Hakuho in 2011....

[Jejima 1,303]

Hakuho has had a pretty impressive two years of form. Will it continue for 2011?

I am changing a couple of the Hakuho questions to more interesting ones.

Please put your prediction in the comments below, so we can see who was closest at the end of the year.

Previous polls:

2010

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2005

[Jejima 1,303]

I foresee another dominant year for Hakuho. All 6 yushos, four of them zensho, and 87-88 wins in total.

Edit: Doitsuyama's streak question - 72! (why not?)

Edited December 19, 2010 by Jejima

[Doitsuyama 1,173]

You forgot to ask the bonus question: Which will be his longest win streak in 2011? My guesses are 6/3/84 and for the bonus 43.

[Washuyama 634]

Five yusho, all zensho! He'll go 13-2 in the other one for a 87-88 win year. Just to try Doitsu's bonus, I'm going with 49.

[Asashosakari 18,698]

Gonna go a bit more conservative...5 yusho, 2 zensho, 83-84 wins, longest win streak less than 40. For the heck of it, let's say 36 which would make him match Tachiyama's 99 of 100 (assuming that streak is the one he's currently on).

Somebody's going to play Kotooshu-in-2005 to Hakuho's Asashoryu this year, IMO. Hopefully Baruto, but I'll be just as happy if it's Tochiozan or Kisenosato, or even Kotoshogiku or Kakuryu.

[Kintamayama 44,278]

5 yusho, 3 zensho, 81-82

Edited December 13, 2010 by Kintamayama

[Asojima 2,870]

5 yusho, 3 zensho, 81-82

Ditto with a string of 32

[EizoShita 0]

3 Y

2 Z

83-84

[kuroimori 1,634]

Here is my guess for "Hakuho's Eleven":

5 Yusho

4 Zensho

85-86 Shiroboshi

41 Rensho for the bonus

...and I think Baruto will win the other Yusho

[Jejima 1,303]

Bump! Poll closing soon.....

[Jejima 1,303]

We think that for the second-year-in-a-row, that Hakuho will take 5 yushos.

We think that 3 or 4 of them will be 15-zip!

We think that he will get at least 81 wins, with 30% predicting as high as 87 or 88 wins!

[Jejima 1,303]

Hakuho's year was as follows:-

Jan 2011 - 14-1 Yusho

Mar 2011 - basho cancelled

May 2011 - 13-2 Yusho

July 2011 - 12-3 Jun-yusho (Yusho went to 14-1 Harumafuji)

Sep 2011 - 13-2 Yusho

Nov 2011 - 14-1 Yusho

So he won 4 yushos (which I am converting to '5' due to the skipped yusho) - 69% of us correct.

He didn't get a single zensho yusho ('converted' to zero) - only one correct guess - omedetou.

He managed 66 wins in total (converted to 79 wins) - which no one got correct - in fact, all but one of us guessed he would get more.

The answer to the 'Doitsuyama bonus question' was 23 consecutive wins (from day 3, November 2010 to Day 10, January 2011). Asojima came closest with 32.

The overall winner is a bit tricky to decide, as claims can be made by Asashosakari, Kintamayama and Asojima. But we'll let the Doitsuyama bonus question be the decider, and award the win (but not a particularly spectacular one) to Asojima. (In jonokuchi...) Omedetou!