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6/28/2025, 4:12:35 PM
>I use this approach in yonma as well.
>The following example is from the RMU Open League 2017, the second finals match.
>North seat, 4th turn, dora 5z
>123357m11678s6p11z
>1s and Ton were both live tiles, but the hand like this will probably be riichi nomi, and the manzu shape isn't great anyway.
>Allowing my tenpai to come a bit later, I decided to aim for good shape with pinfu iipeikou chance and went back to 2shanten by cutting 1s.
>The winning shape was the following:
>Riichi, tsumo on 8m, ura dora 2m
>12367m567p567s11z
>As an extra charm point, the hand was furiten due to 5m. I didn't get sanshoku, but getting tsumo on a desperate riichi (chasing dealer riichi) for 1300-2600 allowed me to come back from 4th to 1st.
>If I hadn't gone back to 2shanten it's questionable if I could have even reached tenpai, and certainly this win wouldn't have happened.
>I was really happy about using my approach on a big stage with big stakes, and having it pay off.
>The following example is from the RMU Open League 2017, the second finals match.
>North seat, 4th turn, dora 5z
>123357m11678s6p11z
>1s and Ton were both live tiles, but the hand like this will probably be riichi nomi, and the manzu shape isn't great anyway.
>Allowing my tenpai to come a bit later, I decided to aim for good shape with pinfu iipeikou chance and went back to 2shanten by cutting 1s.
>The winning shape was the following:
>Riichi, tsumo on 8m, ura dora 2m
>12367m567p567s11z
>As an extra charm point, the hand was furiten due to 5m. I didn't get sanshoku, but getting tsumo on a desperate riichi (chasing dealer riichi) for 1300-2600 allowed me to come back from 4th to 1st.
>If I hadn't gone back to 2shanten it's questionable if I could have even reached tenpai, and certainly this win wouldn't have happened.
>I was really happy about using my approach on a big stage with big stakes, and having it pay off.
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