WWYD 2014-05-08

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WWYD 2014-05-08

Post by or2az » Fri May 09, 2014 2:06 am

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Re: WWYD 2014-05-08

Post by or2az » Fri May 16, 2014 4:41 am

Thought I would turn this into a poll since I wasn't getting much of a response the other way.
Don't know why the choices came up as tiles, but I like it.
I tossed the 2-dot since there were three 1-dot and a 4-dot already in the discards. The 3-dot is next to go.
The 3-crak might appear better since there are also three 2-crak and a 3-crak in the discards, and then I would only need to draw a 5-crak or 6-crak or 8-crak to be tenpai. However, the resulting wait would have me in furiten because I already threw out the 1-dot 4-dot .

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Re: WWYD 2014-05-08

Post by or2az » Sat Jul 05, 2014 4:57 am

I have come back to this WWYD because in spite of what I thought was a good discard with a good explanation to back it up, the results of the poll show a variety of choices, including "others", so now, I have some doubts, although I have not changed my mind.
I would appreciate some expert opinions on this one, even if they are contrary to my own. Education is a wonderful thing.

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Re: WWYD 2014-05-08

Post by Iapetus » Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:25 am

I must admit this hand confused me back then because of the 14p double furiten. However, now I don't really see an alternative to 7m. It's the widest path to tenpai, and however crappy that tenpai would be, it's worth something. The 7m isn't hyper dangerous or anything. There's no specific visible threat to defend against, so it's better to stockpile safe tiles than throw them away now.

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Re: WWYD 2014-05-08

Post by or2az » Sat Jul 05, 2014 6:17 pm

I can see now that the 7-crak discard is slightly better than the 3-crak for tenpai, or a win. Both seem to be better choices than the 2-dot or 3-dot
Comparing the two situations;
4-crak 4-crak 6-crak 6-crak 7-crak 7-crak 8-crak 9-crak 2-dot 3-dot 1-bam 2-bam 3-bam
Here, discarding the 3-crack, six of the crack tiles are available (555568).
With the 7-crack discard, seven are available (2445555)
3-crak 4-crak 4-crak 6-crak 6-crak 7-crak 8-crak 9-crak 2-dot 3-dot 1-bam 2-bam 3-bam
(I also now see that both situations allow the re-drawing of the 1p or 4p for tenpai, 3 additional tiles (144), which eliminate the furiten. I have to keep reminding myself that furiten doesn't affect self-drawn tiles.)
I hope I'm correct in all of this.

However, since there are no 7's in the discards, and there is a recent 3, doesn't that make the 7 more dangerous to toss ?

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