>With the easy value in sanma you can aim for an upset from pretty much anywhere. While there's nothing wrong with being in first place, don't focus on your current placing too much.
>Rather than trying to play according to the current point spread, play each hand individually to the best of your ability. I feel that people that do this are more suited to getting first places.
>Yonma techniques like calling chii for a quick and cheap win, dealing in on purpose, stopping last place from calling, playing nicely with first place, and others, are more suited towards a last place avoidance playstyle, and I think they're not really needed in sanma.
>The reason is that sanma ranked rewards most points for getting first.
>In tenhou yonma ranked, going 1st-1st-4th results in 90+90-180=0 ranked points, whereas in sanma 1st-1st-3rd would be 135+135-180=+90 points.
TN: Majsoul ranked uma also force you to take more first places than last places to rise through the ranks, so even though the exact numbers are different the logic still mostly applies.
>Making difficult gambles to avoid last place are not really needed. My being houou rank despite being poor at keiten and calling is evidence of this fact. I'm not saying this in self-deprecation, I really think this is proof.

The rest of the chapter consists of more detailed calculations of the tenhou ranked point spread so we don't need it. If anyone wants to look at the majsoul spread and look how many X first places compare to Y last place then feel free.