Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24865487-20140426033626/@comment-1821586-20140503094321

She said it herself that she at first tried to play with the "I have only 1000 points" mindset, but she had to return to her old +/-0 play style pretty soon. It was Kyouko that disrupted the first style by calling a pon in the first hand, changing the drawing order such that Kasumi got the 3p that Saki needed for a rinshan tsumo. And then she lost points due to Kyouko's fast wins. After that she was in full +/-0 mode. And yes, Saki discarded the 8 sou such that someone (Kyouko) could call it (as remarked by the Eisui players). We didn't know it for the 6 sou discarded after a kan from the manga alone, but the anime showed us her hand, and she could have used it.