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This is the thread for the Pick The Yusho Winners (PTYW) game for Natsu 2017.Until further notice, the game will run just as it has the last several times. I will compile the results and post them as best as I can on this thread.This is a pre-basho game where each player selects a rikishi from each of 8 sections of the banzuke. The player earns points for each win, each kachikoshi, and each yusho earned by their team of 8 rikishi. The sections of the banzuke are these:Sanyaku (Y through K)MaegashiraJuryoUpper Makushita (Ms1-15 ) (not including any tsukedashi of any rank)Lower Makushita (Ms16-60 plus tsukedashi if any - including Ms 10 or 15)Sandanme (plus tsukedashi if any)JonidanJonokuchiThat's it! Simple to understand, difficult to master. The hallmarks of any engaging game.Please send your 8 selections to me before the beginning of action on Shonichi.Itachi: nmatsuo@shaw.ca or by pm here at the forumAs a reminder, I am only a temporary caretaker of this game until Oshirokita can address the reconstruction of his system. All banzuke, website, and records updates will be on hold until then but the game itself and results postings will continue here on this thread.Good luck with your picks.

The Jun-Yusho observation committee has on hiatus this basho - sorry! Yes, congratulations are due to the Jun-Yusho winner, Achiyama as well. As for the scoring, I will quote the first post in the thread: [The player earns points for each win, each kachikoshi, and each yusho earned by their team of 8 rikishi. ] Oshirokita set the value of each yusho pick as 2 points, each kachikoshi 1 point, and each win 1 point. I have been sorting the stats by score and then by number of wins to show the leader at each stage (not relevant when I don't prepare daily standings). I can't recall if number of wins is the first tie break ... I believe Oshirokita had earliest entry in there but I don't really keep track of order of entry so I hope to not need that one. Thanks for playing and my apologies for the delay in producing results in recent basho!

The Sandanme Game will run again for Natsu 2017. I was very close to giving this game a kyujo for Natsu but one of you took the time to send me an entry before I could make that announcement. There may be a delay in getting the results to you but I will set up the game, record your entries, and compile and present the results. Hopefully, I can catch up on the banzuke making as well. Thanks for your patience and continuing interest in the game!Here is the usual invitation:For the Sandanme Game, please send me your list of 15 rikishi from the usual segments of the banzuke.Sd 1-5/6-10/11-15/16-20/21-25/26-30/31-35/36-40/41-45/46-5051-60/61-70/71-80/81-90 and 91-100+ (91-100 including tsukedashi if any)Your rikishi earn points for each win, for a kachikoshi record, for leading their group, and a bonus for the best scoring rikishi on each team based on how close they were to the yusho winning record. The result is adjusted so that the best possible score gets a 15-0 result.The drone Mirai knows the future and always selects the best rikishi in each group. This shows us what the best possible score would be at each stage of the game.The drone Genzai picks the most popular rikishi from each group. This drone has tended to score well.The drone Mukashi picks the rikishi in each group who had the best record last basho. This drone isn't expected to score well but sometimes surprises us.Send your entries to me at nmatsuo@shaw.ca before any of your selections enter the dohyo for their match (and preferably a few hours before that).

This one was really close. The only difference in score between Kuroimori was in the wins and losses columns. Tenshinhan had one more win but also one more loss. That gives Kuroimori the better win/loss ratio by a very small amount.

Sandanme Game Natsu 2017 Final - Congratulations Kuroimori ! (1st yusho) shikona wins losses kk group best yusho pts wins/15 score Kuroimori 66 37 11 4 7 15 9.61 11.06 Tenshinhan 67 38 11 4 7 15 9.57 11.02 HigoViki 65 40 12 3 7 15 9.29 10.80 Flohru 64 41 11 4 7 15 9.14 10.68 Chishafuwaku 63 42 10 5 7 15 9.00 10.57 Genzai 61 42 10 3 7 15 8.88 10.25 Itachi 58 47 9 5 7 15 8.29 9.89 Torafujii 58 47 10 2 7 15 8.29 9.66 Gurowake 57 46 8 3 7 15 8.30 9.56 Tsubame 53 52 10 2 7 15 7.57 9.09 Holleshoryu 51 54 8 1 7 15 7.29 8.52 Neko 55 50 9 0 5 9 7.86 8.30 Profomisakari 49 54 6 2 7 15 7.14 8.29 Mukashi 39 64 4 1 7 15 5.68 6.80 shikona wins losses kk group best yusho pts wins/15 score

This was the 3rd time Torafujii won the yusho since I have been compiling the results. It is the 4th time Torafujii has been the best human player - Genzai took the yusho for Haru 2016 leaving Torafujii the jun-yusho.

PTYW Natsu 2017 Final Congratulations Torafujii! _ score wins losses kk yusho Torafujii 67 57 23 6 4 Achiyama 64 53 27 7 4 Jejima 61 54 26 7 0 Kuroimori 61 53 27 6 2 Ack! 61 52 28 7 2 Genzai 59 51 29 6 2 Tsubame 56 50 30 6 0 Tenshinhan 53 46 34 5 2 Flohru 53 46 34 5 2 Chishafuwaku 52 45 31 7 0 HigoViki 51 45 35 4 2 Itachi 47 42 34 5 0 Gurowake 45 41 35 4 0 Mukashi 44 39 37 5 0 Profomisakari 42 38 38 4 0 Holleshoryu 39 36 40 3 0

The standings for Day 5 are posted above.

The Day 5 standings are posted above.

shikona wins losses wins/15 HigoViki 28 7 12.00 Gurowake 28 11 10.77 Tenshinhan 25 15 9.38 Genzai 24 15 9.23 Itachi 22 14 9.17 Kuroimori 23 15 9.08 Chishafuwaku 23 16 8.85 Torafujii 24 17 8.78 Neko 22 16 8.68 Flohru 22 18 8.25 Tsubame 18 21 6.92 Profomisakari 17 22 6.54 Holleshoryu 14 24 5.53 Mukashi 11 27 4.34 Here are the standings for Day 5.

SHIKONA Score wins losses Jejima 24 24 5 Achiyama 21 21 6 Torafujii 21 21 6 Kuroimori 21 21 7 Genzai 20 20 7 Ack! 20 20 8 Itachi 18 18 9 Chishafuwaku 18 18 10 Tsubame 17 17 12 Profomisakari 17 17 11 Gurowake 17 17 10 Tenshinhan 16 16 11 Flohru 16 16 11 HigoViki 15 15 12 Holleshoryu 14 14 15 Mukashi 14 14 14 Here are the standings after Day 5

Thanks Chishafuwaku! Both of those look good!

The Sandanme Game will run again for Haru 2017.Here is the usual invitation:For the Sandanme Game, please send me your list of 15 rikishi from the usual segments of the banzuke.Sd 1-5/6-10/11-15/16-20/21-25/26-30/31-35/36-40/41-45/46-5051-60/61-70/71-80/81-90 and 91-100Your rikishi earn points for each win, for a kachikoshi record, for leading their group, and a bonus for the best scoring rikishi on each team based on how close they were to the yusho winning record. The result is adjusted so that the best possible score gets a 15-0 result.The drone Mirai knows the future and always selects the best rikishi in each group. This shows us what the best possible score would be at each stage of the game.The drone Genzai picks the most popular rikishi from each group. This drone has tended to score well.The drone Mukashi picks the rikishi in each group who had the best record last basho. This drone isn't expected to score well but sometimes surprises us.Send your entries to me at nmatsuo@shaw.ca before any of your selections enter the dohyo for their match (and preferably a few hours before that).

Belated congratulations to Flohru! I have devoted very little time to sumo in the last couple of months so I haven't solved the formatting problem with the table. The next basho is about to start. I don't want to kill this game but I don't know if I can maintain it. I will try to update my records and set things up for another round but the Sandanme Game may need to take a break. More soon ... I hope. Thanks to all of you for your support over the years.

Sandanme Game Haru 2017 Final - Congratulations Flohru X! !!!! (14th yusho) shikona wins losses est. wins/15 kk group best yusho points score Flohru 62 38 10 4 6 12 9.30 10.67 Chishafuwaku 60 40 10 6 6 12 9.00 10.67 Randomitsuki 57 36 9 5 6 12 9.19 10.57 Profomisakari 57 48 10 4 6 12 8.14 9.73 Genzai 53 47 9 3 6 12 7.95 9.33 Itachi 50 50 7 4 7 15 7.50 9.21 Mukashi 51 49 7 4 6 12 7.65 8.97 HigoViki 55 48 9 2 5 9 8.01 8.91 Neko 54 50 9 1 5 9 7.79 8.61 Tenshinhan 49 49 7 2 6 12 7.50 8.60 Torafujii 48 52 7 1 5 9 7.20 7.88 Tsubame 45 59 5 2 6 12 6.49 7.55 shikona wins losses est. wins/15 kk group best yusho points score

This is the thread for the Pick The Yusho Winners (PTYW) game for Haru 2017.Until further notice, the game will run just as it has the last several times. I will compile the results and post them as best as I can on this thread.This is a pre-basho game where each player selects a rikishi from each of 8 sections of the banzuke. The player earns points for each win, each kachikoshi, and each yusho earned by their team of 8 rikishi. The sections of the banzuke are these:Sanyaku (Y through K)MaegashiraJuryoUpper Makushita (Ms1-15 ) (not including any tsukedashi of any rank)Lower Makushita (Ms16-60 plus tsukedashi if any - including Ms 10 or 15)SandanmeJonidanJonokuchiThat's it! Simple to understand, difficult to master. The hallmarks of any engaging game.Please send your 8 selections to me before the beginning of action on Shonichi.Itachi: nmatsuo@shaw.ca or by pm here at the forumAs a reminder, I am only a temporary caretaker of this game until Oshirokita can address the reconstruction of his system. All banzuke, website, and records updates will be on hold until then but the game itself and results postings will continue here on this thread.Good luck with your picks.

PTYW Haru 2017 Final _ score wins losses kk yusho Mukashi 58 48 32 6 4 Profomisakari 53 43 37 4 6 Chishafuwaku 52 43 36 3 6 Tsubame 50 46 33 4 0 Oshirokita 49 40 40 3 6 Flohru 47 39 30 4 4 Shimodahito 46 37 38 3 6 HigoViki 45 41 39 4 0 Kuroimori 44 38 31 4 2 Jejima 42 36 34 4 2 Torafujii 42 38 31 4 0 Itachi 41 35 35 2 4 Tenshinhan 41 34 35 3 4 Achiyama 40 35 34 3 2 Genzai 39 33 36 2 4 This is a really strange result. Normally, Genzai would do very well and Mukashi would not. I'm not sure the drone has ever won this game. Sorry for the formatting - struggled to find time to compile results let alone format. My old formatting system doesn't work on the new forum. Will repost if I get time this week to figure it out. Congratulations Profomisakari, the top human player!

This is the thread for the Pick The Yusho Winners (PTYW) game for Hatsu 2017.Until further notice, the game will run just as it has the last several times. I will compile the results and post them as best as I can on this thread.This is a pre-basho game where each player selects a rikishi from each of 8 sections of the banzuke. The player earns points for each win, each kachikoshi, and each yusho earned by their team of 8 rikishi. The sections of the banzuke are these:Sanyaku (Y through K)MaegashiraJuryoUpper Makushita (Ms1-15 ) (not including any tsukedashi of any rank)Lower Makushita (Ms16-60 plus tsukedashi if any - including Ms 10 or 15)SandanmeJonidanJonokuchiThat's it! Simple to understand, difficult to master. The hallmarks of any engaging game.Please send your 8 selections to me before the beginning of action on Shonichi.Itachi: nmatsuo@shaw.ca or by pm here at the forumAs a reminder, I am only a temporary caretaker of this game until Oshirokita can address the reconstruction of his system. All banzuke, website, and records updates will be on hold until then but the game itself and results postings will continue here on this thread.Good luck with your picks.

Congratulations to Randomitsuki who wins for the record setting 18th time! Gurowake takes the jun-yusho in a very very close contest. It doesn't get any closer than this - Rando-zeki had one more kachikoshi player (14 of 15 went kk for him!) but had one fewer group leaders than Guro-zeki and they both maxed out on best rikishi points with Takemasa in their lineup. It came down to just one one win (and one fewer loss) for Randomitsuki's team over Gurowake's. I wish I'd been able to post the full lineup results for everyone as it would have added to the excitement to see just which bouts made the difference in the final days. Maybe I can figure out an efficient way of doing that for March or May. Those full lineup tables are rather big and configured to present well with bb-code so I'll have to design a new format for that. Thanks for playing everyone! Itachi

The Sandanme Game will run again for Hatsu 2017.Here is the usual invitation:For the Sandanme Game, please send me your list of 15 rikishi from the usual segments of the banzuke.Sd 1-5/6-10/11-15/16-20/21-25/26-30/31-35/36-40/41-45/46-5051-60/61-70/71-80/81-90 and 91-100Your rikishi earn points for each win, for a kachikoshi record, for leading their group, and a bonus for the best scoring rikishi on each team based on how close they were to the yusho winning record. The result is adjusted so that the best possible score gets a 15-0 result.The drone Mirai knows the future and always selects the best rikishi in each group. This shows us what the best possible score would be at each stage of the game.The drone Genzai picks the most popular rikishi from each group. This drone has tended to score well.The drone Mukashi picks the rikishi in each group who had the best record last basho. This drone isn't expected to score well but sometimes surprises us.Send your entries to me at nmatsuo@shaw.ca before any of your selections enter the dohyo for their match (and preferably a few hours before that).

Sandanme Game Hatsu 2017 Final - Congratulations Randomitsuki X! V! !!! (18th yusho) shikona score wins losses wins/15 kk group best Randomitsuki 12.35 73 32 10.43 14 5 7 Gurowake 12.23 72 33 10.29 13 6 7 Genzai 11.77 69 36 9.86 12 6 7 Profomisakari 10.62 62 43 8.86 9 6 7 Kuroimori 10.27 63 42 9 10 4 6 Torafujii 10.27 60 45 8.57 9 5 7 Itachi 10.04 61 44 8.71 9 5 6 Chishafuwaku 10.04 61 44 8.71 9 5 6 Tenshinhan 9.69 60 45 8.57 9 3 6 HigoViki 9.58 58 47 8.29 9 4 6 Holleshoryu 9.46 58 47 8.29 9 3 6 Mukashi 8.88 54 51 7.71 8 3 6 Tikozan 8.19 50 55 7.14 5 1 7

Congratulations to Profomisakari who wins the yusho for Hatsu 2017! Profo-zeki picked 4 yusho winners which was more than anyone else and this made the difference. Thanks to everyone for playing!

PTYW Hatsu 2017 Final - Congratulations Profomisakari ! SHIKONA Score wins losses kk yusho pts Profomisakari 71 57 23 6 8 Tikozan 69 58 22 7 4 Torafujii 67 57 23 8 2 Andonishiki 65 55 25 8 2 Genzai 65 54 26 7 4 Itachi 61 51 29 6 4 Tenshinhan 61 51 29 6 4 Gurowake 61 51 29 6 4 Oshirokita 59 49 27 6 4 Takanorappa 58 51 29 5 2 Rhyen 55 46 30 5 4 Chishafuwaku 54 45 31 5 4 Kuroimori 53 47 32 6 0 Mukashi 53 46 30 5 2 Holleshoryu 52 45 35 5 2

Torafujii stays ahead going into the final day with the two Kisenosato supporters following close behind!

PTYW Hatsu 2017 Day 14 SHIKONA Score wins losses kk yusho pts Torafujii 64 56 20 8 0 Tikozan 63 54 21 7 2 Profomisakari 63 53 23 6 4 Andonishiki 59 52 23 7 0 Genzai 59 52 24 7 0 Takanorappa 56 49 27 5 2 Oshirokita 55 49 25 6 0 Itachi 55 49 27 6 0 Tenshinhan 54 48 27 6 0 Gurowake 53 47 28 6 0 Rhyen 51 45 28 4 2 Kuroimori 51 45 30 6 0 Mukashi 49 44 28 5 0 Holleshoryu 48 43 31 5 0 Chishafuwaku 46 42 31 4 0