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The playerd discarded , waiting on for the last group, then tanki wait on waiting for a better wait; he drew and riichied.

I was thinking about , waiting for for the last group and for the pair.

(In the end we both would have got to riichi: I had also tanyao and pinfu, but he won so I don't know if I'd have won with my hand.)

Not knowing other players hands I would have discarded . To wait to complete or sets. Then I would riichi discarding , or even . This way I would have Riichi+Pinfu guaranteed, and probably Tanyao, and maybe an Uradora, or something.

Well, as another player did Riichi before me, i probably would try to play Damaten: To play fully closed, without Riichi in Tenpai state.

Here I could either discard (or , but has one out less) and go for 2 han itsu with less waits; or discard and go for 1 han pinfu (and possibly tanyao, if I draw another ), with more waits but fewer han. What would you do? Would you chi , if it was discarded?

Being so early in the game, I would toss the in a try to obtain tanyao + pinfu. No doubt for me, then, if I have the chance, I would discard the .

Maybe others consider different options.

I would also toss the . The will complete that 3rd chow and there are 11 of them left.
After you draw one of them, toss the , riichi pinfu.
To rely on that for a straight doesn't seem like a good idea to me but if you do happen to draw the or the after you toss the but before you riichi , you could toss the to add tanyao to the mix and then riichi.


riichi,pinfu,tanyao,menzen ron-----3han, 30fu, for 3900 pts
riichi,pinfu,tanyao,menzen tsumo--4han, 20fu, for 5200 pts
About half as much without tanyao.

Now that I look at the point spread, I wonder if tossing one of the cracks and going for the straight should be considered.
If I get it, the point totals above would double (substituting ittsuu for tanyao).
I definitely would not chi the and open the hand. Need to riichi. Could end up a mangan (5han,20fu or 4han, 30fu kiriage).
I hear Washizu laughing? Hold on. I just realized that you have to draw that before you complete the crack chow or else it's a penchan wait on the and no pinfu. (and no mangan). The odds don't favor you on that one.
Think I will stick to the original plan and toss the .
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