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I think you both are wrong. The wrong Yokozuna placement does NOT cost 5 points. It costs 3 points

sorry, it wasn't meant like this and I had to correct my statement. I just wanted to say that this time I picked by performance instead of sympathy (when I only picked players that I know) and it was a hard decision between you and Asashosakari

In 2018 I only made sympathy picks and was almost at the end of the ranking. Therefore I will pick the opposite this time, with only one (or Maybe two) exception(s) 1-5 : Pandaazuma 6-10 : Gurowake 11-20 : Andonishiki 21-40 : Asashosakari 41-80 : Fujisan 81-120 : Kobashi 121-200 : Seki Haruaki 201+ : Fukurou

I always like these postings with the provisional rankings. It's amazing that Okisuruga is "only" #3 with his (or her?, anybody knows who he/she is?) recent results. 7 consecutive Top 10 Basho must be a record, is there such a list? I thought my 5 Top10 GTB's this year are great, but 7 consecutive Top10's are Incredible. Good luck to all for the Kyushu GTB! My guess for the winner: 67 points

Nobody with a Juryo-Banzuke until now? Not even our "Grandmaster" Asashosakari? Ok, here is my try: (comments/corrections always welcome) Chiyomaru (M14w 6-9) J1 Kotoeko (J5e 9-6) Daishoho (J3e 8-7) J2 Kotoyuki (M16e 6-9) Aminishiki (J1w 7-8) J3 Takagenji (J5w 8-7) Tokushoryu (J11e 11-4 Y) J4 Hidenoumi (J6e 8-7) Terutsuyoshi (J8w 9-6) J5 Kyokutaisei (M11w 1-6-8) Wakatakakage (J7w 8-7) J6 Ishiura (M16w 4-11) Akiseyama (J3w 6-9) J7 Hakuyozan (J12w 10-5) Kyokushuho (J4w 5-10) J8 Tsurugisho (J8e 7-8) Takekaze (J6w 6-9) J9 Chiyonoo (J7e 6-9) Azumaryu (J13e 9-6) J10 Chiyonoumi (J11w 8-7) Enho (J13w 9-6) J11 Tobizaru (J10e 7-8) Mitoryu (J10w 7-8) J12 Gokushindo (ms5e 7-0 Y) Jokoryu (J14e 8-7) J13 Toyonoshima (ms1w 6-1) Shimanoumi (J9e 5-10) J14 Tomokaze (ms4w 5-2) interestingly there was a similar situation at Kyushu 2017 with J6w 6-9 / J13e 9-6 / J13w 9-6 / J11w 8-7 !!! But this time we additionally have a J7e 6-9 who makes things a little more complicated. This means somebody of those rikishi has to bite the bullet and be ranked at J11e At first I thought it might be Chiyonoo, but then chose Enho

No, I don't think so. That didn't have a major impact on his promotion. It's rather the "exchange-bouts" on day 14 as Asashokari supposed. Nevertheless it's very strange that they leave their principles they had for decades. Especially when you look at the situation after Natsu 2018 where they favored a 4-3 from Ms4 over a 5-2 from Ms6 and a 6-1 from Ms7!

will this be a basho without sansho? I can't see somebody deserving any of the sansho

When talking about Mongolians, you should also mention Takanoiwa. After all it was him, who caused the Harumafuji-scandal by claiming that the time of the current (Mongolian) Yokozunas will soon be over and that it will their (his, Ichinojos and other younger Mongolians) time after that … or something like that... He might have the potential for Sanyaku as well as Mitoryu, but time will tell

Maybe it's just that my trust in Tochinoshin caused a loss in Bench today. But anyway… I haven't been kidnapped by aliens and nonetheless think that there is yaocho in many bouts

happy Birthday, PANDA!

Come on, even my 77-year old mother would have shown more resistence than Tochinoshin! That was a really lame defense. One has to be blind or blue-eyed (or both) if one denies that there is NO yaocho in Sumo (especially in this fight today). Tochinoshin just needs 8 wins and there is also still the OBSC that will help him. Mitakeumi needs 11 wins, which is quite a bit more and therefore he needs every yaocho-yen to secure these wins.

What a strange/funny "dance" was that, what Chiyoshoma did today after winning against Takanosho? Was the dohyo that hot or did Takanosho fall on on Chiyoshomas toe or was he just happy?

looks like 1xbet also has Sumo betting: https://1xtvg.host/de/line/Sumo/

What was wrong with this guy today? That was absolute nonsense what he narrated today. Is he getting old and deranged? Or was it just too much Sake before?

Congratulations for this great result. Should be the Yusho, as I can't imagine that someone is even better. Could you tell us, who is your contact person at the Banzuke Committee at the NSK? Getting 7 Yushos with such a huge competition nowadays (Gooner, Okisuruga, Pandaazuma, Susanoo, me, …) is tremendous!

only 3 or 4 east-west-swaps compared to my Banzuke. If your Banzuke is good, mine should be good too GOOD LUCK!

No, I don't have a preference for #1. If it's not too much work, #2 would be even better

I know that it's a lot of work and I really like those lists, but is it possible to include one more column? It would be interesting to see how many sekitori basho those rikishi had. I for myself don't need the Heya, but if you want to keep it in the list, ok.

With Mitakeumis (disputable) loss, we still won't find out, what would have happened with a zensho Yusho as Sekiwake. Even if there was such a case with an 11-0, where that rikishi has been promoted (Futabayama 1936), it's not self-evident that it would happen again. Having said that, the other case before, where the rikishi hasn't been promoted, was different, because Shimizugawa in 1932 only had an 8-0. Nowadays with a 15-days-basho such a zensho-Yusho is much more difficult to achieve than a 11-0 or even a 8-0. Therefore I'm somehow convinced that a 15-0-Sekiwake would be promoted

We had this discussion before (in January): I really would like to see what happens with a 15-0 as Sekiwake as this never happened before. Only other Sekiwake with 0 losses (11 wins) was Futabayama in 1936. He was promoted to Ozeki after only 1 Sekiwake Basho! --> http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Query.aspx?show_form=0&form1_rank=S&form1_losses=0&form1_y=on

Is there also such a list for the upcoming GTB? I don't want to jinx anybody, but I think that Andonishiki might be in a good position for entering Top 10 again. Kaiomitsuki, Gonzaburow and RaeucherLax might also be ready for a big jump

Why odd? It was impressive! I like this Abi much more than the other "3-letter-shikona-rikishi" (Ura) as he fights attractive and clean (unlike Ura, who is a Clown and can't fight proper)

WOW, how did you know, that Asashosakari will score 57 pts? are you a little clairvoyant? You should try to predict the 100% correct Banzuke for your first GTB win, instead of predicting the correct score of other players... Maybe next time? P.S: for me it's Top 3 for the 3rd time this year. Now it's definitely time for the next YUSHO...

from some of the remaining competitors here my comments: Ding Junhui: the betting favorite looks good enough to really make it this year, but I "hope" he doesn't John Higgins: has the hardest opponent in the quarterfinal of all favorites with Judd Trump, but it looks very possible for him to be in the Final and win it. Not my personal favorite, but I think he is the real favorite instead of Junhui Judd Trump: the #3 at the betting agencies might be the dark horse and I don't see him as the champion Mark Williams: looks ready for the 3rd title after 15 years and I somehow hope that he makes it! Mark Allen: I really like him and wish he could win, but unfortunately he is not constant enough Allister Carter: if there is somebody who deserves this title it is him! Not only has he won against very good opponents with Maguire and O'Sulluvan, but has also fought and defeatet some really serious diseases in his life. GO ALI!!!

If Asashosakari has the full 84 points, then I will have 61 points. I don't think that anybody will score the full 84 points, but anything above 60 points is fine and I'd like to have 67 points and the yusho #4 after scoring a 2nd and a 3rd place in the last 2 GTB's Btw, I think the same as Kotononami: Onosho and Kotoeko will be in Makuuchi, but Myogiryu will drop to Juryo