#ppopgi

Okay, single question. So there are 80 people participating in Game 3: Tug of War, then there are 40 people left to participate in Game 4: Marbles. Player 111 is executed and thus only 38 people will participate in Game 4 (Mi-Nyeo being escorted back), in which the population will again be cut in half. So 19 players survive Game 4, adding back in Mi-Nyeo gives us 20 players going into Game 5: Glass Bridge. Player 069 hangs himself in the night over the guilt of killing his wife. Thus 19 players should enter Game 5. But Game 5 is conducted with only 16 players . . . what happened to the other 3? They don’t appear to survive Game 4 but that doesn’t make sense mathematically. Help? Numbers breakdown/timeline below:

Players Starting Squid Game: 456

Players Surviving Game 1, Red Light Green Light: 201

*all remaining players go home*

Player Returning to Squid Game: 187 (14 remain in normal life)

Players Surviving Game 2, Ppopgi: 108

Players Surviving Riots: 80

Players Surviving Game 3, Tug of War: 40

*Doctor (Player 111) dies, Mi-Nyeo (Player 212) bypasses Game 4*

Players Entering Game 4, Marbles: 38

*somewhere here 3 players go missing*

Players Leaving Game 4, Marbles: 16

*069 hangs himself, Mi-Nyeo re-enters count*

Players Entering Game 5, Glass Bridge: 16

Players Leaving Game 5, Glass Bridge: 3

*Sae-Byeok (Player 067) killed in her bed*

Players Entering Game 6, Squid Game: 2

Winners: 1