Improving wait
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 4:57 pm
East 1, 7th discard, dora is , this is your hand:
would you wait hoping to improve your wait, or declare riichi?
If you draw you gain pinfu and a shot at sanshoku, but if you draw you get only pinfu with 6 waits instead of 4, and there are just 8 tiles that can improve your wait, and just as many that doesn't improve it (2-dot and ).
On the other hand, if you don't declare riichi and someone discard , you can't claim it since you have no yaku.
I'm not sure when it's worthwhile to wait also risking to lose a win because you don't have a yaku, and when instead is best to declare riichi.
would you wait hoping to improve your wait, or declare riichi?
If you draw you gain pinfu and a shot at sanshoku, but if you draw you get only pinfu with 6 waits instead of 4, and there are just 8 tiles that can improve your wait, and just as many that doesn't improve it (2-dot and ).
On the other hand, if you don't declare riichi and someone discard , you can't claim it since you have no yaku.
I'm not sure when it's worthwhile to wait also risking to lose a win because you don't have a yaku, and when instead is best to declare riichi.