Akagi earns 1 million yen from Washizu's riichi from the previous round. Yasuoka plays a discard into Akagi's hand allowing Akagi to win the next round. Yasuoka's own points do not matter as this is primarily a match between Washizu and Akagi. Washizu, annoyed at Akagi's plays, wins the next round off a discard from his henchman to his right. In the next round, Akagi makes progressively more dangerous discards with Washizu applauding him at noticing "the second pond": referring to his henchman's discard pile, meaning that if his henchman does not have Washizu's winning tile, all the henchman's tiles can be considered safe to discard. Regardless, Washizu still draws his winning tile: Akagi has 400 ccs of blood drawn from him. In the next round, Akagi wins off of Washizu's discard: a risky play that impresses Washizu. (Source: Wikipedia)

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