suzuki● Ken Sonoda0%25%50%75%100%East 1East 4End● Kenji● Naoki● Daisuke● 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

HandsResultNaoki Setokuma
1st-place chance
Daisuke Suzuki
1st-place chance
Ken Sonoda
1st-place chance
Kenji Katsumata
1st-place chance
Naoki Setokuma
Expected pt change
Daisuke Suzuki
Expected pt change
Ken Sonoda
Expected pt change
Kenji Katsumata
Expected pt change
East 1Exhaustive draw26%25%24%26%+4.7-5.2-3.3+3.8
East 1, 1 honbaKen Sonoda tsumo 12,00028%22%22%28%-20.0-6.4+33.8-7.4
East 2Exhaustive draw14%17%48%21%-1.4+6.2-2.0-2.9
East 2, 1 honbaKenji Katsumata ron 1,000 from Naoki Setokuma14%19%46%20%-2.8-3.70.0+6.5
East 3Ken Sonoda tsumo 6,00013%17%46%23%-5.2-4.4+14.3-4.7
East 3, 1 honbaKenji Katsumata tsumo 12,0009%12%61%19%-5.6-9.5-17.9+33.0
East 4Kenji Katsumata ron 12,000 from Naoki Setokuma7%8%41%44%-22.6+3.9-6.5+25.1
East 4, 1 honbaKenji Katsumata tsumo 3,9001%6%24%69%-1.9-3.1-4.4+9.4
East 4, 2 honbaDaisuke Suzuki ron 12,000 from Ken Sonoda1%4%16%78%-3.0+33.2-28.7-1.5
South 1Kenji Katsumata ron 8,000 from Daisuke Suzuki1%13%5%81%-2.8-14.1+2.4+14.5
South 2Ken Sonoda ron 1,000 from Daisuke Suzuki0%3%2%95%-0.7-3.0+2.3+1.4
South 3Daisuke Suzuki ron 8,000 from Naoki Setokuma0%1%2%98%-8.8+15.6-7.9+1.2
South 4Kenji Katsumata tsumo 12,0000%0%0%100%-3.9-4.5-3.6+12.1
South 4, 1 honbaKenji Katsumata tsumo 12,0000%0%0%100%-4.3-4.2-3.7+12.2
South 4, 2 honbaNaoki Setokuma ron 8,000 from Kenji Katsumata0%0%0%100%+8.7+2.6-1.6-9.7

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