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6/14/2025, 2:45:02 PM
>Almost all low value closed hands will come with a riichi declaration. Sniffing out yamiten is important when the hand is expensive.
>As group selection only happens from iishanten or better, you should think that it's not strange for a player to be in tenpai when he cuts a kanchan or a pair.
>If a player makes a call after group selection, expect him to be tenpai.
>You're more likely to draw useful tiles in sanma compared to yonma. Advancing shanten once every two draws is the kind of speed I have come to expect. It follows that tenpai is reached sooner on average. At the end of the first row of discards, you can expect one player to be tenpai.
>Yamiten, being yamiten, means you cannot be 100% certain if a closed hand is tenpai or not.
>I'm talking more about impressions here, so it may be hard to understand. If you feel that an opponent is tenpai and you are noten, you must absolutely avoid dealing dangerous tiles into it.
>When you are also tenpai, compare waits and values, and if it's worth it, push some number of dangerous tiles.
>However, don't just push every musuji. You want to have an internal red line, such as "I'll push one musuji but not two" or "If I draw the double dora I shan't deal in with it."
>As group selection only happens from iishanten or better, you should think that it's not strange for a player to be in tenpai when he cuts a kanchan or a pair.
>If a player makes a call after group selection, expect him to be tenpai.
>You're more likely to draw useful tiles in sanma compared to yonma. Advancing shanten once every two draws is the kind of speed I have come to expect. It follows that tenpai is reached sooner on average. At the end of the first row of discards, you can expect one player to be tenpai.
>Yamiten, being yamiten, means you cannot be 100% certain if a closed hand is tenpai or not.
>I'm talking more about impressions here, so it may be hard to understand. If you feel that an opponent is tenpai and you are noten, you must absolutely avoid dealing dangerous tiles into it.
>When you are also tenpai, compare waits and values, and if it's worth it, push some number of dangerous tiles.
>However, don't just push every musuji. You want to have an internal red line, such as "I'll push one musuji but not two" or "If I draw the double dora I shan't deal in with it."
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