>Chapter 14
>Endgame considerations

>Noten payments are a necessary expense*

>Finally, let's talk about endgame (the third row of discards). Sanma hands don't often last this long. And with fewer draws and winning tiles left than midgame, being tenpai in this stage is not very valuable.
>Accordingly, the basic approach is not to cut musuji from noten.
>Dropping musuji into a tenpai opponent is more dangerous in sanma. In situations where it's likely for your opponents to be tenpai, you should not take the risk; break tenpai and discard safe tiles.
>Noten payments in sanma are only 2k, so it doesn't hurt much. Think of it as a necessary expense.
>In summary:

>Tenpai has little merit
>Musuji are quite dangerous
>Noten payments aren't that bad so don't cling to tenpai too much.

TN: I want to call this section "Death, taxes, and noten payments" but unfortunately I'm not a meme subber.