Tetsuya: Jansei to Yobareta Otoko

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Both series take on a fairly familiar and traditional Japanese game and stretch it to its extreme during gambling matches. Tetsuya Asada and Sugata Kentarou (81 Diver MC) make a living off of gambling. Tetsuya is more grounded and historically accurate while '81 Diver' can get more exaggerated and comical but still have its fair share of serious moments. They concentrate more on individual matches involving all sorts of new characters with different skill levels/techniques up their sleeve that may not necessarily adhere to reality (such as with Tetsuya's Inami's "All-seeing eye"), later '81 Diver' does go on a Yu-Gi-Oh!-esque tournament arc. 

They share a similar aspect of gambling which is cheating, Kaiji is more about figuring out how the opponent is cheating and its countermeasure while Tetsuya himself is well versed in cheating in mahjong being able to get away with implausible wins. Kaiji has a whole part dedicated to "minefield mahjong" which is a specialized variant unlike Tetsuya's case although sometimes conditions may be subject to change depending on the match. They're very tense gambling series involving ingenious breakthroughs/twists against formidable foes as well as working with partners like Danchi for Tetsuya or Miyoshi and Maeda/Chang and Mario (in later parts) with Kaiji.