From 5ece282ddd3cfc7835ec6bd3880854b5969ee85c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chinponya Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:53:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add wwyd text answers (I hate CSS edition) --- css/wwyd.css | 20 +- js/wwyd.js | 25 +- js/wwyd.json | 1136 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- 3 files changed, 610 insertions(+), 571 deletions(-) diff --git a/css/wwyd.css b/css/wwyd.css index e921c96..c97a130 100644 --- a/css/wwyd.css +++ b/css/wwyd.css @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ flex-direction: column; justify-content: center; margin: auto; - max-width: fit-content; + max-width: min-content; padding-top: 1rem; padding-bottom: 1rem; font-size: 1.125rem; @@ -95,4 +95,22 @@ .wwyd-answer>*+* { margin-left: 1rem; +} + +.wwyd-comment { + display: inline-block; + white-space: pre-wrap; + line-height: 200%; +} + +.wwyd-comment .tile { + width: 1.5rem; + height: 2.2rem; + padding: 0.1rem; + border-radius: 0.25rem; +} + +.wwyd-comment .tile-group { + display: inline-block; + margin: 0.15rem; } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/js/wwyd.js b/js/wwyd.js index a922753..b579b78 100644 --- a/js/wwyd.js +++ b/js/wwyd.js @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ function Tile(props) { const onClick = props.onClick ? () => props.onClick(props.tile) : thunk const selectedTileClass = props.selected ? "tile-selected" : "" - return h("div", { title: props.tile, onClick: onClick }, + // for some reason the tile will appear on a separate line when it's a div + // I don't understand why, so it's a span now + return h("span", { title: props.tile, onClick: onClick }, h("svg", { class: c("tile", selectedTileClass), fill: "" }, h("use", { href: `/others/tiles.svg#${props.tile}` }) ) @@ -47,6 +49,24 @@ function Hand(props) { ]) } +function Comment(props) { + if (typeof props.choice != "string") { + return "" + } + + let comment_blocks = props.comment.map(chunk => { + if (typeof chunk == "string") { + return h("span", null, chunk) + } else if (chunk[0] == "") { + return h("strong", null, chunk[1]) + } else { + return h(TileGroup, {tiles: chunk}) + } + }) + + return h("span", { class: "wwyd-comment" }, comment_blocks) +} + function Choice(props) { if (typeof props.choice != "string") { return "" @@ -127,7 +147,8 @@ class App extends Component { ]), ]), h(Hand, { onClick: this.state.choice ? thunk : this.chooseDiscard, choice: this.state.choice, tiles: this.state.wwyd.hand, draw: this.state.wwyd.draw }), - h(Choice, { choice: this.state.choice, answer: this.state.wwyd.answer }) + h(Choice, { choice: this.state.choice, answer: this.state.wwyd.answer }), + h(Comment, { choice: this.state.choice, comment: this.state.wwyd.comment }) ] } else { return [ diff --git a/js/wwyd.json b/js/wwyd.json index fbde0aa..6fdec29 100644 --- a/js/wwyd.json +++ b/js/wwyd.json @@ -1,570 +1,570 @@ { -"2023-05-01": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "2p", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "2p", "3p", "8p", "8p", "5s", "7s", "7s", "9s"], "draw": "1p", "answer": "7s"}, -"2023-05-02": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "2p", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "2p", "3p", "8p", "8p", "5s", "7s", "7s", "9s"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "9s"}, -"2023-05-03": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "2p", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "7m", 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"indicator": "2p", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "2p", "3p", "8p", "8p", "5s", "7s", "7s", "9s"], "draw": "1p", "answer": "7s", "comment": ["the tile acceptance doesn't change no matter which souzu is cut. fix the ryankan to increase the chances of pinfu."]}, +"2023-05-02": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "2p", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "2p", "3p", "8p", "8p", "5s", "7s", "7s", "9s"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["confirm tanyao to increase the value. you can also call and open the hand if the situation requires it."]}, +"2023-05-03": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "2p", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "2p", "3p", "8p", "8p", "5s", "7s", "7s", "9s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "5s", "comment": ["the tile acceptance between ", ["5s"], " and ", ["9s"], " is the same. : keeping ", ["5s"], " lets you accept ", ["0s"], ", but you already have a 3-way wait on manzu and a 2-way wait on pinzu with dora. fix ", ["7s", "7s", "7s"], " as a group and cut from the inside to keep the safer ", ["9s"], " for later."]}, +"2023-05-04": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "8m", "8m", "8m", "9m", "4p", "0p", "5p", "7p", "9p", "3s", "3s"], "draw": "8p", "answer": "5p", "comment": ["by fixing the ryanmen you get a shape where it's easy to get pinfu, the shape on manzu accepts 3 tiles, ", ["5m", "8m"], ", ", ["7m"], "."]}, +"2023-05-05": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "8m", "8m", "8m", "9m", "4p", "0p", "5p", "7p", "9p", "1z", "1z"], "draw": "8p", "answer": "9m", "comment": ["the 2 han from double ton are a lot. this way you'll always get tenpai waiting on ton, and you're only losing acceptance of 1 tile."]}, +"2023-05-06": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "2p", "2p", "3p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "8p", "8p", "8p", "4s", "0s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["choice is between ", ["2p"], " and ", ["8p"], ". cutting ", ["8p"], " can give you iipeikou and increase the value of the hand, but cutting ", ["2p"], " gives you 5 more tiles to wait on. chance of lipeikou is simply not worth that much."]}, +"2023-05-07": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "6m", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "7p", "3s", "3s", "4s"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "4s", "comment": ["take out the completed shape ", ["5p", "6p", "7p"], ", you can see the sanmenchan with a ", ["7p"], " attached, fixing the head in souzu is great both for value and acceptance, see:\n", ["3s", "3s", "4s"], " + ", ["5p", "6p", "7p"]]}, +"2023-05-08": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "6m", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "7p", "3s", "3s", "4s"], "draw": "2p", "answer": "5p", "comment": ["the acceptance varies greatly depending on the presence of 2 heads. ", ["3s"], " is out because the loss in tile acceptance is too big. it becomes a choice between ", ["5p"], " and ", ["4s"], ", fixing the head on souzu or pinzu. ", ["5p"], " acceptance is better and you'll probably get tanyao anyway. if you need points, it's okay to cut ", ["2p"], " and confirm tanyao."]}, +"2023-05-09": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "1p", "hand": ["1m", "1m", "2m", "2p", "2p", "3p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "8p", "8p", "8p", "0s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "2m", "comment": ["dora 3 2-shanten hand, keep 3 heads so you can move to 2 at 1-shanten. you can also move towards tanyao. cutting ", ["8p"], " isn't too bad (and probably easier to spot), but it's better not to touch the complex shape in pinzu untll later."]}, +"2023-05-10": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "3m", "0m", "6m", "7m", "5p", "5p", "7p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "5s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "7p", "comment": ["while you can see the 567 sanshoku, you can ignore it because of your good shape and value (thanks to aka and being dealer) even if you were to draw ", ["7s"], ", your final shape to tsumo would be the ", ["6p"], " kanchan. cut ", ["7p"], "."]}, +"2023-05-11": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["2p", "2p", "3p", "0p", "5p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "5s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "7p", "comment": ["while this can be hard at a first look, try to isolate ", ["5p", "6p", "7p"], ": ", ["2p", "2p", "3p", "0p", "5p", "7p"], " ", ["2s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "6s"], " + ", ["5p", "6p", "7p"], " its the same shape as previous question, just replacing manzu with pinzu. it is easily solved if you take out the completed shapes"]}, +"2023-05-12": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "7p", "hand": ["5m", "5m", "6m", "1p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "2s", "2s"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "5m", "comment": ["don't cut the ", ["1p"], " to aim for tanyao, because you have 3 heads, you should cut one of them. this way you can increase your tile acceptance. it is easy to visualize the 3 heads if you think as following: ", ["5m", "5m", "6m"], " ", ["1p", "3p", "3p"], " ", ["2s", "2s"], " + ", ["3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "8p"]]}, +"2023-05-13": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "6z", "hand": ["6m", "6m", "2p", "3p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "3s", "3s", "4s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "7z", "answer": "3p", "comment": ["because you have 3 heads, it's fine to fix the ryanmen, between ", ["3p"], " and ", ["3s"], " pairs, one ", ["3p"], " is already used in the ", ["1p", "2p", "3p"], " shape, fix that ryanmen to get 1 more tile to wait on. even if it's just one tile to draw, consider calls: pon is 4 times faster than tsumo, so you : cant underestimate it"]}, +"2023-05-14": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "6z", "hand": ["6m", "6m", "2p", "3p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "2s", "2s", "3s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "7z", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["pinzu are waiting on 4 tiles (", ["1p", "4p"], ", ", ["3p", "6p"], "), so leave it as it is. ", ["2s"], " looks easy to pon, but the difference in acceptance is too huge."]}, +"2023-05-15": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "7s", "hand": ["6m", "6m", "2p", "3p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "2s", "2s", "3s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["it is difficult to go for the best tile acceptance because you'd lose tanyao. by cutting ", ["2p"], " here you lose 3 tiles, but unless you tsumo the ", ["1s"], ", you have tanyao. if you consider the pon calls and their 4x speed, it is actually faster this way. since you have hidden dora 3 you shouldn't care about the other players and attack."]}, +"2023-05-16": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["7m", "7m", "8m", "2p", "2p", "2p", "3p", "4p", "4p", "3s", "0s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "2s", "answer": "4p", "comment": ["if you drop ", ["8m"], ", you'll have a iipeikou chance. but you'll need ", ["3p"], " to win the hand, look at the future, and drop ", ["4p"], " to get the best tile acceptance. you'll get a sure ryanmen tenpai wait,"]}, +"2023-05-17": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["7m", "7m", "8m", "2p", "2p", "2p", "3p", "4p", "4p", "3s", "0s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "3s", "answer": "7m", "comment": ["the correct answer is ", ["7m"], ", which gives the highest tile acceptance, you have 50% chance to get tanyao, but have the potential of mentanpin iipeikou aka, ", ["8m"], " and ", ["4p"], " reduce your win rate by being slower. don't forget that modern mahjong is about making good-shape closed hand and call richi. in all last agari toppu, you can discard ", ["8m"], " or ", ["4p"], " and call everything, but this is not the right play in early east 1."]}, +"2023-05-18": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "2p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "4p", "4p", "0s", "6s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "3p", "comment": ["the bulging shapes always produces ryanmen, so the theory says to fix the head. between ", ["2p"], " and ", ["3p"], ", the correct answeris ", ["3p"], " to get pinfu"]}, +"2023-05-19": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "8m", "8m", "0p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "4s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "6s", "comment": ["you should see ", ["8m"], " as the head. you're left with ", ["3m", "4m", "5m", "6m"], " nobetan, ", ["0p", "6p", "6p", "7p"], " bulging and ", ["4s", "5s", "6s", "6s"], " aryanmen. the first 2 can accept 4 kinds of tiles, while the latter can accept only 2. cut the aryanmen by dropping ", ["6s"], ". \u2014", ["", "when in doubt discard aryanmen. it's usually the correct answer"], "\u2014"]}, +"2023-05-20": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "4m", "5m", "3p", "3p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "5s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["you want to keep the manzu shape for tanyao. the question is from where to cut, the pinzu or the souzu. it is generally better not to mess with the head, so the answer is ", ["8p"], " (you gain 4 tiles), also the final shape of the hand is better: you can end up with a full sanmenchan (11 tiles), while you'd end up with a worse acceptance on pinzu (2 ", ["3p"], " are already used as head). both the acceptance now and in tenpai are better with the ", ["8p"], " cut."]}, +"2023-05-21": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "4m", "5m", "3p", "3p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "2s", "3s", "4s"], "draw": "5s", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["it is easy to miss, but you can see the 345 sanshoku (if you don't, read flow book 1 by sakurai. keep the bulging shape and foresee the draw of ", ["3p"], "-", ["4p"], ")"]}, +"2023-05-22": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "0m", "5m", "9m", "9m", "9m", "5p", "5p", "6p", "5s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "5m", "comment": ["when in doubt, cut aryanmen. the 4 tiles shape in souzu (nobetan) can make a head out of 2 types of tlles (", ["5s", "8s"], "), while making ryanmen on 4 (", ["4s", "6s", "7s", "9s"], "). (", ["5p", "5p", "6p"], ") this is a shape that can be either a head or a sequence."]}, +"2023-05-23": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["4m", "4m", "7m", "8m", "9m", "0p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "4s", "0s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "0m", "answer": "6s", "comment": ["in the early turns you'd drop ", ["4m"], ", to utilize all the aka dora. as it already the 7th turn, losing 20 tiles acceptance is too much, thinking of the final form and the speed, the best choice is ", ["6s"], ", both from winning rate and expected value"]}, +"2023-05-24": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "4m", "0m", "6m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "4s", "0s", "6s"], "draw": "3s", "answer": "6s", "comment": ["the best tile to get a fast tenpai is ", ["3m"], ", but if you look at the winrate it becomes inferior to ", ["3p", "6p"], " and ", ["3s", "6s"], ". you keep the manzu shape and look to cut from either the pinzu or souzu, it is slighlty better to keep the pinzu as they don't have the ", ["0p"], ". moreover, you must not forget that there is a possibllity of 345 sanshoku. even if by a small amount, ", ["6s"], " gives the best expected value. by the way, even without sanshoku cutting ", ["3m"], " wouldn't be the best choice"]}, +"2023-05-25": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["5m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7s", "8s", "8s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "8s", "comment": ["it is easy to get a pinfu tenpai. you lose the iipeikou, but its final shape would need a bad wait ", ["7s"], ". in first place completing it is hard because only 3 tiles are left, and even if you could do 17, youd lose pinfu. don't aim for iipeikou at the edges, unless you really need the han"]}, +"2023-05-26": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["5m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "1p", "2p", "3p", "4p", "6s", "7s", "7s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["the ", ["1p", "2p", "3p", "4p"], " shape at the edge is functionally a sequence + a floating tile, it is difficult to use. in particular i don't want to end with a penchan ", ["1p", "2p"], ", if i were to draw a ", ["2p"], "."]}, +"2023-05-27": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["5m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "5s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["this is a beautiful shape. don't touch ", ["5s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "7s", "7s"], ", as it can become 2 sequences or 1 sequence + 1 head. ", ["5m", "8m"], " and ", ["2p", "5p"], " are equivalent from both tenpai and win rates, but you can see the 567 sanshoku (by drawing either ", ["6p"], " or ", ["7p"], "), so cutting ", ["8m"], " is the better choice"]}, +"2023-05-28": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "8m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "4p", "2s", "3s", "3s", "5s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["fixing ", ["3s"], " as head is best both for tile acceptance and value. the best form for the tenpai can be mentanpin iipeikou. depending on how you view it, you can see both ", ["2s"], " and ", ["5s"], " as floating. there's no point in keeping both, as they're on the same suji."]}, +"2023-05-29": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["7m", "8m", "9m", "1p", "1p", "2p", "3p", "2s", "3s", "3s", "5s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "1p", "comment": [["1p", "1p", "2p", "3p"], " edge aryanmen, will be sequence+head on drawing ", ["1p", "4p"], ", or will be iipeikkou on drawing ", ["2p", "3p"], " (either kanchan or penchan waim. both outcomes have the same probability to happen. if you end up with a bad wait iipeikou, the win rate is going to decrease, so the aim is to avoid the bad shape tenpai by cutting ", ["1p"], "."]}, +"2023-05-30": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["7n", "8n", "9n", "1p", "1p", "2p", "3p", "2s", "3s", "5s", "6s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["If you cut ", ["2s"], ", you'll have a ryanmen + kanchan waiting on ", ["4s", "6s", "9s"], ", and the edge ", ["1p", "1p", "2p", "3p"], " aryanmen. bottleneck will be the 6-tiles aryanmen wait, instead of going there, let\u2019s drop ", ["1p"], " and get full ryanmen over aryanmen shapes. (tl note: headless shape, pretty good when you have connected tiles)"]}, +"2023-05-31": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["5m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "2p", "2p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "6s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["going for sanshoku gives the best expected value. it's easy to see if you draw the ", ["3p"], "."]}, +"2023-06-01": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["5m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "2p", "2p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "7s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "8s", "comment": ["it's difficult to make another sequence near the triplet. the goal is to make a wide wait, taking advantage of the 2 4 tiles shapes in pinzu and manzu. keeping ", ["8s"], " makes it easy to lose tanyao and it isn't needed for sanshoku either."]}, +"2023-06-02": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "3p", "3p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "6s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["it is easy to get tanyao, and keeping ", ["6s"], " lets you utilize ", ["0s"], " and maybe get sanshoku. fixing ", ["3p"], " as head is the correct answer."]}, +"2023-06-03": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["7m", "7m", "9m", "9m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "0p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "7m", "comment": ["cut one tile from ", ["7m", "7m", "9m", "9m"], ", starting from the inside. it leaves a nice shanpon on chun for an easy to win hand."]}, +"2023-06-04": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["7m", "7m", "9m", "9m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "0p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "9m", "comment": ["aim for mentanpin, although you lose tanyao with ", ["1p"], ", pushing to the middle toward perfect iishanten is the basic play."]}, +"2023-06-05": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["7m", "7m", "9m", "9m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "0p", "6p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "7s"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "7s", "comment": ["in the early turns it is fine to go back to 2-shanten to fish for tanyao by dropping ", ["9m"], ". but as it is already the 8th turn, it is better to go for the faster tenpai. if you riichi with iipeikou and aka this hand is worth 7700. you should instant riichi even the bad wait kanchan. shape might look bad, but with ", ["6m"], " draw you'l get a perfect iishanten. you can discard ", ["6p"], " to confirm the sanmenchan for a more flexible hand but making more than 7700 will take too much time."]}, +"2023-06-06": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["4p", "5p", "5p", "5p", "6p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "4s", "4s", "7s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "5p", "comment": ["you can see sanankou/suuankou, but to get it you'll need to cut ", ["6p"], " or ", ["7s"], " and fix the pairs. stay real, because you don't need it as you're dealer. it's better to drop ", ["5p"], ". this way you get ryanpeikou iishanten if you get 2/", ["3s"], ". ", ["8s"], " gives better acceptance, but only by 1 tile. because you lose yaku, its expected value is lower than ", ["5p"]]}, +"2023-06-07": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "3p", "3p", "4p", "4p", "6p", "8p", "8p", "2s", "2s"], "draw": "0m", "answer": "6p", "comment": ["you keep both mentanpin and chiitoi possibilities open. the backdraw is only the ", ["7p"], " acceptance. if you get ", ["2p"], "-", ["5p"], " forget chiitoi and head towards mentanpin iipeikou, by dropping either ", ["8p"], " or ", ["2s"], "."]}, +"2023-06-08": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "6m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "8p", "8p", "2s", "2s"], "draw": "0m", "answer": "6p", "comment": ["because of the good shape in manzu, the probability of instant riichi is higher than the probability of improving to perfect iishanten in this case, I drop ", ["6p"], " to get the best end shape if you get tenpai by drawing manzu."]}, +"2023-06-09": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "7s", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "2p", "3p", "3p", "5p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "5p", "comment": ["as far as tile acceptance goes, the correct answer is ", ["2p"], ", dropping it gives the best probability to get into tenpai, but since it may lead to many bad wait tenpai, both the expected value and the win rate are lower. remember that the goal isn't getting in tenpai, it's winning, let's make it so the tenpai always has a good wait (worst case is ", ["1p"], " draw, for 6 tiles nobetan wait) by dropping ", ["5p"], "."]}, +"2023-06-10": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "7s", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "4m", "5m", "2p", "3p", "3p", "5p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["fixing the head is fine. even if you were to cut ", ["5p"], ", it is unlikely that the final tenpai shape will wait on the ryanmen 1-", ["4p"], ", this way you'll be ready for a ryanmen tenpai on ", ["6p"], " draw."]}, +"2023-06-11": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3m", "hand": ["4m", "0m", "6m", "2p", "3p", "3p", "2s", "2s", "3s", "3s", "3s", "4s", "5s"], "draw": "0s", "answer": "5s", "comment": ["cutting ", ["3p"], " or ", ["5s"], " gives the same acceptance. even though the closed hand estimated value for ", ["5s"], " is better, it's better to consider calling efficiency because we already have a mangan hand. call pon on ", ["3p"], ", ", ["2s"], ", ", ["3s"], ", and call chi on ", ["4p"], " and ", ["6s"], ". in particular, ", ["2s"], " looks easy to call (or win) because of the ", ["3s"], " triplet you have in your hand (one chance)."]}, +"2023-06-12": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "6p", "hand": ["3p", "4p", "5p", "5p", "7p", "3s", "3s", "4s", "4s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "0p", "answer": "7p", "comment": ["I'd like to keep the dora ", ["7p"], ", but that kanchan acts as a bottleneck. moreover, calling chi on ", ["6p"], " makes the hand only 3 han. If you get a closed tenpai on souzu, you'd probably drop dora ", ["7p"], " anyway, also, since you have the chance of sanankou, ", ["7p"], " discard becomes the one with the best expected value."]}, +"2023-06-13": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "6p", "hand": ["3p", "4p", "5p", "5p", "7p", "2s", "2s", "4s", "4s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "0p", "answer": "7p", "comment": ["even if you keep dorA, you'd drop it at tenpai (with the exception of drawing ", ["6p"], "). the probability of drawing ", ["5s"], " for Iipeikou is the same as the one of drawing ", ["6p"], ". keeping the dora is always nice, but you'd rather get ", ["6s"], " triplet in tenpai."]}, +"2023-06-14": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "5s", "hand": ["0m", "5m", "5m", "6m", "2p", "2p", "3p", "0p", "7p", "6s", "8s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "6m", "comment": ["if the manzu shape stays as it is until tenpai, you'll get a 3 sided wait, but you'll have to drop dora ", ["6s"], ". it'd be nice to use ", ["6s"], " and get tanyao dora 3 for mangan. ", ["", "call for mangan"], " that's the saying, and you should aim for it even if you get a bad wait tenpai"]}, +"2023-06-15": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["5m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "2p", "2p", "3p", "3p", "5s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "5m", "comment": ["if you fix ", ["5m"], " as the head, you can aim for mentanpin ryanpeikou, but you end up losing too much tile acceptance. in particular, drawing ", ["1p"], " would ruin the hand, so it is fine to go for the maximum acceptance"]}, +"2023-06-16": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3s", "hand": ["1m", "3m", "0m", "6m", "7m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "4s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "1m", "comment": ["the best acceptance is ", ["6m"], ", but you're missing the head and it looks difficult to get it back, cutting ", ["1m"], " is better both for the value and the acceptance than cutting ", ["7m"], " (and keeping the ", ["1m", "3m", "5m"], " ryankan). on ", ["3m", "4m", "5m"], " draws you get mentanpin tenpai, whose value and speed are good. on ", ["5m", "7m", "8m"], " draws you instead get the chance to improve the shape of your hand."]}, +"2023-06-17": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3s", "hand": ["0m", "6m", "7m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "4s", "5s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "7p", "comment": ["it is advantageous to fix the head because it's easy to get tanyao and iipeikou. it is said ", ["", "when in doubt, cut aryanmen"], ", but this time the strongest shape is the manzu bulging one. fixing the head gives the best expected value"]}, +"2023-06-18": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "8s", "hand": ["0m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "9m", "3p", "4p", "6p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "2s", "3s"], "draw": "4s", "answer": "9m", "comment": ["cutting ", ["7p"], " gives a wider wirt, but if you were to draw ", ["5m"], " you'd have to drop aka for richi nomi. by dropping ", ["9m"], " you get tanyao and always keep the aka, so the acceptance loss is worth it, a draw of ", ["5p"], " will make the wait 4-sided."]}, +"2023-06-19": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "3s", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "6m", "6m", "8m", "4p", "4p", "6p", "3s", "4s", "5s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "3m", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["if you take lishanten, you're going straight into bad wait no yaku, because you have 3 heads, dropping one doesn\u2019t impact too much on speed. by cutting both ", ["9s"], " you can also get tanyao"]}, +"2023-06-20": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "3s", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "6m", "6m", "8m", "4p", "4p", "6p", "3s", "4s", "5s", "1z", "1z"], "draw": "3m", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["because ton is a yakuhai, you can move forward with 3 heads, while assuming you'll call on it (or get into shanpon richii.) depending on your draws you may also get 345 or 456 sanshoku."]}, +"2023-06-21": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["5m", "7m", "7m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "3s", "4s", "5s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "7s", "comment": ["if you drop ", ["7s"], " and draw ", ["6s"], ", you can get a 3-sided wait."]}, +"2023-06-22": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["5m", "7m", "7m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "2s", "3s", "6s", "7s", "8s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "7m", "comment": ["the best acceptance is ", ["4m"], ", but since you can get pinfu, the real choice is between ", ["7m"], " and ", ["8m"], ". the tile acceptance is the same, but you can see the difference when drawing tiles near the unfinished shapes. i'll show it in the case of a dora draw: ", ["4m", "5m", "7m", "7m"], " ", ["2p", "3p", "4p"], " ", ["2s", "2s", "3s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], " acceptance is now 20 tiles, dropping the ", ["8s"], " you get an improvement of tiles from before. ", ["4m", "5m"], " ", ["2p", "3p", "4p"], " ", ["2s", "2s", "3s", "6s", "7s", "8s", "8s", "8s"], " acceptance is now 23 tiles, if you drop the ", ["7m"], " you're now waiting on ", ["2s", "5s", "8s"], " in the souzu. the theory says to keep the connected shape intact."]}, +"2023-06-23": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["5m", "7m", "7m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "2s", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["if you want to keep both dora, the resulting shape is too limited. you wouldn't get mangan by calling anyway, so let\u2019s ", ["2s"], " without worry (you can very realistically get a closed mangan with riichi dora 2 +1 other han from tsumo/tanyao/ura, but this is too slow)"]}, +"2023-06-24": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3p", "hand": ["6m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "3s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "5s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "8s", "comment": ["the choice is between ", ["7m"], " and ", ["8s"], ". if you keep ", ["8s"], " and draw ", ["9s"], ", you get a wide ishanten but you lose tanyao, so it's not optimal. let's keep ", ["7m"], " and leave the option to remove the ", ["3s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "5s"], " bad shape later."]}, +"2023-06-25": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3p", "hand": ["6m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "3s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "5s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "7m", "comment": ["maximum acceptance. you have iipeikou chance, and if you put aside the completed shape ", ["3s", "4s", "5s"], " you can see a ryankan wait: ", ["6m", "6m", "6m", "7m"], " ", ["3p", "4p"], " ", ["3s", "5s", "7s", "8s", "8s"], " + ", ["3s", "4s", "5s"]]}, +"2023-06-26": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3p", "hand": ["6m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "3s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "5s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "3s", "comment": ["if you drop ", ["7m"], " there's a high chance that the final shape won't have pinfu and you'll have a aryanmen wait. if you cut ", ["3s"], ", you're more likely to get pinfu and a good shape tenpai, so the win rate and expected value are better even if you lose iipeikou."]}, +"2023-06-27": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "3p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "8p", "3s", "4s", "0s", "7s", "9s"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "9s", "comment": [["8p"], " is best for acceptance, but it is better to aim for good wait and tanyao, as for the pinzu shape, if you see ", ["3p"], " as a triplet you get a tanki, if you see them as head you get a kanchan. assuming you'll draw ", ["5m", "8m"], ", the tenpai shape of the hand will be the irregular ", ["7p", "8p"], " wait"]}, +"2023-06-28": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "1p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "8p", "3s", "4s", "0s", "7s", "9s"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["even if you were to draw ", ["2p"], ", that wouldn't become a good shape. by cutting ", ["1p"], " you have the following possibillities: drawing ", ["7p"], " lets you wait on ", ["3p", "6p", "9p"], " 3 sided wait, drawing ", ["3p"], " lets you wait on ", ["7p", "8p"], " ir- regular wait. of course, the best case scenaro is starting by drawing ", ["8s"], "."]}, +"2023-06-29": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["0m", "6m", "1p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "8p", "3s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["you have a good shape for mentanpin aka. as the shape is already set in stong, priority is given to safety, so ", ["8p"], " is dropped first. the benefit in keeping ", ["8p"], " would be a wider lishanten if you were to draw ", ["7p"], ". but if you draw ", ["7p"], " you'll look at 567 sanshoku, so there's no big reason to keep ", ["8p"], ". ", ["0m", "6m"], " ", ["3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "8p"], " ", ["3s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "7s"]]}, +"2023-06-30": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["4m", "4m", "8m", "9m", "3p", "4p", "7p", "7p", "9p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "7m", "answer": "6s", "comment": ["if you keep ", ["6s"], ", there's a chance of 3 sided wait if you draw ", ["5s"], ", but since you'll get a pinfu anyway if you draw ", ["8p"], ", you can move forward with the maximum efficiency. because there's a dora, let\u2019s call instant riichi even if we complete the ryanmen wait first"]}, +"2023-07-01": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["4m", "4m", "8m", "9m", "3p", "4p", "7p", "7p", "9p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "7p", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["aim for tenpai on ", ["7m"], " draw or to draw something near the ", ["6s"], ". the basis of efficiency is to leave a strong leftover tile over bad ones."]}, +"2023-07-02": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["4m", "4m", "8m", "9m", "3p", "4p", "7p", "7p", "9p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "9m", "comment": ["6 blocks hand. the heads can improve to ryanmen, so cut the weakest block (", ["8m", "9m"], " penchan). there's not much difference in which tile to drop first, but you can get a ryankan on ", ["6m"], " draw if you keep ", ["8m"], ". so let\u2019s drop ", ["9m"], "."]}, +"2023-07-03": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "9m", "9m", "3p", "4p", "9p", "9p", "4s", "5s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "9m", "comment": ["it is pinfu on both ", ["9m"], " and ", ["9p"], " drop, but if you drop ", ["9m"], " you get a ryanmen-kanchan waiting on ", ["3m", "6m", "8m"]]}, +"2023-07-04": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "9m", "3p", "3p", "5p", "7p", "4s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "9m", "comment": ["the first thing to do is to confirm tanyao, don't keep ", ["9m"], " just to accept ", ["8m"], ", this time there is little meaning in having the ryanmen-kanchan."]}, +"2023-07-05": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "9m", "3p", "3p", "4p", "6p", "8p", "4s", "5s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "9m", "comment": ["if you keep ", ["9m"], " and draw ", ["8m"], ", you could get 456 sanshoku like so: ", ["4m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "9m"], " ", ["3p", "3p", "4p", "6p"], " ", ["4s", "5s", "6s"], " however, you'll have to cut ", ["8p"], ", the priority should go to tanyao, as I'd rather go for mentanpin than the sanshoku. moreover the final shape would be a weak kanchan. it is better to complete the kanchan as fast as possible by drawing ", ["5p", "7p"], ", or to improve the shape to perfect lishanten by drawing ", ["6p", "8p"], ". by doing this you also keep the possibility of 456 sanshoku still open."]}, +"2023-07-06": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "5s", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "9m", "9m", "2p", "3p", "3s", "4s", "4s", "6s", "7s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "9m", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["if you cut ", ["3s"], " you'll be able to switch the head to ", ["6s"], " when you draw another. however, when drawing ", ["2s", "5s"], ", it is better to change to a wider shape that includes pinfu possibilities. as shown below, it is a wide ishanten waiting on 8 kinds, 28 tiles \n", ["6m", "7m", "9m", "9m", "9m"], " ", ["2p", "3p"], " ", ["2s", "3s", "4s", "6s", "7s", "8s"]]}, +"2023-07-07": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "2m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "1p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "9p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["the 123 sanshoku isn't realistic because you already have too many other blocks, so you shouldn't expect it. the question is whetever to drop ", ["1p"], " or ", ["9p"], " first. if you keep ", ["9p"], ", you can get the following good shape on ", ["8p"], " draw.\n", ["2m", "3m"], " ", ["6p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "9p"], " ", ["1s", "2s", "3s", "7s", "8s"]]}, +"2023-07-08": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["4m", "6m", "7m", "7m", "7m", "6p", "6p", "8p", "3s", "4s", "4s", "5s", "5s"], "draw": "3s", "answer": "6m", "comment": ["two choices: ", ["6m"], " or ", ["8p"], ". If you keep ", ["8p"], ". and tsumo ", ["7p"], ", you'll get a wide ishanten with a pinfu possibllity, if you keep ", ["6m"], " and draw ", ["5m"], ", you'll still have to wait for ", ["3s", "6s"], " to win the hand, so there is no point in keeping it. it becomes a question of safety, so the more dangerous ", ["6m"], " is cut first"]}, +"2023-07-09": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "9p", "9p", "1s", "1s", "3s"], "draw": "4s", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["a head is dropped to aim for pinfu., if you start by cutting ", ["9p"], ", you can still incorporate ", ["8p"], " for ittsuu. if you instead drop ", ["1s"], ", you can still get ittsuu, but it'll be slower as you're missing the head."]}, +"2023-07-10": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "1p", "2p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "2s", "2s", "0s"], "draw": "5m", "answer": "7p", "comment": ["a typical example on when to use floating tiles. without taking the tenpai, cut one ", ["7p"], ". you can see the possibility of tanyao, sanshoku, aka, ittsu., in certain situations, there's also the possibllity of refusing tenpai and cutting ", ["1p"], "."]}, +"2023-07-11": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["7m", "7m", "1p", "2p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "8p", "8p", "2s", "2s", "4s"], "draw": "0s", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["a typical example on when to avoid floating tiles. it's tempting to look at ", ["8p"], " pair, and cut it to make a floating tile. however, when you draw something near another block, such as ", ["6m"], ", you'll have to drop the 2nd ", ["8p"], " anyway. in this situation it's better to cut a pair, looking at the perfect iishanten improvements, on ", ["7p"], " draw, you'll get the iishanten shown below. you can see ittsuu or tanyao, if you first complete a pair.\n", ["7m", "7m"], " ", ["1p", "2p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "8p"], " ", ["4s", "0s"]]}, +"2023-07-12": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3m", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "6m", "2p", "2p", "3p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "5s", "7s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "5s", "comment": ["maximum acceptance. there's no backfire on ", ["6s", "9s"], ", you want the iipeikou."]}, +"2023-07-13": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3m", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "6m", "2p", "2p", "3p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "0s", "8s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["of course cutting aka ", ["5s"], " gives a wider lishanten, but the final shape of the hand is worsened, dropping ", ["9s"], " isn't bad, but going into 2-shanten at the 7th turn is annoying. here you keep lishanten, while fixing a ryanmen, if either ", ["8s"], " or ", ["9s"], " become a triplet, you call richi on ryanmen, as for drawing ", ["1p", "4p"], " before that, it depends, you'll have to think if it is better to refuse tenpai or call riichi depending on the game situation"]}, +"2023-07-14": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3m", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "6m", "2p", "2p", "3p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "0s", "7s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "8s", "comment": ["ideally i'd use ", ["8s"], " as the head and incorporate aka ", ["5s"], ", but the odds are low. final shape is shown below. it is more realistic to see aka ", ["5s"], " as a floating tile. if you assume this stance, you can incorporate aka with 5 kinds of draws (tiles from ", ["3s"], " to ", ["7s"], ")\n", ["4m", "5m", "6m"], " ", ["2p", "3p", "7p", "8p", "9p"], " ", ["0s", "6s", "7s", "8s", "8s"]]}, +"2023-07-15": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1p", "hand": ["7m", "8m", "9m", "5p", "7p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "0s", "6s"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "7p", "comment": ["by cutting ", ["7p"], " and fixing the sequence, you're waiting for 37 tiles. 11 are from the ", ["1s", "4s", "7s"], " sanmenchan, 8 are from the ", ["3p", "6p"], " ryanmen, and the remaining 18 are will make ryanmen. cutting ", ["8p"], " and fixing the head waits on 19 tlles that give good waits, but as the worst wait you get by cutting the head is nobetan, it is better this way."]}, +"2023-07-16": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1p", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "8m", "0p", "7p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "4s", "5s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["if you cut the head, there's a possibllity that you'll have to drop aka ", ["5p"], ". also, since you have the possibility of mentanpin, this time fixing the head is the best choice. cut from the inside with ", ["8p"], ", keeping ", ["9p"], " for safety reasons."]}, +"2023-07-17": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["1p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "8p", "7s", "7s", "7s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "7s", "comment": ["fix the good shape, to have more chances of improving the bad one. if you draw ", ["2p", "7p"], " first, you'll get a pinfu tenpai with ", ["3p", "6p"], " becoming the head"]}, +"2023-07-18": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3s", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "7m", "8m", "8m", "9m", "7p", "7p", "8p", "8p", "9p", "2s", "3s"], "draw": "4s", "answer": "7m", "comment": ["the widest shape is fixing the sequence by dropping ", ["8m"], ", but 15 out of the 25 possible tenpai shapes will be bad watts. if you instead fix the head, all 15 tiles will give you ryanmen tenpal"]}, +"2023-07-19": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3s", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "7m", "8m", "8m", "9m", "6p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "8p", "2s", "3s"], "draw": "4s", "answer": "7m", "comment": ["normally, since if you draw ", ["2m", "5m"], " you can take aryanmen wait on pinzu, it is better to fix the sequence and drop ", ["8m"], ", however, when you consider yaku, you're missing both tanyao and iipeikou. because of this it is better to fix the head and drop ", ["7m"], ". consider now this possible hand. it is better to drop ", ["8m"], ", as you won't have tanyao anyway.\n", ["3m", "4m", "7m", "8m", "8m", "9m"], " ", ["6p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "8p"], " ", ["1s", "2s", "3s"]]}, +"2023-07-20": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3s", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "7m", "8m", "8m", "9m", "6p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "8p", "4s", "4s"], "draw": "4s", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["if you fix the head (by dropping ", ["7m"], ") you will confirm tanyao. however, the acceptance is about half. considering that chi calling speed is twice the tsumo speed, you get more or less the same average speed. since if you stay closed you have a shot at haneman, it is better to fix the sequence and drop ", ["8m"]]}, +"2023-07-21": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "6s", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "1s", "1s", "2s", "3s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "1s", "comment": ["technically you should fix the head, but ", ["", "are you settling for"], " ", ["1s"], " ", ["", "as head?"], " by rejecting ", ["1s"], " head, you'll have the best acceptance and move towards tanyao. if you happen to draw them, you can accept ", ["2s", "3s"], " draws as head, or even the dora ", ["7s"], "."]}, +"2023-07-22": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "6s", "hand": ["6m", "8m", "3p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "1s", "1s", "2s", "3s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["priority is given to good wait tenpai, even If iishanten acceptance is lowered. it's better because you're sure to get pinfu"]}, +"2023-07-23": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "6s", "hand": ["6m", "8m", "5p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "1s", "1s", "2s", "3s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["even if ", ["1s"], " acceptance is much higher, you need to think of the future shape. many of the tenpai will be bad wait, without pinfu. ", ["8m"], " is worse in tenpai rate, but much better in average value and win rate. ", ["", "it is great to determine what an hand will be"], " that's true, but when playing in a game you'll have to think about other things too: ", ["", "round, sanshoku improvements, transition to tanyao, bad wait riichi"], " ... think of all those, and then make a decision"]}, +"2023-07-24": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "6p", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "6p", "7p", "6s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "1m", "comment": ["tanyao is more reliable than ittsu. you can accept aka. you can get sanshoku. 567 if you draw ", ["8m"], ", 678 if you draw ", ["2m"], ". its a really nice hand."]}, +"2023-07-25": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "5m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "6m", "6m", "1p", "1p", "2p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "7p", "answer": "7p", "comment": ["if you drop ", ["1p"], " and draw ", ["6p"], ", you'd get a pinfu tanyao dora2, dama mangan, but if you were to call chii youd only get 3900. if instead you stay closed you'll get at least 5200 with riichi, so trust in that, moreover, If you get the chance to pon dora ", ["6m"], ", there's not much difference between ", ["1p"], " and ", ["7p"], ", you'll always end up with the ", ["2p", "5p"], " nobetan wait for mangan."]}, +"2023-07-26": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "4m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "6m", "6m", "1p", "2p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "7p", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "7p", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["because I'm using a ", ["3p"], ", the maximum acceptance is given by dropping ", ["1p"], ". If you draw the souzu ryanmen before other tiles, you'll end up with a shanpon. it is not too bad, because you gained tanyao. you can foresee a change in the manzu shape, getting a ryanmen or better from the ", ["6m"], " par. it's fine to make this into a 1000 point hand"]}, +"2023-07-27": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "7m", "hand": ["4m", "4m", "5m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "4p", "4p", "5p", "3s", "4s", "5s"], "draw": "7m", "answer": "4p", "comment": ["this question is taken from a real game, from kondo-pro (note: top tier mleague player) in a jpml game. ", ["7m"], " gives the best acceptance, but if you complete the pinzu shape first you'll end up with a bad shanpon waitt, if you instead cut ", ["4p"], ", you'll always get a ryanmen tenpai worth at least 5800. when in doubt, it is safer to keep the complex shape together and fix the strong shapes."]}, +"2023-07-28": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "4m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "7p", "8p", "8p", "3s", "4s"], "draw": "0s", "answer": "7p", "comment": ["the acceptance is small, but you can accept dora and confirm tanyao. out of 19 tlles, 17 (all but ", ["4m"], " tsumo) will give you a ryanmen tenpai, let\u2019s chi ", ["2m", "5m"], " and get an easy ", ["2m", "5m", "8m"], " wait."]}, +"2023-07-29": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "7m", "8m", "8m", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "8p", "8p", "0s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "7p", "comment": ["I'll make a 3 sided wait on the pinzu. the ", ["4p"], " cut, which leaves chiitoi possible because you keep 4 pairs, is an half-assed way of playing."]}, +"2023-07-30": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2s", "hand": ["5p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "3s", "4s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["when in doubt, the best ev is usually confirming tanyao. you'll drop dora if you draw ", ["8s"], ", but since you already have tanyao that's not a problem."]}, +"2023-07-31": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "6m", "7m", "0p", "4s", "0s", "5s", "6s", "7s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "5s", "comment": ["first of all, you have to realise that both ", ["5s"], " and ", ["0p"], " give the same acceptance. by keeping ", ["0p"], ", you have chances of getting into bad tenpai, but there are benefits in keeping all 3 suits open, such as sanshoku. as for the ", ["5s", "8s"], " choice, the loss of 5 tiles creates a decent impact on win rate, so you drop the ", ["5s"], ". it is correct to proceed while keeping the 4-sided wait in souzu alive, hoping to have it as tenpai shape."]}, +"2023-08-01": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "4m", "hand": ["7m", "7m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "8p", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "7p", "comment": [["2p"], ", ", ["5p"], " and ", ["7p"], " all give the best acceptance with 22 tiles. if you cut ", ["7p"], " you can accept ", ["0p"], ", and you can also move towards sanshoku if the ", ["7m"], " pair becomes a ryanmen. \u2014", ["", "acceptance is increased when cutting the outer suji of the drawn tile"], " that's a common pattern, keep it mind, this example shows it: by cutting the outer suji of ", ["4p"], ", you're gaining the acceptance of 3 tiles."]}, +"2023-08-02": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "2s", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "5m", "2p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "2s", "3s"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "3m", "comment": ["maximum acceptance. the symmetrical shape in pinzu is called \u201cwing\u201d and it\u2019s waiting on 8 tiles, 6 kinds. ", ["1p", "4p"], ", ", ["3p", "6p"], ", ", ["5p", "8p"], ". it is a flexible shape, which uses either ", ["3p"], " or ", ["6p"], " as head"]}, +"2023-08-03": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "2s", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "5m", "2p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "2s", "3s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "6p", "comment": ["with the head and enough blocks, you can settle for 2 sequences in pinzu, cut both ", ["3p"], " and ", ["6p"], ". considering safety, cut ", ["6p"], " first because It can be targeted by both ", ["3p", "6p"], " and ", ["6p", "9p"], " ryanmen."]}, +"2023-08-04": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "2s", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "5m", "2p", "3p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "4s"], "draw": "0s", "answer": "5m", "comment": ["the value is secured thanks to the aka dora, it is hard to get a sanshoku so go for the maximum acceptance. if you take out the ", ["3p"], " shape, you can easily see the ", ["3p", "5p", "8p"], " ryanmen-kanchan shape. If you instead cut ", ["2p"], ", sm becomes an useless tile and you lose the acceptance of 3 tiles.\n", ["3m", "3m", "5m"], " ", ["2p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "7p"], " ", ["4s", "0s"], " +", ["3p", "3p", "3p"]]}, +"2023-08-05": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "4m", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "2p", "2p", "3s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "8s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["going for shanpon richi by dropping ", ["6s"], ", to make a suji trap on ", ["9s"], ", is foolish. because it is a pinfu hand, you're sure to have a good wait, let\u2019s cut ", ["9s"], " and see if you can drop the other one to to improve to tanyao."]}, +"2023-08-06": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "4p", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "2p", "2p", "3s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "8s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["if you aim for shanpon riichi, it looks like you could win it easily, but your hand would be just riichi nomi, drawing ", ["3m", "6m"], " before other tiles gives you a weak tenpai, and it will be better to drop ", ["9s"], " or ", ["6s"], " to get back into a good lishanten. see the following hands to compare the choices. In this case the correct answer is to drop ", ["9s"], "\n", ["3m", "4m", "5m"], " ", ["2p", "2p", "4p"], " ", ["3s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "7s", "8s", "9s"], " \n", ["3m", "4m", "5m"], " ", ["2p", "2p", "4p"], " ", ["3s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "8s"]]}, +"2023-08-07": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["5m", "6m", "3p", "4p", "1s", "1s", "2s", "2s", "3s", "4s", "4s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "1s", "comment": ["if you use either ", ["1s"], " or ", ["4s"], " as head, you can get both the head and 2 sequences from the souzu shape. in this case it is better to cut ", ["1s"], " and keep ", ["4s"], " as head, to accept future tanyao improvements. let\u2019s cut both ", ["1s"], " and ", ["2s"], ", but starting from the outside, by keeping ", ["2s"], ", not only ", ["4s", "7s"], " draw, but also ", ["2s", "5s", "8s"], " draw will give you tanyao. ", ["3s"], " draw gives you iipeikou."]}, +"2023-08-08": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "8m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "3p", "4p", "0p", "6p", "2s", "4s", "2z", "2z"], "draw": "2z", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["you don't go for sanshoku 234 because you have an aka dora. the kanchan in souzu is bad, so cut it. from the outside, because you can still see the 456 sanshoku possibllity."]}, +"2023-08-09": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "2p", "4p", "6p", "8p", "3s", "3s", "3s", "5s", "5s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["at a first look, you can see the 678 sanshoku, but since you already have 3 completed shapes, you should abandon it. with the ", ["8p"], " drop the focus is put on the tenpai shape, instead of the iishanten tile acceptance. you have a good shape in souzu, accepting ", ["4s", "5s", "8s"], ", so don't drop the ", ["5s"], ". if you can draw ", ["5p"], ", you can get 567 sanshoku."]}, +"2023-08-10": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2p", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "1p", "2p", "3p", "4p", "2s", "4s", "6s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["by cutting ", ["2s"], " you'd get a good tenpai, 21 accepted tiles and the possibility to incorporate dora. on the other hand, ", ["1p"], " gives the best tile acceptance, but if you draw either ", ["6m"], " or ", ["7m"], " you'll end up with a kanchan wait, however, even counting those tiles out, you end up with 22 tiles, more than the 21 from ", ["2s"], ". If you instead draw ", ["3s"], " or ", ["5s"], " first, you'll get a beautiful hand with the best win rate and expected value."]}, +"2023-08-11": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["2p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "5p", "7p", "9p", "2s", "2s", "2s", "4s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "0p", "answer": "4s", "comment": ["there is a difference in 6 accepted tiles between ", ["4s"], " and ", ["9p"], ". even if you exclude the ", ["7s", "8s"], " vertical draw, which gives you in tenpai with a ", ["8p"], " kanchan, you get the same acceptance. **why waiting for a suji of a triplet is not a bad idea: the idea is that the suji of a tile you have a lot of is dangerous, so you can make it your own waiting tile so that you don't have to cut it off when you get tenpai. in modern times, statistical data shows that ankou-suji is not as dangerous as you might think, but you should still do it if it's the natural way of the hand."]}, +"2023-08-12": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["2p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "5p", "7p", "9p", "2s", "3s", "7s", "8s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "0p", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["the maximum acceptance is ", ["7s"], ", but it's only by 2. let\u2019s focus on the tenpai shape. if we draw ", ["1s", "4s"], " first, we'll end up with a 3-way wait."]}, +"2023-08-13": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "8p", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "0m", "1p", "2p", "2p", "3p", "3p", "3p", "7p", "9p", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "5p", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["depending on which you cut, ", ["1p"], " or ", ["2p"], ", your tenpai will change. focus on the iishanten improvements: if you drop ", ["1p"], ", you'll be able to get tanyao by drawing any tile from ", ["2p"], " to ", ["7p"], ". pinfu, tanyao, dora, iipeikou are all worth the same 1 han, but ", ["", "when in doubt, go for tanyao-"], " is the correct answer."]}, +"2023-08-14": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["6m", "8m", "1p", "1p", "2p", "4p", "0p", "5p", "6p", "3s", "4s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "7z", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["since you have a chun triplet, fix ", ["1p"], " to become your head. foresee the ", ["7m"], " draw or the growth of the pinzu shape."]}, +"2023-08-15": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["6m", "8m", "1p", "1p", "2p", "4p", "4p", "0p", "6p", "3s", "4s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "7m", "answer": "4p", "comment": ["choice is between ", ["4p"], " and ", ["2p"], ". there are 3 ", ["5p"], " left that can improve to a ryanmen wait. it is more usefull instead to have the possibility of closed tenpai when drawing ", ["3p"], "."]}, +"2023-08-16": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["6m", "8m", "1p", "1p", "2p", "4p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "3s", "4s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "3s", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["By drawing ", ["3s"], ", you now have the possibllity of chiitoi. your hand has 6 blocks, so let's cut one while not giving up chiitoi. if you don't cut ", ["4p"], ", it is better to keep ", ["2p"], ", so the block to drop is the manzu one. if your next draw is ", ["5m"], ", you can abandon chiitoi for the ryanmen, so let\u2019s start by cutting from the outside."]}, +"2023-08-17": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "6s", "hand": ["5m", "7m", "2p", "2p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "1s", "3s", "3s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "1s", "comment": ["manzu shape can still change, so cut ", ["1s"], " and foresee improvements in pinzu or manzu while getting tanyao. the only backfire you can get is ", ["2s"], "."]}, +"2023-08-18": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "6s", "hand": ["5m", "7m", "2p", "2p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "1s", "3s", "3s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "5s", "answer": "6p", "comment": ["567 sanshoku is confirmed, so go with the widest acceptance even if it leads to bad waits. you can pon ", ["3s"], " for a 5800 hand, since you're going to be slow."]}, +"2023-08-19": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1p", "hand": ["5m", "7m", "2p", "2p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "3s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "6p", "comment": ["don't cut ", ["3s"], " because with a ", ["2p"], " or ", ["3s"], " pon you can get open tanyao. you can also chi ", ["6m"], " and drop ", ["1s"], ". because you have the bad wait kanchan, you want to be able to speed up by calling. if you draw ", ["4s"], " or ", ["2s"], " you can get pinfu."]}, +"2023-08-20": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "5p", "hand": ["0m", "5m", "7m", "2p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "5s", "answer": "7m", "comment": ["proceed while keeping 2 heads. ", ["7p"], " cut seems good at a first look, but since this is an instant riichi hand that has 2 dora, you want to move forward with the maximum acceptance."]}, +"2023-08-21": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "5p", "hand": ["0m", "5m", "7m", "2p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "1s", "comment": ["the probability of drawing ", ["5s"], " or dora ", ["6s"], " is the same (not much), but for now you can move towards tanyao. drawing ", ["5s"], " gives you furiten due to ", ["1s"], " cut, s0 you should judge your hand as a whole and reshape it if needed."]}, +"2023-08-22": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["0m", "6m", "7m", "1p", "3p", "2s", "2s", "3s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "5s", "7s"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["first of all, can you notice the ", ["6s"], " kanchan acceptance? after you see it, the choice is between ", ["1p"], " and ", ["7s"], " cuts, but they have the same tile acceptance. cutting ", ["1p"], " gives you tanyao, and you can possibly get pinfu tanyao iipeikou aka. efficiency and estimated value are both good. in a scoring system that doubles if you add 1 han and halve if you lose 1, when you have the same acceptance, ", ["", "looking for expensive hands gives more value than looking for small ones"]]}, +"2023-08-23": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "3m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "6p", "8p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["for now, i'll keep both ", ["6p"], " and ", ["3m"], " as head candidates, if you draw ", ["5s"], " cut ", ["3m"], " to get the ryanmen wait,"]}, +"2023-08-24": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "4m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "4p", "6p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "4s", "comment": ["it is foolish to go for bad wait 456 sanshoku. here fixing ", ["6s"], " as the head is the better choice, and if you can complete the pinzu shape first, you get mentanpin. you can also see the possiblity of 234 sanshoku"]}, +"2023-08-25": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["7m", "8m", "8m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "7s", "7s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "7p", "comment": ["looking at the 678 sanshoku, you can think of cutting either ", ["8m"], " or ", ["7p"], ". there's not much difference when considering the hand win rate, but if you instead look at the odds of getting sanshoku you can see a difference. future shapes are shown below. let\u2019s consider the tenpai shape. if you drop ", ["8m"], " early, it's going to be easier to win on ", ["9m"], " and miss sanshoku. if you drop ", ["7p"], " early, it's going to be easier to win on ", ["8p"], " and get sanshoku. it's also safer to drop ", ["7p"], " before ", ["8m"], ".\n", ["7m", "8m"], " ", ["2p", "3p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "8p"], " ", ["6s", "7s", "8s", "9s", "9s"], "\n", ["6m", "7m", "8m"], " ", ["2p", "3p", "4p", "6p", "7p"], " ", ["6s", "7s", "8s", "9s", "9s"]]}, +"2023-08-26": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "0m", "6m", "8m", "2p", "2p", "4p", "6p", "6s", "7s", "4z", "4z"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "4z", "comment": ["the manzu shape is waiting on 3 tiles, ", ["2m", "5m", "7m"], ". because you have 6 blocks, drop the one that prevents tanyao to increse the value of the hand."]}, +"2023-08-27": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "0m", "6m", "8m", "2p", "2p", "4p", "6p", "6s", "7s", "4z", "4z"], "draw": "4z", "answer": "6p", "comment": ["the choice is between ", ["6p"], " and ", ["8m"], ". by dropping ", ["6p"], " all your possible draws won't produce redudant blocks, and on ", ["3p"], " draw you can get a wide lishanten. also don't forget that you can always repurpose the pei triplet into a head."]}, +"2023-08-28": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "0m", "6m", "8m", "2p", "2p", "4p", "6p", "6s", "7s", "4z", "4z"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["if you keep ", ["6p"], ", you can get a good pinfu iishanten by drawing ", ["5p", "7p"], ". ", ["", "floating tiles one away from sequences are strong"]]}, +"2023-08-29": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "3m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "2p", "2p", "6p", "8p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "6s", "comment": ["i don't want to be stuck with a kanchan at tenpai, so i'm aiming at either drawing ", ["7p"], " or growing the manzu shape. it's easy to get pinfu from here."]}, +"2023-08-30": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "3m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "2p", "2p", "6p", "8p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["because of the bad pinzu wait, | want to extend the dora-related manzu into 2 blocks, if you happen to draw manzu without first discarding ", ["6p", "8p"], ", you'd end up with 6 blocks, I'd rather have the ", ["8s"], " in that case, so i drop the pinzu now. it's still early, so it's not a problem to chase a good wart even if you're going back to 2-shanten."]}, +"2023-08-31": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "4p", "5p", "8p", "8p", "3s", "3s", "4s", "4s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "8s", "comment": ["cutting ", ["3s"], " to get the ryanmen-kanchan on ", ["2s", "5s", "7s"], " may look good. you'd always get pinfu for at least 3900 points on riichi, but since there is no big difference in win rate between ", ["8s"], " and ", ["3s"], ", you cut ", ["8s"], " to keep the iipeikou chance. it is simply basic to go for the most valuable hand when there arent big differences in speed. here, the maximum expected value lies in keeping lipeikou mentanpin open."]}, +"2023-09-01": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["4m", "4m", "5m", "5m", "6m", "1p", "3p", "5p", "2s", "3s", "0s", "1z", "1z"], "draw": "3m", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["the wide ishanten from cutting ", ["5s"], " is intriguing, but you should move forward while looking at 345 sanshoku and double ton. if you can fix it, you can chi to get tenpai. the question is now which tile to cut first, If ", ["1p"], " or ", ["2s"], ". if you happen to draw ", ["5s"], " or ", ["6s"], ", itd better if you had ", ["1p", "3p", "5p"], " shape, so let\u2019s cut ", ["2s"], " first. if you remember ", ["", "if there is a possibility of no yaku or no dora, fix the shape with aka"], " you'll make fewer mistakes"]}, +"2023-09-02": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "1p", "2p", "2p", "3p", "0p", "7p", "4s", "5s", "5s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["no matter what you drop, you have an iishanten with a backfire chance. here, i'm certain to fix the sequence. if you draw 1-", ["4m"], " you can riichi immediately warting on ", ["6p"], " kanchan. cutting ", ["1p"], " or ", ["5s"], " brings you back to 2-shanten, and it isn't worth because tanyao still isn't confirmed anyway."]}, +"2023-09-03": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "1p", "2p", "2p", "3p", "0p", "7p", "4s", "5s", "5s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["if you leave the souzu shape as it is, it's a ryanmen-kanchan waiting on ", ["3s", "6s", "8s"], ". but since you're 2 shanten without a head, you should cut it. if you draw ", ["8s"], ", you can choose to use ", ["5s"], " as the head"]}, +"2023-09-04": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "6s", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "7m", "9m", "1p", "1p", "6p", "8p", "5s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["because you're dealer with 1 dora, the basis is to call instant riichi. as the number of ryanmen improvements between ", ["7m", "9m"], " and ", ["6p", "8p"], " is the same, keep the one closest to the edge to improve winrate."]}, +"2023-09-05": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "4s", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "7m", "9m", "1p", "1p", "5p", "7p", "4s", "0s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "4p", "comment": ["if you wanted pinfu, you'd cut the kanchan with the least improvements possibilities (", ["7m", "9m"], "). but since you have 7700 mnimum hand with riichi, tenpai shape is given priority. if you think that by keeping ", ["5p"], " you're only waiting for ", ["3p", "6p"], " \"", ["3p", "6p"], " improvement\u201d i.e. after drawing ", ["4p"], ", you still get a mediocre (central) wait, while drawing ", ["8p"], " into ", ["6p", "9p"], " wart is strong, you should be able to cut it with ease."]}, +"2023-09-06": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "4m", "4m", "6m", "8m", "5p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "2s", "3s", "4s"], "draw": "3m", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["you have a ryankan in manzu that includes iipeikou. even when losing 30% of accepted tiles, it is better. you should see that ", ["", "size isn't everything"]]}, +"2023-09-07": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "4m", "4m", "6m", "8m", "5p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "2s", "3s", "4s"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["since the shape isn't too good, i want to advance while keeping 2 pairs. when one of them becomes a triplet, the other becomes the head. that's a typical shape covered by the 2 heads theory,"]}, +"2023-09-08": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "5p", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "2p", "3p", "5p", "7p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "0s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["dropping the ", ["5p", "7p"], " kanchan brings you back to 2-shanten. because it accepts dora, I keep it. here, i want to cut ", ["2s"], " to keep the 3-sided wait on manzu if i happen to draw a pair in pinzu."]}, +"2023-09-09": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["2m", "4m", "6m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "2s", "2s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "2s", "answer": "7p", "comment": ["fix the ryanmen thinking of the final tenpai shape. if you cut ", ["6m"], ", ", ["3m"], " is easier to get due to >suji, but since mahjong is a game of tsumo, it is better to drop ", ["7p"], " and get the better shape. in modern mahjong, ", ["", "fix the good shape and work on the bad one"]]}, +"2023-09-10": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["2m", "4m", "6m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "7p", "8p", "8p", "3s", "4s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "2s", "answer": "6m", "comment": ["if you're aiming for pinfu, you should cut ", ["8p"], " and keep the ryankan, butitis interesting also to cut ", ["6m"], " and chase 234 sanshoku. there are other good points about cutting ", ["6m"], ", like moving towards tanyao and making >suji ", ["3m"], " easier to win, even when dropping ", ["8p"], ", you have 3/4 probability to end up dropping ", ["6m"], " anyway."]}, +"2023-09-11": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["2m", "4m", "6m", "8m", "8m", "2p", "4p", "6p", "6p", "2s", "2s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "2s", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["to advance with 2 heads, the choice is between ", ["2m"], " and ", ["2p"], ". they both look good, but let\u2019s compare them when drawing either ", ["8m"], " or ", ["6p"], " and making a triplet. if you cut ", ["2m"], ", you'll have one block too much. this is easy to see when knowing the 3-tiles weak-shapes theory: you have 5 manzu and 4 pinzu, so it is correct to leave only 3 pinzu."]}, +"2023-09-12": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["7m", "8m", "1p", "1p", "1p", "4p", "0p", "9p", "9p", "2s", "2s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "9m", "answer": "6s", "comment": ["if you cut ", ["2s"], ", you'll have the possibllity to use ", ["0s"], ", but it's better not to bet on that. the ", ["9p"], " and ", ["2s"], " shanpon is strong, so ill cut ", ["6s"], ". it's easy to get extra fu and has the best point increase"]}, +"2023-09-13": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["7m", "8m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "4p", "5p", "9p", "9p", "2s", "2s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "9m", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["If you fix the ryankan, you have 8 tiles out of 15 that give you pinfu. the ", ["2s"], " and ", ["9p"], " shanpon isn't a bad wait, but since you have no dora i want to get at least pinfu,"]}, +"2023-09-14": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["7m", "8m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "4p", "5p", "9p", "9p", "2s", "2s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["considering speed and value, it is best to confirm tanyao. look forward to ", ["2s", "3s", "4s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], " draws."]}, +"2023-09-15": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "4p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "8p", "9p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "0s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "4p", "comment": ["there are 3 completed sequences. aim for pinfu. if you cut ", ["4p"], ", you'll get a head on ", ["5p", "8p"], ", ", ["6p", "9p"], " draws."]}, +"2023-09-16": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["1m", "1m", "3m", "4p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "8p", "9p", "2s", "3s", "0s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "3m", "comment": ["because you have ", ["0s"], ", you can move forward with the maximum acceptance. you can see a ryanmen-penchan on the pinzu. if you first draw ", ["5p"], " or ", ["7p"], ", you'll get pinfu. if you draw ", ["1s", "4s"], " first, call riichi on ", ["5p"], " if you're the first to do so."]}, +"2023-09-17": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["1m", "1m", "3m", "4m", "4p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "2s", "4s", "0s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["leave the souzu because they have many improvements, like ryanmen on ", ["5s", "6s", "8s"], " draws, or a long ryankan on ", ["9s"], ". here, i want to treat either ", ["4p"], " or ", ["9p"], " as floating tiles. drawing ", ["3p"], " gives you ryanmen, drawing ", ["4p"], " gives you tanyao when dropping ", ["1m"], " head, ", ["5p"], " is furiten but it's on 3 sided way (and you could always drop the souzu tiles despite furiten)."]}, +"2023-09-18": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "2m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "8m", "9m", "4p", "5p", "3s", "5s", "5s"], "draw": "0s", "answer": "1m", "comment": ["for now, move towards the inside tiles . the only backfire is ", ["3m"], ". after this, the intention is to drop ", ["8m", "9m"], " because i don't want a bad wait tenpai. also, if you were to draw ", ["7m"], ", you'd cut ", ["1m"], " anyway, so cut it first... the trick is to think about that."]}, +"2023-09-19": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "4m", "1p", "3p", "5p", "5p", "6p", "6s", "7s", "8s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "2p", "answer": "3m", "comment": ["for now, fix the ryanmen. foresee the ", ["0m"], " draw. expect to make a head out the souzu and avoid the ", ["7s"], " penchan richi."]}, +"2023-09-20": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "1p", "3p", "6p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "6s", "7s", "8s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "2p", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["take advantage of the good shapes in manzu and pinzu. keep acceptance for all 3 aka tiles, and get tanyao on ", ["4p"], " draw."]}, +"2023-09-21": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["1p", "2p", "3p", "6p", "7p", "5s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "8s", "9s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "5s", "comment": ["when dealer with a ryanmen wait, it's instant richi even without dora, especially if youre the first in tenpal. with this hands, you can also get ", ["0p"], " to increase the value. dealer riichi nomi is worth 2000 on ron. if you riichi menpin, it's only natural to riichi this hand too."]}, +"2023-09-22": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["1p", "2p", "3p", "6p", "7p", "5s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "8s", "9s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "8p", "answer": "5s", "comment": ["according to statistics, honor shanpon richi and ryanmen riichi have the same win rate (source: fukuchi's book). if so, this hand is an obvious shanpon richi"]}, +"2023-09-23": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["1p", "2p", "3p", "6p", "7p", "5s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "8s", "9s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["the acceptance from cutting ", ["6s"], ", ", ["8s"], " and ", ["9s"], " is the same, and you can always call pon on chun with any of them. then cut ", ["9s"], " to get iipeikou if you happen to draw ", ["7s"], "."]}, +"2023-09-24": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["3m", "0m", "1p", "3p", "6p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "7s", "7s", "8s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "7p", "comment": ["this hand relies on chun, so you want to keep the ", ["7s"], " pair. to keep balance, it is better to keep ", ["8s"], " too. the correct answer is moving straightforward to the widest iishanten by cutting ", ["7p"], ", and if you get ", ["6s", "9s"], " before other tiles, call riichi on kanchan ", ["2p"], "."]}, +"2023-09-25": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["3m", "1p", "3p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "7s", "7s", "8s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["if you divide the pinzu in blocks, you can see ", ["1p", "3p"], ", ", ["5p", "6p", "7p"], ", ", ["6p", "6p"], ", so you have 6 blocks, this hand relies on chun, so you want the best shape after calling it. it's advantegeous to keep 3 pairs, so cut the weakest kanchan block. if you cut from the outside the backfire is ", ["2p"], ", while you can still accept ", ["4p"], "."]}, +"2023-09-26": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["3m", "0m", "3p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "7s", "7s", "8s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "7s", "comment": ["you are ready to call the chun. if you think of the shape after calling, fixing the souzu ryanmen is the correct answer. If i were to choose, I'd prefer drawing chun and calling riichi, but you should instant richi also ", ["4p", "6p"], " draws "]}, +"2023-09-27": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3m", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "6m", "6m", "3p", "4p", "2s", "3s", "3s", "9s", "9s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "7m", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["you have 6 blocks, so drop one to get back to 5. i'd like to cut chun to get pinfu, but if you get chun and aka that's a mangan, so keep the possibility open."]}, +"2023-09-28": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "5m", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "6m", "6m", "3p", "4p", "2s", "3s", "3s", "8s", "8s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "7m", "answer": "7z", "comment": ["6 blocks. If you can get tanyao pinfu, you have a dama mangan. If there are at least 2 han of difference, aim big that's the usual mndset. you can call aka and go for open tanyao even on a shanpon wait. *maximum difference is 2 han because pinfu tanyao > riichi nomi (chun head)"]}, +"2023-09-29": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["0m", "6m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "2s", "4s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "7m", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["this is a hand that is waiting on 3 tiles in pinzu by cutting ", ["5p"], " or ", ["6p"], ", but there is a high possibility of tenpai on kanchan. in this case, the maximum iishanten acceptance is not the best choice. it is better to hope for a ", ["1p", "4p", "7p"], " draw to get a ryanmen wait. the odds of tsumo and iipeikou are increased, so it gives better ev."]}, +"2023-09-30": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "9p", "hand": ["4m", "6m", "5p", "6p", "4s", "5s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "7s", "7s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "6s", "comment": ["456 sanshoku is confirmed. 2 han without any dora is just 2600 while dama, so call richi for 5200 even with a bad wait, if you instead cut chun you get tanyao but may lose sanshoku, so there's no reason for it."]}, +"2023-10-01": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "9p", "hand": ["4m", "6m", "5p", "6p", "4s", "5s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "7s", "7s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "0p", "answer": "6s", "comment": ["you have yakuhai and sanshoku possibilities. with one aka and aka acceptance, it's not smart to go back to 2-shanten at the 8th turn by dropping chun. you can also use it to open the hand for a quick win"]}, +"2023-10-02": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "9p", "hand": ["0m", "6m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "6z", "6z", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "7m", "answer": "6p", "comment": ["getting both yakuhai is going to be hard. proceed with the aim of getting a 3-sided wait in pinzu, considering the increased tsumo chance and the aka, the estimated value is good. in a standard situation, i'll cut ", ["6p"], " first because it's more dangerous later."]}, +"2023-10-03": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "0m", "0p", "5p", "5p", "2s", "3s", "7s", "9s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "6p", "comment": ["it's not always possible to pon chun after the 8th turn, but if you can complete the kanchan you'll have a good wait tenpai, so i want to keep it as far as possible. waiting for ", ["4p", "7p"], " ryanmen is too slow."]}, +"2023-10-04": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "1p", "hand": ["0m", "5m", "7m", "2p", "2p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "3s", "5s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "7p", "answer": "4p", "comment": ["it's not worth to keep both ", ["4p"], " and ", ["7p"], ". since on a ", ["3p"], " draw you'd have to drop dora, it's better to cut ", ["4p"], " and fix dora ", ["2p"], " as head. you have both yakuhai and chiitoi possibilities open."]}, +"2023-10-05": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "2s", "hand": ["5m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "9m", "9m", "7p", "9p", "9p", "5s", "6s", "2z", "2z"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["taken from a pro mahjong newspaper. the answer there was to cut ", ["9m"], " but it is better to cut ", ["9p"], " and go back to 5 blocks. you can see the 567 sanshoku, but if nan isn't dropped, let\u2019s see what happens if we draw pinzu or souzu first. if you had cut ", ["9m"], ", you would still have the 6 blocks problem to resolve, but if you instead cut ", ["9p"], ", you can proceed to a wide iishanten."]}, +"2023-10-06": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "3m", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "6m", "2p", "2p", "4p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "8s", "8s", "4z", "4z"], "draw": "3s", "answer": "4z", "comment": ["according to a certan college girl's book ", ["", "cut"], " ", ["4p"], " ", ["", "to keep chitoi open"], ", however no matter what tile you'll draw, this is not a chitoi hand. it\u2019d be better to cut ", ["3s"], " instead of the half-way ", ["4p"], ", and if you don't want to cut ", ["3s"], ", you should cut pel. cutting pei here brings you back to 2-shanten, but it's worth it considering the value of the hand."]}, +"2023-10-07": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "3m", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "6m", "3p", "3p", "4p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "8s", "8s", "4z", "4z"], "draw": "3s", "answer": "3p", "comment": ["If it were earlier in the game, i'd cut pei. but since it's the 8th turn, it's better to take iishanten. fix the pinzu, as if the souzu shape grows, you'll get mentanpin. if you happen to draw ", ["2p", "5p"], " before that, call riichi on shanpon, honor shanpon is strong, so you're supposed to call instant richi on it."]}, +"2023-10-08": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "3m", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "3p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "6s", "6s", "4z", "4z"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "4z", "comment": ["6 blocks, 3 pairs aren't needed. since the pei pair can't improve to a ryanmen like the others, cut it."]}, +"2023-10-09": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3m", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "6m", "2p", "3p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "2s", "3s", "0s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["at a first glance it looks like ", ["2p"], " is the widest tile to cut, but it's actually the 4th because you lose the 4 sided wait in pinzu. here, the best estimated value is given by taking advantage of that shape, so dropping ", ["2s", "3s"], " is the correct answer. If you cut from the inside with ", ["3s"], " you'll miss the 7700 points tenpai on ", ["6s"], " draw, so start by dropping ", ["2s"], "."]}, +"2023-10-10": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["2m", "4m", "4m", "6m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "7p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "6m", "comment": ["keep 234 sanshoku alive. ", ["6p"], " tsumo is mentanpin, so its value is good enough. ideally, you'd draw ", ["5p"], " or ", ["7p"], " for the sanshoku tanyao"]}, +"2023-10-11": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["2m", "4m", "4m", "6m", "2p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "2m", "comment": ["to get 234 sanshoku, you'd have to drop a good shape block, so forget it. foresee aka and ryanmen improvements. if you can, get the 567 sanshoku."]}, +"2023-10-12": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["7m", "9m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "7p", "7p", "8p", "6s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "8m", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["aim for 789 sanshoku and iipeikou., let's cut ", ["2p"], " before ", ["5p"], " so that the ", ["6p", "9p"], " wait isn't obvious to the others."]}, +"2023-10-13": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "6p", "hand": ["5m", "7m", "7m", "8m", "2p", "2p", "2p", "5p", "6p", "2s", "2s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "5m", "comment": ["to get the 567 sanshoku, you need 3 specific tiles, ", ["6m"], " ", ["7p"], " ", ["5s"], ", so it's hard. if you cut ", ["8m"], " you're ensured tanyao, but i'd rather cut ", ["5m"], " and have the possibllity to get pinfu by also dropping ", ["2p"], " later, the only tile that you should never drop here is ", ["7m"], ", as itd be simply half-assed."]}, +"2023-10-14": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "9", "indicator": "6p", "hand": ["5m", "7m", "7m", "8m", "2p", "3p", "3p", "5p", "7p", "3s", "4s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["cutting ", ["5m"], " gives you a flexible hand, but it's too late to go back into 2-shanten. if you draw ", ["6m"], " it's a pinfu, and if you can grow souzu before it, you'll get a perfect iishanten."]}, +"2023-10-15": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["7m", "8m", "2p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "0s", "5s", "5s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["aim for 789 sanshoku. it may look better to drop ", ["5s"], " and fix the ryankan, but if you look at the accepted tiles that give you sanshoku you have: ", ["2p"], " drop, ", ["4p", "5p", "6p"], " for 3 kinds 10 tiles, ", ["5s"], " drop, ", ["3p", "5p"], " for 2 kinds 8 tiles. in addition to being wider in general, ", ["2p"], " is also wider when looking at sanshoku. if you draw ", ["9p"], " you lose sanshoku and pinfu, but you still get a ryanmen tenpai with aka, so good enough. another point against cutting ", ["5s"], " is that if you were to complete the manzu first, you'd end up with a kanchan, while if you cut ", ["2p"], " you can also get a nobetan."]}, +"2023-10-16": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "3m", "4m", "6m", "2p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "2s", "4s"], "draw": "8p", "answer": "1m", "comment": ["aim for sanshoku and tanyao. if you draw ", ["5m"], " you get furiten, but on a wide ishanten."]}, +"2023-10-17": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "7m", "hand": ["7m", "8m", "5p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "9p", "3s", "5s", "5s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "3s", "comment": ["following the peak iishanten theory, you have good odds of getting into a perfect iishanten with also sanshoku., imagine completing the pinzu sequences, it's easy to see that you won't need ", ["3s"], " anyway,"]}, +"2023-10-18": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["3m", "0m", "5m", "7m", "3p", "3p", "5p", "5p", "3s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "7m", "comment": ["if you draw ", ["4p"], " you don't want to miss lipeikou. the most flexibility is given by ", ["3p"], "-", ["5p"], " cuts, but the manzu shape is bad, so work on that. it's advantegeous to keep 3 heads, even for just calling pon into tenpai if needed"]}, +"2023-10-19": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["3m", "0m", "5m", "7m", "3p", "3p", "5p", "5p", "3s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "7p", "answer": "3m", "comment": ["let\u2019s solve this by applying the 3 weak blocks theory. the theory says that it's better to have blocks made of 3 tiles, but in general also the other odd numbers like 5 or 7 work for more complex shapes. both pinzu and souzu are odd (5 and 5), s0 you should cut from the even manzu. now the question is which manzu to drop. the idea is to have a shape that will bring you an iishanten with 2 heads, so keep 3 heads for now. ", ["3m"], " takes in consideration not only the shape after drawing a triplet, but also after drawing ", ["4p"], "."]}, +"2023-10-20": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "0m", "3p", "5p", "7p", "7p", "2s", "2s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["pinzu shape is great, giving you tenpai on ", ["3p", "4p", "6p", "7p"], " draws. you could see a 345 sanshoku, but since you have aka you don't need it. forcing sanshoku by dropping ", ["3p"], " or ", ["6s"], " will probably give you a bad tenpai,"]}, +"2023-10-21": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "4m", "3p", "5p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "3s", "4s", "4s", "0s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "4s", "comment": ["the maximum acceptance is given by ", ["3m"], " but it leaves a bad shape in pinzu so i'll fix the 3 sided sanmenchan in souzu. drawing either ", ["5p"], " or ", ["8p"], " gives you a perfect iishanten"]}, +"2023-10-22": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["3m", "5m", "5m", "3p", "5p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "3s", "4s", "4s", "0s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "3m", "comment": ["the best acceptance is given by keeping 2 heads and cutting ", ["3m"], " . move forward while looking for ryanmen and 567 sanshoku improvements. don't fix sanmenchan in a rush and lose flexibility on the head."]}, +"2023-10-23": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["3m", "5m", "7m", "3p", "5p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "3s", "4s", "4s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "3m", "comment": ["the maximum acceptance is the ", ["3s"], " cut, but you leave bad shapes behind. cutting ", ["4s"], " makes you lose sanshoku on ", ["6m"], " and ", ["4p"], " draws, ", ["3m"], " is a balanced cut that can get you sanshoku and still keeps iishanten. it also creates a good shape when you draw a pair on manzu or pinzu or complete the sanmenchan."]}, +"2023-10-24": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "0p", "5p", "7p", "7p", "3s", "4s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "7p", "comment": ["cutting ", ["5p"], " may look good, but you have 6 blocks so it's bad when going into iishanten. let\u2019s see what would happen if you were to complete a shape, like with a ", ["6s"], " draw:\n", ["5p"], " : ", ["3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "7m"], " ", ["3p", "0p", "7p", "7p"], " ", ["3s", "4s", "6s", "6s", "6s"], "\n", ["7p"], " : ", ["3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "7m"], " ", ["3p", "0p", "5p", "7p"], " ", ["3s", "4s", "6s", "6s", "6s"]]}, +"2023-10-25": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2s", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "5m", "5m", "6m", "6m", "8m", "8m", "1p", "2p", "1s", "2s", "3s"], "draw": "7m", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["this hand is taken from ", ["", "mukou buchi"], " (etsuya tenshishi, takeshobo). you can see a sanshoku and a double acceptance on ", ["4m"], ". since the acceptance is not much different, it is better to pick the tile that gives the best tenpai. ", ["", "sanshoku on penchan sucks, drawing"], " ", ["1m"], " ", ["", "is better than sanshoku (pinfu iipeikou)"], ". considering these 2 ideas, cutting the penchan is the best move."]}, +"2023-10-26": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["5m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "4p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "3s", "0s", "7s"], "draw": "7p", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["aim for 567 sanshoku. cut from the manzu because you already have 5 blocks."]}, +"2023-10-27": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2m", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "7m", "8m", "7p", "7p", "9p", "7s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["you have dora 3. give up sanshoku, and aim for the best possible tenpai shape. if you force sanshoku, you'd drop ", ["7p"], " or ", ["9s"], ", but it will usually be instant riichi without waiting for it anyway. because of the wide manzu wait, the tenpai shape will probably be a kanchan in souzu. if you cut ", ["9p"], ", you have a 50/50 chance of getting a 4 sided wait, let\u2019s foresee also ", ["5s", "6s"], " draws to move into tanyao,"]}, +"2023-10-28": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2p", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "7m", "8m", "7p", "7p", "9p", "7s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "9m", "answer": "7p", "comment": ["aim for the 789 sanshoku. the 2 choices are ", ["7p"], " and ", ["9s"], ", but if you drop ", ["7p"], " early it will be easier to win on ", ["8p"], " kanchan later on. camoflage is often ignored in modern mahjong, but if there are 2 equal choices like this hand, you can use it to decide"]}, +"2023-10-29": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "9p", "hand": ["3m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "9m", "5p", "7p", "7p", "3s", "3s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "6s", "comment": ["be careful not to cut ", ["3m"], ", a foolish move. let\u2019s move while looking at tanyao and sanshoku. regarding sanshoku, the 345 one is better than 456. by cutting ", ["6s"], ". you can move towards it and tanyao naturally. starting with ", ["9m"], " drop would be too much."]}, +"2023-10-30": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "1p", "hand": ["7m", "9m", "8p", "9p", "9p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "0s", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["you should first decide if you want sanshoku or ittsu, rather than the bad wait sanshoku, it is better to go for the 3 sided wait ttsu, if you happen to draw the ", ["8m"], " kanchan first, the maximum acceptance is ", ["8p"], ", and cutting ", ["9p"], " to go for sanshoku loses too many tiles to wait on."]}, +"2023-10-31": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["8m", "1p", "3p", "0p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "8p", "2s", "2s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["itis again a ittsu vs sanshoku problem. but drawing ", ["9p"], " gives you a ", ["2p", "5p", "8p"], " 3 sided wait with pinfu aka. if you think about it, the only wait to get ittsu is drawing ", ["2p"], " first. here, the best estimated value is given by aiming for sanshoku and tanyao. even if ", ["8m"], " is at the edge, there's a great difference in acceptance of 9 tiles compared to the terminal ", ["1p"], "."]}, +"2023-11-01": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "6m", "7m", "1p", "2p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "9p", "2s", "2s"], "draw": "0m", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["this shape is commonly called ", ["", "separated ryankan, waiting on"], " ", ["3p", "8p"], ".\n", ["2p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "9p"]]}, +"2023-11-02": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["6m", "6m", "1p", "2p", "3p", "4p", "4p", "0p", "6p", "7p", "9p", "3s", "3s"], "draw": "4s", "answer": "3s", "comment": [["3s"], " and ", ["4p"], " give the same tile acceptance. cutting ", ["4p"], " makes sure of ittsu, but since i have an aka and thus 3900 points minimum even without yaku, i'll give priority to good shape and pinfu"]}, +"2023-11-03": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["6m", "6m", "1p", "2p", "3p", "4p", "4p", "0p", "6p", "7p", "9p", "4s", "4s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "4p", "comment": ["completing either manzu or souzu gives you ittsu tenpai, you can also see 456 sanshoku and tanyao, but give priority to the almost completed ittsu."]}, +"2023-11-04": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["6m", "8m", "1p", "2p", "3p", "0p", "6p", "8p", "9p", "9p", "1s", "1s", "3s"], "draw": "4s", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["you have 6 blocks, am for ittsu lishanten, and cut the manzu kanchan, drop it starting from ", ["8m"], ", since it's on the outside, but if you had a sure ittsu it'd better to start from the inside with ", ["8m"], ","]}, +"2023-11-05": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "1", "indicator": "8p", "hand": ["4m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "8p", "9p", "5s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["from the logs of a certain digital player. he fixed the pair and cut dora ", ["9p"], ", but thinking only of win speed is a wrong way to play. if you think of expected value, there's no way that losing ittsu and dora is the better choice. if you look for ittsu, it's a good idea to make the head somewhere else than pinzu. even if you end up making the head in pinzu, you still want to have at least a dora in hand. the maximum expected value is the ", ["8p"], " cut."]}, +"2023-11-06": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "4p", "hand": ["3p", "0p", "7p", "2s", "3s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "7s", "8s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["a balance between ittsu and tanyao. drawing ", ["1s"], " gives you ittsu by dropping ", ["3s"], ", while drawing ", ["4s"], " gives you tanyao by dropping ", ["9s"], ". if you instead cut ", ["3s"], ", you won't be able to get tanyao on ", ["4s"], " draw."]}, +"2023-11-07": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "4p", "hand": ["3p", "0p", "7p", "2s", "3s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "7s", "8s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "3s", "comment": ["the tile acceptance is maximum. on ", ["6s"], " draw, cutting its suji ", ["3s", "5s"], " upgrades your ryanmen ", ["1s", "4s"], " wait to sanmenchan ", ["1s", "4s", "7s"], "."]}, +"2023-11-08": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "6s", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "7m", "8m", "1p", "1p", "5p", "5p", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "5m", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["6 blocks, so one too many. aim for a wide ittsu iishanten, If you get a triplet of ", ["5p"], ", you can get the hand below and transition into tanyao, so dont cut it\n", ["1m", "2m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "5m", "7m", "8m"], " ", ["0p", "5p", "5p"], " ", ["6s", "7s"]]}, +"2023-11-09": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["7m", "8m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "8p", "9p", "2s", "3s", "0s", "5s"], "draw": "7p", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["because there's ittsu chance, one sequence between ", ["7m", "8m"], " and ", ["2s", "3s"], " must go. if you drop ", ["2s"], ", you can still accept the backfire ", ["4s"], " for a 42 tiles iishanten, shown below\n", ["7m", "8m"], " ", ["2p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "9p"], " ", ["3s", "4s", "0s"]]}, +"2023-11-10": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "9", "indicator": "2s", "hand": ["4p", "4p", "6p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "7s", "9s", "2z", "2z"], "draw": "7p", "answer": "2z", "comment": ["leave ittsu alive. the choice is between ", ["4p"], " and nan, since it's already the 9th turn, other players may be or get tenpai soon. since you don't want to drop the second ", ["4p"], " later, drop nan par. \u2014", ["", "safety now rather than safety later"], " also, ", ["4p"], " makes ", ["1p"], " and ", ["7p"], " safer for the other players due to suji, so keep it to make it harder to guess your wait"]}, +"2023-11-11": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["1m", "1m", "3m", "5m", "7m", "2p", "3p", "0p", "6p", "7p", "9p", "7s", "9s"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["dropping ", ["7s", "9s"], " penchan brings you back to 2 shanten, so the choice is between ", ["9p"], " and ", ["7m"], ". the conditions to get ittsu is to draw ", ["8p"], " first (as if you were to ", ["1p", "4p"], " first you'd insta riichd, and even then, you'll still need ", ["4p"], ". if so, it is better to leave the possibllity of getting a 3-sided manzu wait on ", ["6m"], " draw."]}, +"2023-11-12": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["1m", "1m", "3m", "5m", "7m", "2p", "3p", "0p", "6p", "7p", "9p", "7s", "9s"], "draw": "9p", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["following the 2-heads theory, keep 2 pairs, with that, if you draw a triplet you can use the other as head. foresee 567 sanshoku or ittsu improvements."]}, +"2023-11-13": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "4m", "hand": ["0m", "2p", "2p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "2s", "4s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "1p", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["Go into a shape that can incorporate ", ["0m"], ". if you count 1block in manzu, and 3 blocks in pinzu, that means you have space only for 1block in souzu. you shouldn't rush ahead and drop ", ["2p"], " because you want tomove towards the following shapes:\n", ["0m", "6m"], " ", ["1p", "2p", "2p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "7p", "8p", "9p"], " ", ["4s", "4s"], "\n ", ["0m"], " ", ["1p", "2p", "2p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "7p", "8p", "9p"], " ", ["4s", "0s", "6s"]]}, +"2023-11-14": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "2s", "hand": ["1p", "2p", "2p", "3p", "3s", "3s", "4s", "6s", "6s", "9s", "9s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "4s", "comment": ["chitoi dora dora tenpai. it's obvious to take the ", ["1p"], " wait, but the question is if you should riichi. 9600 points are great, but the modern mahjong theory says to insta richi to stop the other players and go for haneman tsumo. if the others are slowed down, your number of tsumo chances will naturally increase. remember that the ", ["", "if it's a bad wait don't dama, but riichi to stop the other players"], " tactic exists."]}, +"2023-11-15": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "2s", "hand": ["2p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "3s", "3s", "4s", "6s", "7s", "9s", "9s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "0p", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["6 blocks, so one too many. most of them are good shapes, so cut the weakest ", ["9s"], " block. even if you have a chance of chiitoi, fixing the dora head by cutting as is too greedy."]}, +"2023-11-16": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "2s", "hand": ["2p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "3s", "3s", "4s", "6s", "8s", "9s", "9s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "6s", "comment": ["chiitoi ishanten. you do have 6 blocks, but it's better to wait and see what happens with the next draws, if you can draw ", ["2p"], " or ", ["4s"], " next, the ", ["6s"], " early drop will make it easier to win with riichi"]}, +"2023-11-17": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "2m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "5m", "8m", "8m", "9m", "9m", "8p", "9p", "3s", "3s", "3z"], "draw": "3m", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["chitoi iishanten. you can also see honitsu, but i want to insta riichi if i get tenpai. xia will be easy to win on, and early ", ["8p"], " drop will make ", ["9p"], " easier to come out too."]}, +"2023-11-18": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "8m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "4m", "7m", "7m", "8m", "8m", "8p", "9p", "3s", "3s", "3z"], "draw": "3m", "answer": "3z", "comment": ["tanki on sha looks good if you can get chiitoi tenpai, but since you can see pinfu and tanyao in this hand, don't touch the pinzu like previous question. on ", ["7p"], " draw, cut one tile from ", ["7m", "7m", "8m", "8m"], " to make it perfect iishanten."]}, +"2023-11-19": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "1p", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "4m", "0m", "4p", "2s", "2s", "4s", "0s", "5s", "6s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["chitoi ishanten, but it will be faster to go for a normal hand, so drop the ", ["9s"], " par. cutting ", ["3m"], " or ", ["5s"], " is half assed."]}, +"2023-11-20": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "9p", "hand": ["2p", "3p", "0p", "6p", "9p", "9p", "9p", "6s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["since you can't kan on ", ["9p"], " due to it being dora indicator, cut it and call riichi. since you have a 3 sided wait, keep the triplet that lets you call kan."]}, +"2023-11-21": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "9p", "hand": ["4p", "0p", "5p", "7p", "9p", "9p", "9p", "6s", "6s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "5p", "comment": ["this is the tile that gives you the best estimated value and win rate. cutting ", ["5p"], " makes you wait on ", ["4p", "7p", "8p"], " (3 kinds, 10 tles), in order of expected value, it's ", ["5p"], " > ", ["6s"], " > ", ["4p"], " > ", ["9p"]]}, +"2023-11-22": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "9p", "hand": ["4p", "5p", "2s", "3s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "5s", "6s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "2s", "comment": [["4s", "5s", "8s"], " 3 sided wait. it is also the widest wait possible. ", ["4s"], " gives you iipeikou, ", ["5s"], " iipeikou and mentanpin, ", ["8s"], " mentanpin. see below\n", ["4p", "5p", "6p"], " + ", ["3s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "5s"], " + ", ["6s", "6s", "6s"], " + ", ["7s", "7s"], " \n", ["4p", "5p", "6p"], " + ", ["3s", "3s"], " + ", ["4s", "5s", "6s"], " + ", ["5s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "7s"]]}, +"2023-11-23": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "6m", "2p", "2p", "3p", "3p", "2s", "3s", "0s", "6s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "4s", "answer": "6s", "comment": ["tanyao aka, so value is good. breaking tenpai isn't too bad, but you risk losing tanyao. an early richi is great because it also puts pressure on the other players, so call richi."]}, +"2023-11-24": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "7m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "0p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "0s", "5s", "6s", "7s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "0p", "comment": ["you can see ittsuu and 345 sanshoku. if you set up for ittsuu, you have to drop ", ["5s"], " and lose sanshoku, while if you set up for sanshoku, you have to drop ", ["2s"], " and lose ittsuu, you cant get a lishanten that accepts both, so it's not worth it to break this 3 sided wait with aka. you have good odds of winning it."]}, +"2023-11-25": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "9m", "5p", "6p", "4s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "2m", "answer": "9m", "comment": ["you can get tenpai, but it'd be a bad tanki wait on ", ["5p"], " or ", ["6p"], ". by going back to iishanten with ", ["9m"], ", you're now waiting for ", ["4p", "7p"], ", ", ["1m", "4m", "7m"], ", ", ["2m", "5m", "8m"], ". you could also go back into iishanten with ", ["4m"], ", to keep ittsuu possible, but you'd just end up in the same ", ["5p"], "-", ["6p"], " tanki wait if you were to get it."]}, +"2023-11-26": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["4m", "4m", "4p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "9p", "0s", "6s", "7z", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "4p", "comment": ["instant riichi. if you cut ", ["9p"], " and wait for a ryanmen improvement, you're likely to get it but it won't increase the value of the hand, 5200 points with riichi. kanchan on ", ["8p"], " isn't a too bad wait, and if you hesitate to riichi, you'll show to the others that you have a bad wait, so call riichi fast."]}, +"2023-11-27": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3p", "hand": ["1m", "1m", "2p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "4p", "3s", "0s", "7s", "9s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "0p", "answer": "7s", "comment": ["dealer dora 4. there are some improvements to iipeikou or chiitoi, but their tile acceptance is very low. because this hand can win you the game, it's a instant richi without waiting improvements, the question is now whether to riichi with ", ["7s"], " or ", ["3s"], ". they\u2019re both kanchan waiting on the same numebr of tiles, but there is a difference in post-richi. if you drop ", ["7s"], " and ", ["1s"], " comes out, you have a naka-suji trap on ", ["4s"], ", while if you drop ", ["3s"], " and ", ["9s"], " comes out, you have another naka-suJji trap on ", ["6s"], ". the latter is much less likely to happen because you have 3 ", ["9s"], " in your hand, so call riichi on ", ["4s"], " kanchan,"]}, +"2023-11-28": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["6m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "9m", "4p", "4p", "7p", "8p", "3s", "5s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "9m", "comment": ["refuse tenpai. the ", ["3s"], " is a strong tile as it is one-away from a completed sequence. it would be foolish to refuse tenpai in the later parts of the round, but it'd be foolish to cut such a good tile this early too. cut ", ["9m"], " to aim for tanyao. drawing ", ["8s"], " turns the hand into sanshoku. if need arises, you can also chi ", ["4s"], "."]}, +"2023-11-29": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["6m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "9m", "4p", "4p", "7p", "8p", "2s", "4s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "9p", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["damaten. wait is bad and so is value, so for now stay dama and foresee improvements in manzu or pinzu. ", ["8m"], " gives you iipeikou, and you have 4 kinds of tiles that give you pinfu."]}, +"2023-11-30": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "6z", "hand": ["1p", "2p", "3p", "3p", "5p", "7p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "7s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "5p", "comment": ["because there is no dora and no yaku, i break tenpal. if you keep ", ["5p"], " and draw ", ["4p"], ", you get a ", ["3p", "6p"], " wait, while if you keep ", ["7p"], " and draw ", ["8p"], ", you get a ", ["6p", "9p"], " wait, so cut ", ["5p"], " because the wait would be worse. of course, the best draws would be ", ["1s", "6s"], " to get ittsu on souzu."]}, +"2023-12-01": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "0m", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "9p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["refuse tenpal. instant riichi for 5200 isn't bad, but with this shape you'll get tenpai back in no time. call furiten riichi if you happen to draw the ", ["8p"], " backfire."]}, +"2023-12-02": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "0m", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "9p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "1m", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["since the floating tile ", ["0m"], " is very strong, break tenpai, instant riichi for 2600 isn't bad, but you have 6 tiles (including furiten) that give you ryanmen tenpai. if you get to use aka, it's menpin dora 2."]}, +"2023-12-03": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "9p", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "1p", "2p", "0p", "6p", "7p", "5s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "3m", "answer": "2m", "comment": ["not getting mentanpin and 567 sanshoku is a disappointment, but it's still a 5200 points hand. it would be extremely difficult to score more than 5200 without using the dora ", ["1p"], ". >wwyd anon: dama 1 turn"]}, +"2023-12-04": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "1p", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "4m", "7m", "8m", "8m", "3p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "1s", "3s"], "draw": "0s", "answer": "1s", "comment": ["aim for tanyao and 345 sanshoku., it may look good to drop ", ["3m"], ", but if you draw ", ["4s", "5s", "6s", "7s"], " it is better to have it in hand. this way you also keep 2 heads, so it has the best acceptance."]}, +"2023-12-05": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "3s", "hand": ["2m", "4m", "3p", "4p", "0p", "6p", "1s", "1s", "1s", "3s", "5s", "7s", "9s"], "draw": "2m", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["there are 3 tiles that bring you into iishanten when dropped, but they're all bad shapes. since it's stil the start of the round, i want to aim for good shapes even if i stay in 2-shanten. let\u2019s set up the souzu ryankan ", ["3s", "5s", "7s"], ", that accepts also dora, and aim for the growth of manzu and pinzu shapes,"]}, +"2023-12-06": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "6m", "hand": ["5m", "7m", "7m", "8m", "8m", "0p", "7p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "5s"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "5m", "comment": ["the choice is between ", ["1s"], " and ", ["5m"], ". even if you cut ", ["1s"], " now for tanyao, you'll probably end up cutting ", ["5m"], " too later (check what happens with ", ["6m"], " draw). rather than expecting a change around ", ["5m"], ", it's better to keep the souzu as they are (you get 2 sequences there on ", ["3s", "6s", "5s"], " draws)."]}, +"2023-12-07": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "4m", "6m", "8m", "1p", "1p", "3p", "6p", "8p", "8p", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "7m", "answer": "4m", "comment": ["if you were in ishanten with closer 678 sanshoku, better choices would be ", ["4p"], " or ", ["8p"], ". but since sanshoku is not confirmed, priority is given to fixing the good shape ", ["3m"], " ryanmen. with this, you can move to tanyao on ", ["3p"], " or ", ["4p"], " draws."]}, +"2023-12-08": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "2m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "6m", "7m", "1p", "3p", "6p", "8p", "6s", "6s", "7s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "5m", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["6 blocks, so keep the pon material and drop the kanchan. as for the tenpai shape, the outer ", ["1p", "3p"], " kanchan is better than the ", ["6p", "8p"], ", but since you can see ", ["0p"], " improvement and sanshoku, keep the ", ["6p", "8p"], " over ", ["1p", "3p"], "."]}, +"2023-12-09": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "2m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "6m", "7m", "1p", "3p", "6p", "8p", "6s", "6s", "7s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["don't drop the ", ["6s"], " carelessly. foresee the chun pon and the sanshoku, and count 5 blocks. If you cut ", ["6s"], ", you won't have a pair after calling chun and you'll be left with bad shapes."]}, +"2023-12-10": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "1p", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "7m", "7m", "4p", "6p", "6p", "8p", "2s", "3s", "0s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["the hand isn't good enough to drop ", ["0s"], ". follow the 2 heads theory for now. it would be nice to make 2 sequences in souzu, but depending on the situation, you could also cut ", ["2s"], " or ", ["8s"], " to make a ryankan."]}, +"2023-12-11": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "4p", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "8m", "8m", "3p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "2s", "3s", "0s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "3p", "comment": ["don't cut ", ["2s"], " thinking that you want to force tanyao and ", ["0s"], " . it is correct to divide souzu in 2 blocks, 23 + 577, to see it well. since having only 1block in pinzu is fine, let\u2019's drop ", ["3p"], " (with the intention of dropping ", ["6p"], " later). you can solve this problem by using the 3 weak blocks theory. manzu are 5 tiles, souzu are 5 tiles, so you have to cut from the even pinzu (4 tles)"]}, +"2023-12-12": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "2p", "7p", "7p", "7p", "8p", "2s", "2s", "4s", "6s", "8s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["there is 234 sanshoku, so I'd be happier with ", ["3p", "4p"], " draws rather than ", ["6p"], ". because it's difficult to make 2 blocks near the ", ["7p"], " triplet, cut ", ["8p"], "."]}, +"2023-12-13": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9p", "hand": ["0m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "7m", "8m", "1p", "2p", "4p", "6p", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "5s", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["priority is given to tanyao instead of drawing a dora pair."]}, +"2023-12-14": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9p", "hand": ["0m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "7m", "8m", "1p", "2p", "4p", "6p", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["dora pair, tanyao, ", ["0p"], ", 678 sanshoku, you can look forward to those, the maximum expected value and the maximum instant tile acceptance are both with the ", ["9s"], " drop. you shouldn't look forward to extending the souzu as you'll lose tanyao in doing so."]}, +"2023-12-15": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9p", "hand": ["4m", "4m", "0m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "8m", "9m", "9m", "4p", "5p", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "7m", "answer": "4m", "comment": ["fix the sequences so that you'll keep ", ["0m"], " and the confirmed ", ["7m", "8m", "9m"], " iipeikou. you lose the head, but it's not a big problem to go tanki because you have a good hand. you could also go tanki on dora ", ["1p"], " if you get it. even with this kuttsuki lishanten, you'll get a ryanmen wait on ", ["4p"], " ", ["5p"], " ", ["6s"], " ", ["7s"], " draws (12 tlles, 4 kinds). simple maths says that there is 43% chance of getting richi pinfu aka iipeikou tenpal."]}, +"2023-12-16": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "6s", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "1p", "2p", "6p", "7p", "7s", "9s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "8p", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["how to drop penchan: inside to outside. even if you manage to get a ", ["2p", "3p"], " furiten or a ", ["2p", "4p"], " kanchan, they'd be the weakest blocks, so start from the inside thinking of safety."]}, +"2023-12-17": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "6s", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "1p", "2p", "6p", "7p", "1s", "3s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "8p", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["how to drop penchan: outside to inside. after you cut ", ["1p"], ", if you draw ", ["2p", "3p", "4p"], " they're all better shapes than 135 kanchan, furiten ryanmen is stronger than kanchan, especially in this case since you can chi ", ["4p"], " into tanyao to get rid of furiten,"]}, +"2023-12-18": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "2m", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "4m", "9m", "9m", "5p", "6p", "6p", "3s", "4s", "5s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "7p", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["If the pinzu grow, you'll have 6 blocks. the later, the better is to move forward, but since it's just the 3rd turn you can afford to go back into 2-shanten to try to get a perfect lishanten. If you can make a perfect lishanten, ", ["9s"], " will probably get cut naturally anyway. see:\n", ["3m", "3m", "4m", "9m", "9m"], " ", ["5p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "7p"], " ", ["3s", "4s", "5s"]]}, +"2023-12-19": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "6p", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "6m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "1s", "1s", "2s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "7m", "answer": "1s", "comment": ["dora 1 as dealer. although you could drop ", ["7m"], ", this book recommends cutting ", ["1s"], ". let\u2019s compare the tiles that give tenpai, except the common ", ["5p", "8p"], ". cutting ", ["7m"], " gives ", ["1s", "3s", "8s"], " (3 kinds, 8 tlles), while cutting ", ["1s"], " gives ", ["3s"], " (4 tiles), giving ", ["7m"], " the double of accepted tlles. now, let\u2019s compare the ryanmen upgrades. ", ["7m"], " gives ", ["7s"], " (4 tiles), while ", ["1s"], " gives ", ["3m", "6m", "5m", "8m"], " (4 kinds, 14 tiles), giving ", ["1s"], " the triple of accepted improvements. when you consider the increase in value, like with tanyao, there's an advantage in cutting ", ["1s"], "."]}, +"2023-12-20": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "6p", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "6m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "1s", "1s", "2s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "7m", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["aim for mentanpin improvements, or to get perfect iishanten on ", ["5s", "7s"], " draws. you're losing 4 tiles compared to ", ["4m"], ", but it's worth it for the tanyao and sanshoku possibllities. the odds of drawing ", ["5s", "7s"], " are double the odds of drawing backfire ", ["3s"], ", afterall."]}, +"2023-12-21": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "2p", "hand": ["4m", "6m", "8m", "0p", "5p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "1s", "2s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "1s", "comment": ["the easy tile to cut ", ["5p"], " will probably give a bad shape tenpai without yaku. even if i'm already using lots of pinzu, drawing ", ["3p", "6p"], " gives ", ["4p", "7p"], " wait, and viceversa., the correct answer is to go back into 2-shanten to get tanyao."]}, +"2023-12-22": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["0m", "6m", "7m", "9m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "7p", "1s", "1s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "9m", "comment": ["kuttsuki ishanten. the floating tiles are ", ["7p"], " and ", ["6s"], ". if you draw ", ["1s"], ", you can get a nobetan ", ["6s", "9s"], "."]}, +"2023-12-23": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["0m", "6m", "7m", "9m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "7p", "1s", "1s", "2s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["there are 3 choices: ", ["9m"], ", ", ["2s"], ", ", ["9s"], ". since there is a shortage of blocks, i want to keep ", ["9m"], " in case i draw ", ["8m"], ". because you can see pinfu, it's better to go for the aryanmen ", ["1s", "1s", "2s", "3s"], " rather than the nobetan ", ["6s", "7s", "8s", "9s"], ", so drop the ", ["9s"], "."]}, +"2023-12-24": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["0m", "6m", "7m", "9m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "7p", "1s", "1s", "1s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "9m", "comment": ["you can instant richi if you happen to draw ", ["8s"], " for the nobetan wait. also if you draw ", ["6s"], ", you can riichi the ", ["8s"], " kanchan."]}, +"2023-12-25": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "2", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["1m", "6m", "7m", "1p", "5p", "5s", "7s", "9s", "4z", "4z", "7z", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "1m", "comment": [["9s"], ">", ["1p"], ">", ["1m"], " in order of usefulness, firstly, don't cut ", ["9s"], " because you can make a ryanmen wait on ", ["8s"], " draw. now, between ", ["1p"], " and ", ["1m"], ". compare the draw of a 3: you get a ", ["1m", "3m"], " kanchan in manzu, but you get a ", ["1p", "3p", "5p"], " ryankan in pinzu., there is a saying in mahjong: ", ["", "keep the edges of a ryankan-"]]}, +"2023-12-26": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "2", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["1m", "5m", "6m", "6m", "2p", "5p", "5s", "7s", "4z", "4z", "7z", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "1m", "comment": [["3p"], " gives now a ryanmen wait, so it gets priority over the manzu ryankan"]}, +"2023-12-27": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "2", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "5m", "2p", "6p", "2s", "7s", "8s", "4z", "4z", "7z", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["if you use ", ["", "keep the edges of ryankan-"], " the better cut would be ", ["2s"], ", but what would you discard next if you were to draw 4? see: ", ["4m", "5m", "5m"], " ", ["2p", "4p", "6p"], " ", ["6s", "7s", "8s"], " ", ["4z", "4z"], " ", ["7z", "7z", "7z"], " here is no meaning here in the ryankan, when you're aiming for calling dora pon. let's see instead what happens when you cut ", ["2p"], " at the start: ", ["4m", "5m", "5m"], " ", ["6p"], " ", ["2s", "4s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], " ", ["4z", "4z"], " ", ["7z", "7z", "7z"], " now you have a natural discard, ", ["6p"], ". the souzu shape isn't bad, and you can make use of the dora pon."]}, +"2023-12-28": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "0m", "4p", "5p", "6p", "8p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "8s", "comment": ["there are 2 choices: ", ["8p"], " or ", ["8s"], ". there is a difference of 7 tiles in acceptances, and as the round progresses, it only becomes more important. if you keep ", ["8p"], " you can also get a 3 sided wait if you happen to draw ", ["7p"]]}, +"2023-12-29": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "0m", "4p", "5p", "6p", "8p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "2s", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["it'd be cool to draw ", ["3s"], " but i use one already so only 3 left, drawing ", ["1s"], " guarantees iipeikou, but the wait is bad with only 3 tiles. so, it is better to keep the possibility of getting a 3 sided wait on pinzu or manzu.,"]}, +"2023-12-30": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "0m", "4p", "5p", "6p", "8p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "4s", "answer": "1s", "comment": ["the souzu appears to be a complex shape with lots of accepted tiles, but it's a dead end. drawing ", ["6s"], " brings you a nobetan in ", ["2m", "5m"], " even without the complex souzu., the maximum valle is given by aiming for something to stick to ", ["8p"], " or the 4 manzu tiles. drawing ", ["7p"], " and then ", ["3p", "6p"], " will also give you tanyao."]}, +"2023-12-31": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "1p", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "2m", "3m", "7m", "3p", "7p", "8p", "8p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "3m", "comment": ["3 options: ", ["3m"], ", ", ["7m"], ", ", ["3p"], ". ", ["3p"], " is near dora, so it stays. compare the other 2 while thinking of a ", ["4m"], " and ", ["6m"], " draws, with the head secured (", ["6s"], "), It is better to have a pure ryanmen ", ["6m", "7m"], " (8 tiles) compared to the complex shape ", ["2m", "2m", "2m", "3m", "4m"], " ", ["6s", "6s"], " (7 tlles), so cut ", ["3m"], "."]}, +"2024-01-01": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "1p", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "2m", "3m", "7m", "3p", "7p", "8p", "8p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "7m", "comment": ["the choice is again between ", ["3m"], " and ", ["7m"], ". if you happen to draw ", ["6p", "9p"], ", it's better to have ", ["3m"], " (this time you have no head). ", ["2m", "2m", "2m", "3m"], " isn't a good shape to make triplet+sequence, but it is a good shape to make sequence+head. If you're headless or you're risking to lose the head, keep it as far as possible."]}, +"2024-01-02": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "2p", "hand": ["1m", "1m", "4m", "7m", "4p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "3s", "7s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "9p", "answer": "4m", "comment": ["you're missing blocks. the choice is between ", ["4m"], " and ", ["7m"], " since they're on the same suji. because you can see 789 sanshoku, cut ", ["4m"], "."]}, +"2024-01-03": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "6z", "hand": ["3m", "9m", "9m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "2s", "2s", "2s", "3s", "7z", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "3m", "comment": ["you lose some accepted tiles, but your calling efficiency is much better. you'll call chi on pinzu, of course, but you can also pon on and ", ["2s"], " to get a ryanmen wart."]}, +"2024-01-04": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "8s", "hand": ["3m", "9m", "9m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "2s", "2s", "2s", "3s", "9s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "3s", "comment": ["since it's a good closed hand, priority is given to good shapes in tenpai, it's hard to use the ", ["3s"], " which is near the triplet, so keep ", ["3m"], " over it. you're missing the 3 sided wait if you draw ", ["9m"], ", but you're unlikely to get it since it\u2019s only 2 tiles left."]}, +"2024-01-05": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "6s", "hand": ["2m", "4m", "4m", "5m", "7m", "1p", "1p", "3p", "5p", "6p", "3s", "6s", "8s"], "draw": "2p", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["there are only 2 ", ["1p"], " left. since you'll be able to accept ", ["4p"], " anyway, cut one ", ["1p"], ". cutting ", ["2m"], " also looks good, but i'd rather have a ryanmen if i were to draw ", ["3m"], ". If you keep ", ["1p"], ", you'll have a shot at a 3 sided wait, but it's more important to have a shape that can go towards tanyao."]}, +"2024-01-06": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["2m", "4m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "2p", "4p", "0p", "8p", "8p", "2s", "7s", "9s"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["choice is between ", ["2p"], " and ", ["2s"], ". since you get a better shape on ", ["3p"], " draw compared to ", ["3s"], " draw, cut ", ["2s"], "."]}, +"2024-01-07": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["2m", "4m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "2p", "4p", "0p", "9p", "9p", "2s", "7s", "9s"], "draw": "3m", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["drawing ", ["3p"], " and keeping ", ["2p"], " would give you a 4 tiles shape, but it's not useful because you're in tenpai. If so, it's better to keep ", ["2s"], " and hope for a ", ["3s"], " draw to replace the ", ["7s", "9s"], " kanchan. the trick is tp realize that you'll call instant richi (riichi aka as dealer) even on a bad shape to reduce the chances of backfire draws."]}, +"2024-01-08": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["2m", "4m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "2p", "4p", "0p", "7p", "9p", "2s", "7s", "9s"], "draw": "3m", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["headless 2 shanten. i want to get a head, so i'll keep ", ["2p"], ". if i draw ", ["3p"], ", i get 4 consecutive tiles, a shape which will give a head easly."]}, +"2024-01-09": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "6p", "8p", "1s", "3s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["you have 6 blocks, so drop the weakest one. the answer is to drop the ", ["8s", "9s"], " penchan, but you should start from outside since you have the bad ", ["1s", "3s"], " shape. If you draw ", ["7s"], ", keep it instead of ", ["1s", "3s"], " even if it's furiten, since furiten ryanmen is better than kanchan."]}, +"2024-01-10": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "6p", "8p", "1s", "3s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "8m", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["6 blocks, so cut the weakest penchan. because it's easy to get a head from the aryanmen ", ["6m", "6m", "7m", "8m"], " shape, don't touch it."]}, +"2024-01-11": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "6p", "8p", "1s", "3s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "8m", "answer": "6m", "comment": ["6 blocks agan, this time with 2 kanchan. if you complete either kanchan, you get a pinfu lishanten, so you can keep both for now and proceed with 6 blocks. if you happen to draw tiles that stick close to ", ["6p", "8p"], " or ", ["1s", "3s"], ", cut the other kanchan and move to 5 blocks,"]}, +"2024-01-12": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "3m", "hand": ["3m", "5m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "5s", "6s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "6p", "comment": ["shapes like ", ["6p", "6p", "7p", "7p"], " are called ", ["", "double sequence"], " and are made of 2 overlapping ryanmen. from now, it will be just a 3 tiles shape. if the souzu ryanmen is completed first, it will become a simple ryanmen, without particular situations, it will take 2 turns to make it a normal sequence. cut ", ["6p"], " first as it's more dangerous."]}, +"2024-01-13": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "2m", "hand": ["3m", "5m", "1p", "2p", "3p", "7p", "7p", "8p", "8p", "4s", "6s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "4s", "comment": ["rome on when not to drop double sequence. foresee the ", ["6p", "9p"], " you could also am for ", ["4s"], " to grow downwards ( ", ["3s"], " ), but since you'll call instant riichi dora 1 even on shanpon, it's better to cut it instead of hoping for improvements."]}, +"2024-01-14": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["3m", "5m", "7m", "1p", "2p", "3p", "7p", "7p", "8p", "8p", "6s", "6s", "8s"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "8s", "comment": ["don't be in a hurry to drop double sequence. here i want to get tenpai with a yaku, so keep it and wait for ", ["6p", "9p"], ". if you end up sticking tiles to ", ["7m"], ", you can cut a tile from the ", ["7p", "7p", "8p", "8p"], " shape."]}, +"2024-01-15": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "4s", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "6m", "7m", "7m", "1p", "1p", "6p", "8p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "0s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["6 blocks, so drop the weakest. it is better to move to 5 blocks rather than fixing the ryanmen by cutting ", ["7m"], ", it's not likely, but you may also get 123 sanshoku."]}, +"2024-01-16": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "4s", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "6m", "7m", "7m", "6p", "7p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "0s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "3m", "comment": ["if you count the souzu as 3 blocks, you get 6 blocks, if you drop ", ["0s"], ", the hands become cheap. if you're not cutting ", ["5s"], ", you must drop a ryanmen shape. here, it's better to drop ", ["2m", "3m"], " instead of ", ["6p", "7p"], " because you can see a 567 sanshoku. by the way, dropping ", ["7m"], " is half assed. if you have 5 strong blocks, don't be afraid to kill a ryanmen,"]}, +"2024-01-17": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "5s", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "1p", "1p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "9p", "9p", "5s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["3 heads. no matter which pair you cut, the acceptance is the same. if you keep ", ["9p"], ", you can make use of ", ["8p"], ", if you keep ", ["8s"], " you can make use of ", ["4s", "7s", "6s", "9s"], " . if you cut ", ["9p"], ", you can't get a perfect iishanten on ", ["8p"], " draw"]}, +"2024-01-18": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "3m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "8m", "8m", "2p", "3p", "6p", "7p", "5s", "6s", "7s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "3p", "comment": ["there are good shapes, but it's 6 blocks. the old style would be to cut ", ["5s"], ". in modern mahjong, you drop a ryanmen and play with 5 blocks. even if you end up making a triplet of ", ["8s"], " or ", ["8m"], "m, you'll still have tanyao, which is better than the pinfu you'd get with ", ["1p"], " or ", ["9s"], " draws. let\u2019s start by dropping from the inside thinking of safety."]}, +"2024-01-19": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "3p", "hand": ["2m", "4m", "6m", "8m", "3p", "4p", "9p", "9p", "3s", "4s", "6s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "7m", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["you have 6 blocks, so one too many. you can see both sanshoku and tanyao, so drop the ", ["9p"], " pair."]}, +"2024-01-20": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "2p", "hand": ["2m", "4m", "6m", "8m", "2p", "3p", "9p", "9p", "2s", "3s", "6s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "3m", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["6 blocks again. ", ["1p", "4p"], " and ", ["1s", "4s"], " draws give perfect lishanten. fixing the ryanmen with ", ["7s"], " isn't good, don't be too fixated on pinfu."]}, +"2024-01-21": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "9p", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "7m", "8m", "3p", "4p", "4p", "0p", "6p", "3s", "3s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "7m", "comment": ["2 shanten and 6 blocks. because there is aka, let's not force sanshoku but instead aim for a wide lishanten with tanyao. this way it's also possible t0 open the hand if the sitaution requires it."]}, +"2024-01-22": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "5m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "5m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "0s", "5s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "2m", "comment": ["2 shanten and 6 blocks. since there is dora 4, go full attack. drop ", ["2m"], " so that tanyao is confirmed. ", ["4m"], " can still be used anyway in the ", ["3m", "4m", "5m"], " shape"]}, +"2024-01-23": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "6m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "4p", "4p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "5m", "answer": "3m", "comment": ["it's turn 7. this is a problem of balance, going for tanyao and abandoning sanshoku. the fastest tenpai can be made by dropping ", ["3p"], ", but you could get riichi nomi. sanshoku requires both ", ["2p"], " and ", ["4m"], ". compared to that, tanyao is really easy to confirm. by considering ", ["", "ease of tenpai, value, good vs bad shape"], ", the maximum expected value is with ", ["3m"], " cut,"]}, +"2024-01-24": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "3m", "4m", "6m", "4p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "3s", "5s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "3s", "comment": ["sequences aren\u2019t yet defined, so keep the complex shapes. the choice is between ", ["6m"], " and ", ["3s"], ", but since ", ["6m"], " is more likely to give tanyao and sanshoku, cut ", ["3s"], "."]}, +"2024-01-25": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "6m", "8m", "3p", "3p", "4p", "6p", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "7p", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["you can see both 456 and 567 sanshoku, the highest tile acceptance is with ", ["8m"], " and ", ["4p"], " cuts. the correct asnwer is ", ["8m"], ", as there are no backfires (if you draw ", ["7m"], ", you'll get the 567 sanshokw). the ", ["4p"], " cut is also good, but since it's still 2 shanten i want to keep sanshoku as open as possible. not only drawing ", ["2p"], " would be a painful backfire, you'll also miss a 3 sided wait on ", ["5p"], " draw."]}, +"2024-01-26": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "6m", "8m", "2p", "2p", "3p", "5p", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "3p", "comment": ["there are 3 main points in favour of dropping ", ["3p"], ": ", ["", "no sanshoku, you need 2 copies of"], " ", ["4p"], ", ", ["", "and on"], " ", ["1p"], ", ", ["", "you miss tanyao-"], ". fixing the head of ", ["2p"], " by cutting ", ["3p"], " here is advantageous. you can leave the complex manzu shape as it is, warting for ", ["2m", "5m", "6m", "7m"], " . the best outcome is mentanpin iipeikou"]}, +"2024-01-27": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["3m", "0m", "7m", "7m", "8m", "2p", "3p", "8p", "9p", "9p", "9p", "3s", "4s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["there's a ryanmen kanchan in manzu, waiting on ", ["4m", "6m", "9m"], ". if you keep ", ["8p"], " and draw ", ["7p"], ", you get a pinfu lishanten, but you'd get into a 6 blocks situation. in this case, since aka ensures value anyway, let\u2019s cut ", ["8p"], "."]}, +"2024-01-28": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["0m", "7m", "9p", "9p", "9p", "1s", "3s", "6s", "8s", "9s", "9s", "1z", "1z"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "6s", "comment": ["maximum acceptance. even without ", ["6s"], ", you can still use ", ["7s"], ". the best outcome would be to draw double ton, but since you have aka, you can insta riichi even bad shapes."]}, +"2024-01-29": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["6m", "3p", "4p", "9p", "9p", "9p", "4s", "6s", "8s", "9s", "9s", "1z", "1z"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "4s", "comment": ["double ton hand. foresee the ton call, and ready another head for that. the best candidate is the ", ["9s"], " pair. since you have 6 blocks, cut the weakest ", ["4s", "6s", "8s"], " shape. start from ", ["4s"], " and then cut ", ["6s"], ". If your next draw is ", ["7s"], ", you'll drop another ryanmen, while if it isn't ", ["7s"], " you can move forward with the ", ["8s", "9s", "9s"], " shape."]}, +"2024-01-30": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "5m", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "3m", "6m", "6m", "1p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "2s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["it isn't bad to cut the souzu to 3 tiles, but priority is given to tanyao. the ", ["2p"], " is a backfire, but it's actually good if you think of 234 sanshoku."]}, +"2024-01-31": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "5m", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "3m", "6m", "6m", "1p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "1s", "3s", "0s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "1s", "comment": ["you can see 123 sanshoku, but you'd have to drop ", ["0s"], ". it is easy to extend and improve the pinzu shape."]}, +"2024-02-01": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "5m", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "3m", "6m", "6m", "1p", "2p", "3p", "4p", "6p", "1s", "3s", "5s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "2m", "comment": ["aim for pinfu and sanshoku by dropping ", ["2m"], ", you could also cut ", ["7s"], " to be left with 3 souzu, but since you have many bad shapes it's better to keep the possibilities for ", ["6s"], " draw to complete one, or ", ["8s"], " to improve to ryanmen. now let\u2019s move to the comparison with ", ["1s"], ". if you drop ", ["1s"], " you get 3 tiles in souzu, and move towards tanyao. but the problem with this hand is that it's hard to get 5 tanyao blocks. you need 3 blocks between pinzu and souzu, so you'll need something to stick to ", ["6p"], ". open sanshoku is faster than open tanyao here."]}, +"2024-02-02": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "2s", "hand": ["1m", "3m", "5m", "8m", "8m", "9m", "3p", "5p", "7p", "4s", "5s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "9m", "comment": ["fix the head with ", ["8m"], ", so that you can aim for mentanpin. fixing the head near the edges is a very common technique. especially in this form, the ", ["7m"], " backfire doesn't hurt because of the 567 sanshoku."]}, +"2024-02-03": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "2s", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "8m", "9m", "3p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "3s", "4s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "9m", "comment": ["Both ", ["4m"], " and ", ["3p"], " are strong floating tiles and you can see tanyao, so cut the penchan. as for which to cut first, it is better to keep ", ["8m"], " since you can draw another ", ["8m"], " or make a ryanmen kanchan shape on ", ["6m"], " draw. the hand is shown below:\n", ["3m", "4m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "8m"], " ", ["5p", "6p", "7p"], " ", ["3s", "4s", "6s", "6s"]]}, +"2024-02-04": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "8m", "hand": ["5m", "8m", "9m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "2s", "2s", "3s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "9m", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["fix the dora pair as head, and get the best acceptance. the meaning in keeping both ", ["5m"], " and its suji ", ["8m"], " is low, so let's increase the odds of getting a 3 sided wait or a ryanmen as much as possible."]}, +"2024-02-05": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1p", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "2m", "5m", "5m", "6m", "5p", "5p", "6p", "2s", "3s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "6m", "comment": ["since you can see toitsuba, move forward with 3 heads, there are 3 choices (", ["6m"], ", ", ["6p"], ", ", ["6s"], "), but is is advised to fix the suji of the triplet as head. note that even if fixing ryanmen may seem advantageous now, you'll lose your efficiency gains when going into a worse lishanten,"]}, +"2024-02-06": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1p", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "2m", "5m", "5m", "6m", "5p", "5p", "6p", "4s", "7s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "7s", "comment": ["it's hard to make another sequence near a triplet. cut ", ["7s"], " to make sure of tanyao, but this hand could become suuankou. ", ["4s"], " and ", ["7s"], " are suji, so there's no meaning in keeping them both."]}, +"2024-02-07": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "7m", "7m", "1p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "1s", "2s", "0s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["6 blocks, so one too many. you can see the 123 sanshoku 3 blocks, but because the other blocks are better, forget it. since you'll stick ", ["3s"], " to ", ["0s"], " anyway, start dropping the penchan from inside."]}, +"2024-02-08": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "6s", "hand": ["0m", "6m", "1p", "3p", "4p", "4p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "9p", "5s", "7s", "9s"], "draw": "1p", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["getting ittsu on pinzu is actually pretty difficult, because you'll need 3 specffic tiles, ", ["2p"], " ", ["5p"], " and ", ["8p"], ". also, you'll have a hard time making a head outside the pinzu. let's look at 567 sanshoku and start dropping pinzu from ", ["9p"], " into ", ["6p"], "."]}, +"2024-02-09": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["1m", "1m", "1m", "6m", "8m", "4p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "8p", "2s", "3s", "4s"], "draw": "0s", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["if you don't cut dora ", ["2s"], ", there are only 2 choices: ", ["8p"], " and ", ["8m"], ", here, it's better to choose thinking not of the acceptance now, but of the acceptance when the shapes will extend. when he souzu extend, the loss in 3 accepted tiles gets reversed (-3 to +3). the hand is already lishanten, but it's important to see the improvements to better lishanten. you can see below the shapes when souzu are extended, and a kanchan is dropped (36 vs 33 tiles)\n", ["6m", "8m"], " : ", ["2s", "3s", "4s", "0s", "6s"], "\n", ["6p", "8p"], " : ", ["1m", "1m", "1m"], " ", ["6m", "7m"], " ", ["4p", "5p", "6p"], " ", ["2s", "3s", "4s", "0s", "6s"], "\n"]}, +"2024-02-10": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["1p", "2p", "3p", "7p", "7p", "3s", "3s", "0s", "6s", "7s", "7s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "4s", "answer": "3s", "comment": ["aim for the 3 sided wait in souzu. if you draw ", ["8s"], " you get pinfu."]}, +"2024-02-11": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["1p", "2p", "3p", "7p", "7p", "9p", "3s", "3s", "0s", "6s", "7s", "7s", "9s"], "draw": "4s", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["on this problem even advanced players could answer ", ["3s"], ". brag in the thread if you got it right. you want to wait on the 3 sided shape in souzu, but it's too early to drop ", ["3s"], ". the correct answer is ", ["9p"], ", with the highest tile acceptance. this is difficult, so let's take one step at a time. first of all, let's divide the hand in blocks and isolate the 3 sided wait. ", ["1p", "2p", "3p"], " + ", ["7p", "7p", "9p"], " + ", ["3s"], " +", ["3s", "4s", "0s", "6s", "7s"], " + ", ["7s", "9s"], " let\u2019s move backwards and start from the tenpai shape, to go into a 2-headed lishanten. if you want the 3 sided shape, your best draw to get tenpai is ", ["8s"], ", in other words, ", ["7s", "9s"], " is the most important shape, even if it's just a kanchan. If that's so, you'll want ", ["7p"], " to be the head (if you complete ", ["7p", "8p", "9p"], ", you'll lose the sanmenchan). if you cut ", ["9p"], ", you can use ", ["3s"], " as the second head as well as a possible ryanmen improvement. by the way, the reason why some advanced players get this wrong is that they mistake this hand to have 3 heads (", ["7p"], ", ", ["3s"], ", ", ["7s"], "). if you think of the ", ["7s", "9s"], " kanchan and the ", ["3s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "7s"], " sanmenchan as separate, you can clearly see that ", ["7s"], " is not a 3rd head. "]}, +"2024-02-12": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["6p", "7p", "7p", "8p", "1s", "1s", "2s", "2s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "0p", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["Prioritizing the final shape with pon ", ["7z"], " tenpai, choose the widest shape. Cutting ", ["1s"], " and ", ["2s"], " have the same acceptance, but differ in ease of winning and fu in the case of a shanpon wait. Note that winning on ", ["6p"], " with the shape below can be interpreted as winning on kanchan, giving 2 extra fu.\n", ["0p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "8p"], " ", ["1s", "1s", "3s", "4s", "5s"], " ", ["7z", "7z", "7z"], " ", ["6p"]]}, +"2024-02-13": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["6p", "7p", "7p", "8p", "1s", "1s", "2s", "2s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "5s", "comment": ["We don\u2019t want to destroy the best case scenario of ryanpeikou. Chiitoi is also possible, and compared to discarding ", ["2s"], " we only lose 1 tile of acceptance."]}, +"2024-02-14": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["6p", "7p", "7p", "8p", "1s", "1s", "2s", "2s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "7p", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["Aim for sanankou. Cut from the outside with ", ["8p"], " if aiming for aka acceptance or cut from the inside with ", ["6p"], " for safety"]}, +"2024-02-15": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "8m", "8m", "4p", "5p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "9p", "5s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "1m", "answer": "5s", "comment": ["The pinzu shape is ryanmen kanchan waiting on ", ["3p", "6p", "8p"], ". Choose the shape that is more likely to become pinfu."]}, +"2024-02-16": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "8m", "8m", "4p", "5p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "9p", "5s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["The pinzu shape is ryanmen kanchan waiting on ", ["3p", "6p", "8p"], ", but tanyao is worth more than pinfu, so we confirm tanyao instead. We can pon ", ["0s"], " from this shape as well"]}, +"2024-02-17": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "2p", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "5m", "6p", "6p", "8p", "3s", "4s", "6s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "5s", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["Cutting ", ["8p"], " gives the largest acceptance, but it is likely that the final wait becomes kanchan iipeikou. Cutting ", ["6s"], " and then cutting ", ["6p"], " after drawing ", ["7p"], " lets us improve to a wider 1 shanten. How should we balance speed and good shape? Here we should prioritize acceptance over improvements. We are the dealer and it is already turn 8, plus tanyao is confirmed, so dama is also possible. Even if we discard ", ["6s"], ", most draws other than ", ["7p"], " will result in us discarding ", ["8p"], " anyway"]}, +"2024-02-18": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["4m", "4m", "0m", "1p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "5p", "6p", "3s", "4s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["This is a good shape 2 shanten that lacks a head. Prioritize making a head when choosing the shape. Even if we draw the ", ["2p"], " backfire we can still use ", ["5p"], " as a head."]}, +"2024-02-19": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["1m", "3m", "5m", "1p", "1p", "2p", "4p", "0p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["By discarding ", ["5m"], " early here, other players will be less cautious of a kanchan ", ["2m"], " wait. Some may like this kind of tricky playstyle, but mahjong is about tsumo. The correct play is to maximize our chances at a ryanmen wait. Pinfu is also possible from this shape, so discarding ", ["5m"], " is also bad for value."]}, +"2024-02-20": {"seat": "S", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["1m", "3m", "5m", "1p", "2p", "3p", "9p", "9p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "5m", "comment": ["We can see 123 sanshoku. If the kanchan completes first we also get pinfu. How should we proceed? Here we should go for value and confirm sanshoku by discarding ", ["5m"], ". Cutting ", ["5m"], " early will make other players less cautious of ", ["2m"], ". If we want to maximize our chances at pinfu then we should cut ", ["6s"], ", but even if we do so there is a 3/4 chance that we discard ", ["5m"], " at tenpai. If so, isn\u2019t it better to discard ", ["5m"], " early and set a trap?"]}, +"2024-02-21": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["4m", "6m", "9m", "9m", "1p", "1p", "3p", "3p", "3s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "0m", "answer": "3p", "comment": ["Keep 3 tiles in the pinzu shape. If we discard ", ["1p"], " and then draw ", ["4p"], " we get perfect 1 shanten, but the souzu shape is more likely to complete first. The correct play is to prioritize the final shape by discarding ", ["3p"], "."]}, +"2024-02-22": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "8s", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "3m", "4m", "5p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "1s", "2s", "2s", "2s", "3s"], "draw": "3s", "answer": "1m", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["1s"], " gives the widest acceptance, but considering the final shape and value (pinfu, iipeikou), cutting ", ["1m"], " gives the highest expected value. ", ["1s", "2s", "2s", "2s", "3s", "3s"], " is a good shape that can become either the head + another group or iipeikou."]}, +"2024-02-23": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "6p", "hand": ["5m", "5m", "7m", "8m", "3p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "2s", "4s", "6s", "6s", "8s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["Too many blocks. Cutting either pinzu or ", ["2s", "6s", "8s"], " all give 24 tiles of acceptance. The pinzu shape has overlapping acceptance, but ryanmen is still more valuable than kanchan. We can see 678 sanshoku so we do not cut ", ["8s"], ". If we want to extend the manzu shape we should keep ", ["6s"], ". By elimination, we should cut ", ["2s"], "."]}, +"2024-02-24": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "8m", "1p", "2p", "3p", "3p", "0p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["We get the widest acceptance by discarding ", ["3p"], " and fixing a group, but drawing ", ["6p"], " would force us to discard ", ["0p"], ". Whether or not we should fix the pair for ryanmen + ryanmen floating tile 1 shanten will depend on the situation, but in cases like this where headless 1 shanten might make us discard aka, it is better to fix the pair."]}, +"2024-02-25": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "8m", "hand": ["2m", "4m", "8m", "9m", "6p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "3s", "4s", "7s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "3m", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["7p"], " gives the largest acceptance, but drawing souzu will result in a penchan wait. Here we discard ", ["8m"], " and aim for good shape tenpai by drawing ", ["9m"], " ", ["5p", "7p", "8p"], " ", ["2s", "5s"], ". Holding on to floating dora is dangerous, but the returns are great if it becomes the head."]}, +"2024-02-26": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "6m", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "0m", "3p", "4p", "6p", "6p", "2s", "2s", "5s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "7m", "answer": "8s", "comment": ["We have too many blocks and 3 heads. The ", ["0m", "7m"], " kanchan we want for value is weak, so assume that we will call. We have many pairs that we can pon, so we should fix a group in souzu (even if the 4 tile connected shape in souzu extends, it is easy to lose tanyao) by cutting either ", ["5s"], " or ", ["8s"], ". Since 567 sanshoku is possible and drawing ", ["4s"], " lets us extend the shape, cutting ", ["8s"], " seems good."]}, +"2024-02-27": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2p", "hand": ["1m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "5m", "6m", "6p", "7p", "3s", "0s", "7s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "1m", "comment": ["If we draw ", ["4s", "6s"], " we move towards tanyao pinfu (and sanshoku). We miss completing a group if we draw the ", ["2m"], " backfire, but even then it is a half step forward"]}, +"2024-02-28": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9p", "hand": ["1m", "3m", "5m", "7m", "8m", "8m", "9m", "0p", "6p", "7p", "5s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "2m", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["A choice between ittsuu and sanshoku. If we discard ", ["8m"], ", drawing ", ["4m", "6m"], " gives pinfu ittsuu and drawing ", ["5m"], " ", ["5s", "7s"], " gives pinfu aka, which isn\u2019t bad either. Discarding ", ["9m"], " or ", ["5s"], " drastically decreases acceptance"]}, +"2024-02-29": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "3m", "hand": ["2p", "2p", "3p", "3p", "5p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "8p", "5s", "6s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "7p", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["In aka ari, going for chinitsu from here is not an option. The choice is between discarding ", ["8p"], " and ", ["6s"], ". Discarding ", ["8p"], ", maintains chiitoi 1 shanten and allows the souzu shape to become 2 groups. Depending on our draws, we can move towards tanyao pinfu. We lose ", ["1p"], " acceptance, but we would lose tanyao with ", ["1p"], ", so this is not too painful. Calling pon on ", ["2p", "3p"], " for an interrupting hand is also good. Chiitoi isn\u2019t great, but if we reach tenpai we should take it. If we discard ", ["6s"], ", all future souzu draws are wasted"]}, +"2024-03-01": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "3m", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "5m", "6m", "6m", "6m", "3p", "4p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "7p"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "7p", "comment": ["A tile efficiency quiz\u2014can we keep the 4 sided wait or not? This may seem difficult for those who are unfamiliar with such shapes, but if we observe that drawing any of ", ["3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "7m"], " completes 2 groups, and that ", ["4p"], " and ", ["7p"], " are suji and overlap, then the answer is clear."]}, +"2024-03-02": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3s", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "6p", "8p", "9p", "9p", "1s", "1s", "2s", "3s", "4s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "7p", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["As a rule, make the head out of dora suji in a connected shape that includes the dora. If we draw dora, we can replace ", ["1s"], ". Some may think that we can also do this if we keep ", ["1s"], " as a floating tile, but drawing ", ["5m"], " into perfect 1 shanten or drawing a safe tile makes things awkward"]}, +"2024-03-03": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "9", "indicator": "4z", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "4m", "3p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "4s", "4s", "1z", "1z"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "7p", "comment": ["If we can just call double ", ["1z"], " then everything is fine, but it is already turn 9. We want some insurance in case we can\u2019t call since it\u2019s dora. Here we discard ", ["7p"], " to keep both chiitoi and a normal hand possible. It may seem like a waste to discard the 3 sided wait in pinzu, but in reality we only lose ", ["8p"], " acceptance. We are 1 shanten for chiitoi, but call ", ["1z"], " if it comes out."]}, +"2024-03-04": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "3m", "7m", "2p", "2p", "8p", "3s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "9s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["Not enough blocks. Cutting the weakest floating tile is correct."]}, +"2024-03-05": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "0m", "7m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "5s", "5s", "5s", "7s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "7s", "comment": ["We are the dealer, sanshoku is uncertain, and we have 1 aka, so we should maximize our acceptance. If we try to fix the 3 sided wait in manzu by discarding ", ["7m"], ", we miss tenpai on a 3 sided wait if we draw ", ["2p", "7p"], ". Moreover, we get a 5 sided wait if we draw ", ["7m"], ". Discarding ", ["7s"], " is actually the most likely to result in a multi sided wait."]}, +"2024-03-06": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "3s", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "6m", "6m", "4p", "4p", "5p", "8p", "9p", "1s", "3s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "0m", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["If we interpret the manzu shape as two blocks then we have too many blocks. According to 5 block theory we should drop the weakest block, in this case the penchan. We can drop the penchan starting either from the inside or the outside, but even if we immediately draw ", ["7p"], ", the furiten ", ["7p", "8p"], " ryanmen is not that great of a shape, so prioritize safety and drop ", ["8p"], "."]}, +"2024-03-07": {"seat": "N", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2p", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "1p", "1p", "3p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "4p", "5p", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "7s", "comment": ["Keep the complex joint in pinzu and fix the ryanmen in souzu for the widest shape. If we draw ", ["2p", "5p"], " we have to discard dora, but we already have enough value. Those who chose to discard ", ["1p"], " have tanyao disease."]}, +"2024-03-08": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "2s", "hand": ["5m", "5m", "6m", "6p", "7p", "3s", "4s", "5s", "5s", "6s", "6s", "2z", "2z"], "draw": "8p", "answer": "5m", "comment": ["It is easy to end up discarding ", ["6s"], " hoping to draw into tenpai, but this makes drawing dora ", ["3s"], " awkward. If we discard ", ["5m"], " we can drop the ", ["2z"], " pair if we draw dora and smoothly transition to tanyao"]}, +"2024-03-09": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["3m", "0m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "7m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "5s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "8m", "answer": "6s", "comment": ["The manzu shape is a mess. Drawing ", ["6m"], " gets us iipeikou and Drawing ", ["4m"], " gets us tanyao, but both are kanchan. In such situations, the trick is to leave the messy shapes be and straighten out the stronger shapes. In other words, we fix the ryanmen in souzu. When struggling to choose between joints, it is usually correct to leave the messy ones intact."]}, +"2024-03-10": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1p", "hand": ["9m", "9m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "6p", "8p", "3s", "0s", "7s", "7s", "4z", "4z"], "draw": "4z", "answer": "7s", "comment": ["We assume that this hand will remain closed. Prioritize confirming the aka by discarding ", ["7s"], ". We have aka 1 as the dealer so we insta riichi even if the final wait is bad"]}, +"2024-03-11": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["6m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "3p", "4p", "3s", "0s", "7s", "7s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "9m", "answer": "3s", "comment": ["Prioritize ", ["7z"], " pon or ankou over cutting ", ["7s"], " to confirm aka. If we were playing with shuugi then we might hesitate, but in this case both are worth 1 han and there is a difference in speed. We generally discard ", ["0s"], " for shanpon riichi if we draw pinzu into tenpai"]}, +"2024-03-12": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1p", "hand": ["2p", "3p", "4p", "6p", "8p", "1s", "3s", "7s", "7s", "7s", "4z", "4z", "4z"], "draw": "0s", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["This is a special shape where even high level players end up discarding ", ["1s"], ". Those who answered correctly should feel proud and flex in the thread. The choice here is between ", ["8p"], " and ", ["1s"], ". Discarding ", ["1s"], " has the highest acceptance, but we would have to discard ", ["0s"], " if we draw ", ["3s"], " afterwards. With this in mind, the number of effective tiles is the same for both. If so, then we should choose based on the final shape that results when completing a group by drawing ", ["5s", "6s"], ". ", ["2s"], " kanchan is a better wait than ", ["7p"], " kanchan, so ", ["8p"], " is the correct discard"]}, +"2024-03-13": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "2m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "5m", "5m", "3p", "3p", "4p", "3s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "4s", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["The souzu shape is ryanmen kanchan and can accept ", ["2s", "5s", "7s"], ", so we can use ", ["7s"], " even without ", ["9s"], ". Aim for sanshoku from here."]}, +"2024-03-14": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "8p", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "4m", "4m", "5p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "6s", "7s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "3m", "comment": ["Dora 1 as dealer. Aiming for head start riichi, we should simply take the widest shape. If we draw ", ["8p"], " then we would have to discard dora, but this is unlikely"]}, +"2024-03-15": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "7p", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "5m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "7p", "8p", "5s", "6s", "7s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "3m", "comment": ["We are 1 shanten for pinfu, so the choice is between dropping either the ", ["3m"], " pair or the ", ["7s"], " pair. The difference between the choices becomes apparent when we draw ", ["5m", "6m"], " or ", ["7p", "8p"], " for perfect 1 shanten. For example, suppose that we draw ", ["8p"], " after discarding a pair. If we had discarded ", ["7s"], " then we gain 4 tiles of acceptance with ", ["3m"], " ", ["8p"], ", whereas if we had discard then we gain 7 tiles of acceptance with ", ["4s", "7s"], " ", ["8p"], ". From there we can also aim for iipeikou if the souzu shape improves. Accepted theory is to keep connected shapes."]}, +"2024-03-16": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["6m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "9m", "9m", "1p", "2p", "3p", "5p", "6p", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "9m", "comment": ["We can draw ", ["0m"], " so we do not kan; discard one copy of ", ["9m"], " for now. If we draw ", ["8m"], " then we kan and riichi. Nobody can disrespect dealer ankan riichi\u2014it\u2019s always my turn!"]}, +"2024-03-17": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "2p", "2p", "3p", "5p", "6s", "7s", "7s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "1p", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["We want a head. Take care of the ", ["2p", "5p"], " shape instead of touching the 4 tile connected shape in manzu. Doing so will also make it easier to get a good shape if the manzu or souzu shapes extend. With a shape like ", ["1p", "2p", "2p", "3p", "5p"], ", we generally fix the sequence."]}, +"2024-03-18": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "1p", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "4p", "0p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "3s", "4s", "5s", "5s"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "5s", "comment": ["The dora is ", ["2p"], ", so it might be tempting to fix the 3 sided wait in pinzu, but compared to other choices discarding ", ["6p"], " has lower acceptance; there is no need to rush to fix the 3 sided wait. Discarding ", ["5s"], " is better in terms of both overall acceptance and acceptance for tiles that give good shape tenpai."]}, +"2024-03-19": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "1p", "3p", "7p", "9p", "9p", "4s", "5s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "8p", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["2 shanten with possible pinfu. Discarding ", ["3m"], " or ", ["9p"], " is wider, but we should keep the 4 tile connected shape in manzu and the ", ["7p", "8p", "9p", "9p"], " shape that are easy to make a head from. This hand can be interpreted as having too many blocks, so we discard ", ["1p"], "."]}, +"2024-03-20": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "7s", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "8p", "9p", "3s", "3s", "4s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "3s", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["2p"], " or ", ["5p"], " gives us the largest acceptance, but it is likely that we end up waiting on penchan ", ["7p"], ". Here we discard ", ["3s"], " for flexibility, keeping the penchan so that we can draw ", ["7p"], " into tenpai while hoping to extend ", ["2p", "3p", "4p", "5p"], ". Striking a compromise between speed and good shape is an important technique."]}, +"2024-03-21": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "3p", "4p", "4p", "4p", "1s", "2s", "2s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "5s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "3p", "comment": ["We can see tanyao pinfu sanshoku, but discarding ", ["3p"], " here is correct. There are probably many who would discard ", ["1s"], ", but drawing any of ", ["2m", "5m"], " ", ["4s", "7s"], " into tenpai results in the same shape as if we had discarded to begin with. Keeping ", ["1s"], " lets us also draw ", ["2s", "3s", "0s"], " into tenpai. Although it seems wasteful at first glance, discarding ", ["3p"], " is an excellent play."]}, +"2024-03-22": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2s", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "4p", "0p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "4s", "5s"], "draw": "5m", "answer": "1s", "comment": ["Here we should confirm ", ["0p"], ". Tanyao is basically confirmed, and if the pinzu shape completes first we get a 3 sided wait. If we draw dora we can use it by cutting ", ["2s"], "."]}, +"2024-03-23": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "9", "indicator": "5p", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "3m", "2p", "3p", "3p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "5s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["Confirm the head and make use of both 4 tile connected shapes. If it is still early in the game, we can also tsumogiri and reject shanpon tenpai if we draw ", ["5p", "8p"], " ", ["5s", "8s"], "."]}, +"2024-03-24": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "5m", "hand": ["4m", "4m", "4m", "7m", "3p", "5p", "7p", "1s", "1s", "1s", "3s", "5s", "5s"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "3s", "comment": ["This is a question about sticky 1 shanten. The answer is clear if we apply the theory that floating tiles near ankou are unfit for sticky 1 shanten. Note that the irregular 3 sided wait from drawing ", ["2s"], " is worse than a normal ryanmen. Aim to draw ", ["6m"], " dora, ", ["6p"], " for a 3 sided wait, and ", ["5s"], " for sanankou. ", ["3s"], " gets in the way of sanankou."]}, +"2024-03-25": {"seat": "S", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "4s", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "3p", "1s", "2s", "4s", "5s", "5s", "6s", "8s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "3s", "answer": "8s", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["8s"], " is recommended. Obsessing over ittsuu narrows our acceptance and also risks other disadvantages like a bad final shape and losing dora. Aim for pinfu with ", ["3p"], " ", ["5s"], " sticky 1 shanten"]}, +"2024-03-26": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "4p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "2s", "4s", "6s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["7s"], " and fixing the group gives the widest acceptance, but we want to accept dora and aka with the ryanmen in manzu, so we should discard ", ["2s"], ". ", ["2s"], " Discarding is wider than discarding ", ["8s"], " for ryankan. Moreover, other than acceptance for tenpai, we get an excellent 1 shanten if we draw ", ["6s"], " or if the pinzu shape extends"]}, +"2024-03-27": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2m", "hand": ["2m", "4m", "6m", "7m", "9m", "9m", "6p", "7p", "8p", "1s", "1s", "4s", "5s"], "draw": "5m", "answer": "9m", "comment": ["If we discard ", ["9m"], ", we keep 2 kanchan that can accept ", ["3m", "8m"], ". If the kanchan complete first we get pinfu. The ryankan is separated, so this shape is commonly referred to as long ryankan."]}, +"2024-03-28": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "4s", "hand": ["1m", "1m", "3m", "4m", "6m", "8m", "2p", "2p", "2p", "5s", "6s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "5m", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["1 shanten. Discarding either ", ["1m"], " or ", ["8m"], " both give 16 tiles of acceptance. If we discard ", ["8m"], ", drawing ", ["1m"], " or ", ["9s"], " into an ankou gives more fu. Terminal shanpon is also easier to win with."]}, +"2024-03-29": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "7m", "hand": ["4m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "9m", "6p", "6p", "2s", "2s", "4s", "4s", "5s", "5s"], "draw": "0m", "answer": "6p", "comment": ["It may seem tempting to cut a tile from the ", ["4s", "4s", "5s", "5s"], " double ryanmen, but the acceptance for ryanmen tenpai is the same for discarding any of ", ["6p"], " ", ["2s", "5s"], ". Keeping a floating ", ["6p"], " and hoping for pinzu to extend (distant sanshoku) or souzu iipeikou seems good. We cannot cut ", ["4s"], " since we lose the option to draw ", ["3s"], " into ryanmen tenpai. Without considering aka, ", ["6p"], "> ", ["5s"], "> ", ["4s"], " in terms of efficiency."]}, +"2024-03-30": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["1m", "3m", "8m", "8m", "4p", "6p", "6p", "2s", "2s", "4s", "7s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "5m", "answer": "6p", "comment": ["We have 3 heads in a hand we assume will stay closed. According to the theory that 3 heads is the weakest, we should break a pair for 2 more tiles of accceptance. Discarding ", ["6p"], " is correct since the resulting kanchan has 2 types of tiles for ryanmen improvement."]}, +"2024-03-31": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "8m", "hand": ["2m", "4m", "7m", "8m", "9m", "2p", "3p", "5p", "6p", "2s", "2s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "2m", "comment": ["If we want to aim for 234 sanshoku we would drop ", ["5p", "6p"], " ryanmen, but we should give up on 234 sanshoku here and simply drop the weakest joint. We can still draw ", ["0m"], " and 456 sanshoku, so start from the outside with ", ["2m"], "."]}, +"2024-04-01": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "8m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "6m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "8p", "8p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "7s", "9s"], "draw": "0m", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["Breaking tenpai is recommended. Tanyao, pinfu, sanshoku, and aka are all possible, and the 4 tile connected shape gives many ryanmen improvements. With all of these conditions satisfied, breaking tenpai is the superior choice. Kanchan insta riichi is correct in many cases, but breaking tenpai when appropriate is also important. It is not that we should riichi because we have aka, but rather that since we have aka we want a shape that we can tsumo with. The weakest play is to take the no yaku damaten. Insta riichi is far better than a tenpai we cannot ron with"]}, +"2024-04-02": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "6s", "hand": ["2m", "4m", "6m", "6m", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "3s", "4s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "2m", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["6m"], " for ryankan is likely to result in kanchan as the final shape. Discard ", ["2m"], " and hope for pinzu to extend instead."]}, +"2024-04-03": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["7m", "7m", "1p", "2p", "2p", "2p", "3p", "4p", "3s", "0s", "5s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["5s"], " is the widest, but we are left with a mediocre shape. Discarding ", ["7m"], " puts us back in 2 shanten, which is not an option here if we are playing aka ari. This leaves ", ["1p"], " ", ["3s", "5s"], " as our choices. When struggling to make a decision, choose based on final shape and aka acceptance. Between these choices, ", ["1p"], " is the best."]}, +"2024-04-04": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "7s", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "6m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "4p", "5p", "4s", "5s", "6s", "8s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "4p", "comment": ["This is a question about whether we should use the pinzu shape as ", ["3p", "4p", "5p"], " or whether we should drop ", ["3p", "5p"], " and use it as the head. With connected shapes in a hand, confirm the group. It is easy to make a head out of the connected shape in souzu. Drawing manzu into tenpai is not a problem as we can wait on the nobetan including dora. Even if we draw ", ["7s"], " and discard dora for tenpai, we still have enough value with riichi tanyao pinfu."]}, +"2024-04-05": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "8s", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "4m", "0m", "5m", "5m", "6p", "7p", "7p", "6s", "7s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "2m", "answer": "7p", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["7p"], " has worse acceptance than the other choices, but doing so guarantees at least a ryanmen wait and can accept dora, aka, and the multi sided wait in manzu, so its expected value is the highest."]}, +"2024-04-06": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "7m", "5p", "9p", "9p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "3s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "2s", "answer": "5p", "comment": ["A question about sticky 1 shanten. We are 1 shanten for pinfu, so we want to keep the tiles that let us draw aka into a ryanmen wait, accept dora, and are closer to the outside. Additionally, if we draw ", ["0p"], " we can replace another floating tile to use it."]}, +"2024-04-07": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "4p", "hand": ["4m", "4m", "0m", "5m", "4p", "0p", "7p", "7p", "4s", "4s", "4s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "4p", "comment": ["We can see 456 sanshoku, so it may seem tempting to sort out the double ryanmen in manzu, but we have dora 3 so we prioritize winning over sanshoku. We are actually 1 shanten for chiitoi. Discarding ", ["4p"], " has the largest acceptance, and leaves the possibilities of sanankou, chiitoi, iipeikou all open."]}, +"2024-04-08": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "8m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "2p", "2p", "2p", "4p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "6s", "8s"], "draw": "0m", "answer": "8s", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["4p"], " is the widest, but it is likely that the final shape becomes kanchan. Reject the possibility of bad shape tenpai here by dropping ", ["6s", "8s"], ". Doing so also keeps 234 sanshoku alive. Drawing ", ["5s"], " gives a wide shape, so start from the outside with ", ["8s"], "."]}, +"2024-04-09": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "8m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "2p", "2p", "2p", "4p", "3s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "8s"], "draw": "0m", "answer": "4p", "comment": ["The comparison is with discarding ", ["8s"], ", but in this case there are many advantages to discarding ", ["4p"], ". The acceptance is higher, and if the ryanmen in manzu completes first we can wait on nobetan. Even in the worst case that the final shape is kanchan, we still dama for improvement."]}, +"2024-04-10": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "5s", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "7p", "7p", "7p", "6s", "7s", "8s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "5p", "answer": "8s", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["2p"], " gives the widest acceptance, but here want to keep it to prioritize a good final shape. The choice is then between ", ["8s"], " and ", ["9s"], " . Taking into account the fact that tanyao is uncertain, the difference between the number of ", ["0s"], " and dora ", ["6s"], ", and our options if our choice backfires, discarding ", ["8s"], " is the best overall."]}, +"2024-04-11": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "4m", "4m", "5p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "6s", "7s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["We set up our hand as to not discard dora ", ["3m"], ". Discarding ", ["6s"], " backfires upon drawing ", ["8s"], " since we would have to discard dora. By discarding ", ["9p"], " here we maximize acceptance for all 3 aka."]}, +"2024-04-12": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "2p", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "7m", "7m", "2p", "3p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "6s", "7s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "2m", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["Aka acceptance > 2 step sanshoku upgrade. Discarding ", ["6s"], " for sanshoku is the correct play in aka nashi. We need to draw ", ["8m"], "->", ["9m"], " for sanshoku (drawing ", ["9m"], " -> ", ["8m"], " is not good since we lose pinfu). Sanshoku is rather unlikely to complete, so the correct play is to stay close to the middle to try and accept aka."]}, +"2024-04-13": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "3m", "0m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "3p", "4p", "2s", "6s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "3s", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["This hand has 2 dora, so simply discarding ", ["6s"], " is also correct, but greeding for aka is recommended. Moreover, we can also draw dora to upgrade to perfect 1 shanten with dora pair as the head. Aiming for ittsuu is not as good for the following reasons. We would need to draw both ", ["4m"], " and ", ["9m"], ". Drawing ", ["4m"], " first is good, but drawing ", ["9m"], " first less so. Even if we draw the ", ["4m"], " backfire, we can still aim for tanyao sanshoku."]}, +"2024-04-14": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "8s", "hand": ["5m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "4p", "5p", "7p", "2s", "2s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "7p", "comment": ["It may also seem good to drop the dora, but 567 sanshoku is not guaranteed. We have enough blocks, so we should take the shape that lets us draw ", ["8s"], " into tenpai. Doing so still lets us aim for 456 sanshoku."]}, +"2024-04-15": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "3m", "1p", "3p", "3p", "7p", "4s", "4s", "4s", "8s", "4z", "4z"], "draw": "2p", "answer": "8s", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["3m"], " is the best for acceptance, but we don\u2019t have enough blocks, so we should not rush to fix the dora ryanmen. There are many tiles that can improve the value of our hand like dora or ", ["4m"], ", and discarding ", ["3m"], " loses the possibility of chiitoi. Keeping ", ["3m"], " in this shape is thus the best for both speed and value."]}, +"2024-04-16": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "3s", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "0m", "8m", "9m", "9m", "5p", "6p", "6p", "1s", "3s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["We have too many blocks. It is only turn 3, so we should drop the weak penchan instead of rushing to fix the ryanmen in pinzu. The shape ", ["5p", "6p", "6p"], " becomes especially strong upon drawing ", ["6p"], " or ", ["7p"], ". If we discard ", ["6p"], " here then all subsequent pinzu draws other than ", ["4p", "7p"], " are wasted."]}, +"2024-04-17": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "8m", "hand": ["2m", "5m", "5m", "5m", "0p", "5p", "8p", "9p", "9p", "9p", "2s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "5s", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["Let us compare what results upon drawing each of the inner tiles ( ", ["3m"], " ", ["7p"], " ", ["3s"], "). Manzu gives ryanmen, pinzu gives an irregular 3 sided wait, and souzu gives a 3 sided wait. Pinzu is the narrowest. Tiles close to ankou are unfit for sticky 1 shanten."]}, +"2024-04-18": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "9", "indicator": "2m", "hand": ["8m", "8m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "4s", "6s", "8s"], "draw": "3s", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["Our best hope is to draw ", ["7s"], ". If pinzu extends we aim for tanyao pinfu. We have no dora at all so we should assume that they are being used by other players. If we are to attack we want a mobile shape. In aka nashi, discarding ", ["6p"], " and aiming for ittsuu is an option, but in aka ari we are at a considerable disadvantage compared to other players, so we should make the fastest hand possible."]}, +"2024-04-19": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "7m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "6m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "4p", "9p", "9p", "3s", "0s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "3s", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["We have 4 pairs and are 2 shanten for chiitoi, but we have many ryanmen and can accept dora and aka, so we don\u2019t go for chiitoi. We have too many blocks, so here we should drop the ", ["9p"], " pair and keep 5 strong blocks. Do not drop ", ["2m", "3m"], " ryanmen because ", ["9p"], " seems easy to call or make halfhearted plays like discarding ", ["4p"], "."]}, +"2024-04-20": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "3p", "hand": ["5m", "6m", "7m", "7m", "8m", "5p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "2s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "8m", "answer": "7m", "comment": ["Even if manzu seems like it will extend, drawing ", ["9m"], " makes us lose tanyao. Here we should simply take the ryankan and confirm tanyao. Acts of ryanmen worship like discarding ", ["2s"], " should be done away with."]}, +"2024-04-21": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "2m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "2p", "2p", "2p", "4p", "6p", "3s", "3s", "3s", "5s", "7s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "7s", "comment": ["Anticipating manzu extension and dora ", ["3m"], " draw, we do not touch the manzu shape. ", ["6p"], " and ", ["7s"], " differ in whether tanyao is confirmed after the shape extends upward upon ", ["7p"], " drawing or ", ["8s"], "."]}, +"2024-04-22": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "5p", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "4m", "4p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "6s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "3m", "comment": ["We restrict our hand such that it can only progress closed, but doing so is the widest. Drawing ", ["5p", "8p"], " forces us to discard dora, but confirmed dealer mangan with riichi and pinfu is enough value. Discarding for ", ["9s"], " tanyao only slows down our hand. Cases of tanyao disease should be treated quickly."]}, +"2024-04-23": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "7s", "hand": ["6m", "8m", "8m", "1p", "1p", "4p", "0p", "5p", "7p", "9p", "5s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["It is turn 4 on our dealer turn and we have 4 pairs\u20142 shanten for chiitoi. Leave the option for chiitoi open while also allowing for a regular hand in case we draw dora. Depending on the situation, we may also want to consider moving towards open tanyao. The only backfire is ", ["8p"], ". This so called moving inward for the time being is the most flexible play."]}, +"2024-04-24": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "6m", "7m", "4p", "5p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "9p", "0s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["0s"], " has the largest acceptance, but drawing ", ["8p"], " for pinfu is uninteresting. Even if we go out of our way to keep ", ["9p"], ", we will likely discard it at tenpai anyway, and there are many improvements that let us use ", ["0s"], ". Confirming tanyao here by discarding ", ["9p"], " and then waiting to see the next draw is a good plan. Tanyao pinfu is enough value, so discard ", ["0s"], " and riichi if we reach tenpai"]}, +"2024-04-25": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "3s", "hand": ["3p", "4p", "4p", "6p", "6p", "8p", "8p", "3s", "4s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "5p", "answer": "6p", "comment": ["This has the largest acceptance and lets us pon dora into tenpai. If we draw pinzu into tenpai then we cut dora and riichi on the 3 sided wait"]}, +"2024-04-26": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "0m", "6m", "8m", "1p", "1p", "1p", "7p", "9p", "7s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["The souzu shape is good, so we want to use it to its fullest extent. The choice is then between discarding either ", ["8m"], " or ", ["9p"], ". The manzu shape is connected, so discarding ", ["8m"], " is wider. ", ["8p"], " kanchan is also a better final shape than ", ["7p"], "kanchan is. It is easy to overlook that drawing ", ["3m", "6m"], " results in tenpai, so take care to not"]}, +"2024-04-27": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "0m", "7m", "9m", "1p", "1p", "1p", "7p", "9p", "7s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "7s", "comment": ["1 shanten with 2 bad shapes. If we want a good final shape then we may want to keep the ", ["7s", "8s"], " irregular wait, but we would need to fill one of the kanchan in either pinzu or manzu first to use it. Here we discard ", ["7s"], " to maximize our acceptance. If we draw any of ", ["7m", "9m"], " ", ["7p", "9p"], " into a pair first we get a kanchan wait, and if one of the kanchan fills first we can cut a tile from one of the ankou to choose a kanchan wait. 789 sanshoku is unrealistic as it is 3 tiles away."]}, +"2024-04-28": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["1m", "1m", "3m", "0m", "5m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "8p", "answer": "7m", "comment": ["We can upgrade to sanshoku in one draw, but completing sanshoku is difficult as we need to first draw one of ", ["2p", "5p"], " before tenpai and then win on ", ["5s"], ". Here we simply maximize our acceptance."]}, +"2024-04-29": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["1m", "1m", "3m", "0m", "5m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "5p", "answer": "5m", "comment": ["567 sanshoku is easy to complete and we can chii into tenpai. If we draw ", ["4m"], " we have enough value with pinfu aka, so we insta riichi if we reach tenpai. Normally we would not call with this hand, but depending on our opponents\u2019 movements we may want to consider calling chii. Discarding ", ["7m"], " has the largest acceptance, but discarding ", ["5m"], " has the largest expected value for a closed hand."]}, +"2024-04-30": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "2p", "3p", "5p", "7p", "6s", "6s", "6s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "2m", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["6s"], " gives fairly wide acceptance, but will leave us with kanchan in many cases. If we leave the pinzu and souzu shapes intact, then drawing ", ["2p", "5p"], " gives ryanmen, ", ["6p"], " gives a 3 sided wait, and even ", ["5s", "7s"], " gets us nobetan. Discarding manzu here is correct as it is the best for both acceptance and value. Between cutting ", ["2m"], " and cutting ", ["5m"], ", keeping dora on the edge of the sequence lets us more easily use ", ["3m"], " in case we draw it. Keep dora on the edges of sequences."]}, +"2024-05-01": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "8m", "0p", "5p", "7p", "9p", "9p", "3s", "4s", "6s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "5s", "answer": "6s", "comment": ["Cutting pinzu significantly decreases acceptance. Shanpon ", ["7z"], " is a good enough wait, so we should maximize our acceptance and not obssess over the 4 tile connected shape with this hand. Discard ", ["6s"], " for dora acceptance."]}, +"2024-05-02": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "3m", "3m", "4m", "6m", "7m", "3p", "5p", "5p", "5s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "3m", "answer": "3p", "comment": ["A choice between ", ["1m"], " and ", ["3p"], ". The difference in acceptance is one tile. Discarding ", ["1m"], " has fewer backfires, but results in bad shape tenpai half of the time. Discarding ", ["3p"], " results in pinfu more easily and guarantees at least a ryanmen wait. There are fewer tiles that we can chii into tenpai than if we had discarded ", ["1m"], ", but the number of tiles that we can pon into tenpai is the same."]}, +"2024-05-03": {"seat": "S", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "4m", "4m", "5p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "8p", "0s", "2z", "2z", "2z"], "draw": "5s", "answer": "4p", "comment": ["This may seem indecisive, but discarding ", ["4p"], " is the widest and the most flexible as both chiitoi and a normal hand are possible. It\u2019s easy to over look, but drawing ", ["3m"], " also results in tenpai"]}, +"2024-05-04": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "5m", "6m", "2p", "3p", "3p", "5p", "6p", "2s", "2s", "3s", "4s"], "draw": "0s", "answer": "3m", "comment": ["We currently have 6 blocks: too many. We don\u2019t need 3 pairs, so drop the ", ["3m"], " pair that has no supporting tiles"]}, +"2024-05-05": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "7z", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "4m", "4m", "1s", "1s", "3s", "4s", "2z", "2z", "5z", "5z"], "draw": "4s", "answer": "3m", "comment": ["This hand is easy if we can call dora ", ["5z"], ", but on the other hand if we cannot call it then this is actually a rather tough hand to make work. Dropping ", ["2m", "3m"], " here in anticipation of the best case scenario of suuankou is recommended. In doing so, we are left with strong shapes no matter where we call from. Both a normal hand and chiitoi are possible so we have the largest acceptance. Additionally, although discarding ", ["4s"], " seems fast at first glance, according to 5 block theory, excess tiles will result when this hand advances a step, so discarding ", ["4s"], " is actually mediocre in regards to speed. Lastly, there is not a big difference between dropping either ", ["2m"], " or ", ["3m"], " first, but keeping the tile closer to the outside for its slightly higher win rate in case we reach tenpai next turn is correct."]}, +"2024-05-06": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "9", "indicator": "4p", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "3m", "1p", "2p", "3p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "1s", "7s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "1s", "comment": ["Dora is ", ["4p"], ", so dora head and ittsuu are both possible. Do not discard dora and confirm bad shape to go for sanshoku. Going for junchan is too inefficient."]}, +"2024-05-07": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "9", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["0m", "6m", "1p", "2p", "3p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "8p", "9p", "2z", "2z"], "draw": "2z", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["The bottleneck of this hand is the dora indicator. This hand will be very difficult to advance if we discard ", ["1p"], " or ", ["9p"], " and then draw a pair in manzu. Here we boldly discard dora. If we are lucky we can get ittsuu, and if we draw ", ["1p", "4p", "6p", "9p"], " we insta riichi."]}, +"2024-05-08": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "7m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "4m", "6m", "8m", "1p", "3p", "3p", "6p", "8p", "8p", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["If we want tanyao the most then we discard ", ["1p"], ". If we want pinfu the most then we discard ", ["4m"], ". If we want sanshoku the most then we discard ", ["8p"], ". If we want it all then we discard ", ["1p"], ". Doing so also has the highest expected value. This should be easy to solve by imagining the 1 shanten that results after drawing ", ["7p"], " or ", ["8s"], ". Those who are unable to solve this question should read carefully about 1 shanten peak theory."]}, +"2024-05-09": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "7m", "hand": ["1m", "1m", "2m", "3m", "3m", "4m", "4m", "3s", "4s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "8s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "1m", "comment": ["Cutting ", ["8s"], " gives ryanmen kanchan, but if we want to go all the way for riichi tanyao pinfu then we should discard ", ["1m"], ". The manzu shape is connected, so discarding ", ["1m"], " and discarding ", ["8s"], " actually have the same acceptance, but the answer is correct with just the previous reasoning"]}, +"2024-05-10": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3s", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "1s", "1s", "1s", "2s", "2s", "3s"], "draw": "7m", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["The bottleneck for ryanpeikou is the 2 remaining copies of the dora indicator ", ["3s"], ". Discarding ", ["2s"], " to begin with and going for pinfu and the 3 sided wait in manzu (", ["2m", "5m", "8m"], ") is the more realistic."]}, +"2024-05-11": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "7m", "hand": ["5m", "5m", "8m", "9m", "1p", "1p", "2p", "3p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "3s", "4s"], "draw": "7m", "answer": "3p", "comment": ["This has the largest acceptance and drawing ", ["2p"], " gives iipeikou. Take care not to discard ", ["1p"], "."]}, +"2024-05-12": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "4s", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "7m", "8m", "1s", "1s", "2s", "3s", "4s", "5s"], "draw": "1s", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["This shape was shown in the manga Paizoku Occulty! (Katayama Masayuki, Takeshobo). Don\u2019t touch the souzu shape since it accepts dora and is perfect as the final shape (4 sided wait), so the choice is then from manzu. Discarding ", ["8m"], " results in ryanmen kanchan accepting ", ["1m", "4m", "6m"], ". Discarding ", ["3m"], " has more overall acceptance, but has less acceptance for pinfu compared to discarding ", ["8m"], "."]}, +"2024-05-13": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "4m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "7m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "6p", "6p", "6p", "7p"], "draw": "8m", "answer": "3m", "comment": ["The pinzu shape is perfect as the final shape, so don\u2019t touch it. If we are going for pinfu then we may want to discard ", ["8m"], ", but doing so loses acceptance for dora and aka ", ["5m"], ". Discarding ", ["3m"], " here maximizes dora acceptance. We have less acceptance for pinfu compared to discarding ", ["8m"], ", but drawing ", ["0m"], " grants us extraordinary destructive power."]}, +"2024-05-14": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["0m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "2p", "2p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["We are 1 shanten with aka as the dealer. Having come this far, we maximize our acceptance without seeking improvements"]}, +"2024-05-15": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "6m", "7m", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "1s", "3s", "5s"], "draw": "0s", "answer": "1s", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["1s"], " and discarding ", ["5s"], " have the same acceptance, so we confirm tanyao and hope for the pinzu and souzu shapes to extend. In aka ari, aka > dora. Spend no time at all to toss this sort of dora."]}, +"2024-05-16": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "9m", "1p", "3p", "1s", "1s", "1s", "2s", "3s", "4s"], "draw": "5s", "answer": "9m", "comment": ["We have dora 3, so we want to maximize our acceptance and declare head start riichi. The souzu shape makes for an excellent final wait, so we don\u2019t touch it. Therefore, discarding ", ["9m"], " is correct. There are likely many who fail to notice that discarding ", ["9m"], " and discarding ", ["1p"], " differ in acceptance. The difference comes from being able to draw ", ["4m", "7m"], " into a pair after discarding ", ["9m"], ". Excessively focusing on ryanmen improvement blinds us to acceptance from pair draws. We should remember that such patterns exist."]}, +"2024-05-17": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "7m", "hand": ["1m", "1m", "2m", "3m", "4m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "4p", "1s", "1s", "2s", "4s"], "draw": "0p", "answer": "4s", "comment": ["Aka 1 is enough; bad wait is fine if we can call head start riichi, so we maximize our acceptance. Completing 456 sanshoku is unrealistic as we need to draw 3 more tiles from here."]}, +"2024-05-18": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "4s", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "7m", "8m", "2p", "2p", "4p", "0p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "3s", "3s"], "draw": "9m", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["Drawing ", ["3p"], " gives tenpai, so we should maximize our acceptance. Discarding ", ["7p"], " eliminates the possibility of perfect 1 shanten and iipeikou improvements."]}, +"2024-05-19": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "9", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["1s", "1s", "2s", "3s", "0s", "7s", "7s", "8s", "8s", "8s", "3z", "3z", "3z"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "0s", "comment": ["We have enough value, so we should prioritize the final shape. It is already turn 9, so we should consider our speed and possibly call. ", ["6s", "9s"], " seems like the best wait, so the correct play is the one that lets us use it to its fullest extent. Cutting ", ["0s"], " lets us use the ", ["6s", "9s"], " wait no matter where we call from. We can chii ", ["1s", "4s", "6s", "9s"], ", pon ", ["7s"], ", and pon ", ["1s"], " if it comes out from someone other than kamicha. It might feel bad to cut ", ["0s"], ", but we already have enough value and would like to increase our chances of winning as much as possible. Even if we cut aka, calling dora ", ["1s"], " gets us haneman."]}, +"2024-05-20": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "3m", "4m", "0m", "7m", "8m", "3p", "5p", "2s", "2s", "7s", "9s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "1m", "comment": ["Too many blocks. Drop the weakest block and keep 5 blocks. Discard one copy of ", ["1m"], " for now."]}, +"2024-05-21": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "7m", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "8m", "3p", "4p", "4p", "2s", "2s", "3s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "7s"], "draw": "5s", "answer": "4p", "comment": ["This is a question about whether or not we can notice that drawing ", ["6s"], " gets us tanyao pinfu. Discarding ", ["7s"], " is better for acceptance (by 2 tiles), but both options have the same acceptance for a ryanmen wait (drawing ", ["2s"], " after discarding ", ["7s"], " gives a kanchan wait). Discarding ", ["4p"], " guarantees pinfu."]}, +"2024-05-22": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "9p", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "1p", "1p", "0p", "7p", "8p", "2s", "4s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["2s"], " might seem good if only considering the shape, we return to 2 shanten. Although we have 2 4 tile connected shapes, returning to 2 shanten on turn 8 is rough. We have dora 3, mangan even if we call, so we should go straight for open sanshoku. Therefore, we should discard a tile from either the manzu or pinzu 4 tile connected shapes. Based on final shape quality, ease of sanshoku, and aka acceptance, cutting from pinzu is the best. Don\u2019t forget that we can replace ", ["2s", "4s"], " if we draw ", ["2m"], "."]}, +"2024-05-23": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "4m", "5m", "5p", "6p", "6p", "6p", "6s", "7s", "7s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "4m", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["7s"], " is the widest, but prevents us from using 3 sided wait in pinzu. Discarding ", ["9s"], " does not have enough acceptance. Based on acceptance, value, and final shape quality, the balanced play of discarding ", ["4m"], " is correct"]}, +"2024-05-24": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "4p", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "5p", "7p", "7p", "2s", "2s", "3s", "3s", "4s", "0s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "8s", "comment": ["Dora 2 and distant sanshoku. We reject the possibility of losing tanyao with ", ["9s"], " draw and build a hand that is good for both staying closed and calling. Fixing the dora by discarding ", ["7p"], " makes it likely for this hand to die with ", ["6p"], " kanchan. Aka 1 is confirmed, so starting with ", ["8s"], " is fundamental"]}, +"2024-05-25": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "4s", "hand": ["6m", "6m", "6m", "3p", "4p", "0p", "6p", "7p", "9p", "9p", "9p", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "3p", "comment": ["There are likely many who would discard either ", ["6m"], " or ", ["9p"], " for the 3 sided wait, but discarding ", ["3p"], " for the irregular 3 sided wait results in an additional level of fu when winning on ", ["4p", "7p"], ". On ron the difference in score is between 2600 points and 3200 points, and on tsumo the difference in score is between 1000/2000 points and 1300/2600 points, not a small difference. The right choice will depend on the situation during live play, but in order of expected value, ", ["3p"], ">", ["6m"], ">", ["9p"], " ."]}, +"2024-05-26": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1p", "hand": ["3p", "3p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "3s", "3s", "4s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "3s", "comment": ["Fix the ryanmen that can accept dora... or so it seems; this is a trick question. Discarding ", ["3s"], " gives tanyao upon drawing ", ["5p"]]}, +"2024-05-27": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "6m", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "8m", "8m", "8m", "2p", "4p", "4p", "0p", "6p", "8p", "2s", "2s"], "draw": "3s", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["The pinzu shape is ryanmen kanchan accepting ", ["2p", "5p", "7p"], ". Discarding ", ["2s"], " seems good for pinfu acceptance, but the manzu shape is actually a connected head and group, so discarding ", ["8p"], " is the widest and also has the highest expected value, as drawing ", ["5m", "8m"], " also gives tenpai. Moreover, discarding ", ["8p"], " results in tanyao more easily than discarding ", ["2s"], "."]}, +"2024-05-28": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "8m", "hand": ["7m", "8m", "8m", "9m", "9m", "1p", "1p", "2p", "4p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "0s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "4p", "comment": ["It may seem tempting to discard ", ["8m"], " and hope for the pinzu shape to extend, but if we can draw ", ["7m"], " then we have a rock solid shape. Dora ", ["9m"], " is also likely to come out, so we should not touch the manzu shape until the very end. As such, we should break the ", ["2p", "4p"], " kanchan. As for what to discard first, discarding ", ["4p"], " and hoping to complete a group by drawing is ", ["3p"], " better than discarding ", ["2p"], " and hoping to draw ", ["5p"], " for ryanmen improvement."]}, +"2024-05-29": {"seat": "S", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "7m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "6m", "8m", "1p", "2p", "2p", "3p", "3p", "5p", "6p", "4s", "5s"], "draw": "7m", "answer": "3p", "comment": ["Too many blocks. As for which joint to drop, prioritize tanyao and sanshoku over iipeikou and drop ", ["3p"], " with the intention of making ", ["2p"], " the head. If another head candidate forms then discard ", ["2p"], " and fix the ", ["1p", "2p", "3p"], " group."]}, +"2024-05-30": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "4p", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "3m", "4m", "1p", "2p", "3p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "7p", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "3m", "comment": ["We currently have no dora. If the double dora ", ["0p"], " is live, then we should maximize our chances at a ", ["5p", "8p"], " wait. If we fix the group in manzu, then we reach tenpai waiting on ", ["6p", "8p"], " not only if a group in souzu completes, but also if we draw the 4th copy of ", ["7p"], "."]}, +"2024-05-31": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "1", "indicator": "4s", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "4m", "0m", "9m", "1p", "4p", "0p", "5p", "6p", "5s", "8s", "1z"], "draw": "1z", "answer": "9m", "comment": ["A choice between floating tiles. ", ["8s"], " is dora suji but can form ryanmen, and dora head is also possible if it connects to form ", ["5s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], ". ", ["1p"], " can become ryanmen kanchan ", ["1p", "3p", "4p", "0p", "5p", "6p"], " upon drawing ", ["3p"], ". By elimination, ", ["9m"], " is unnecessary"]}, +"2024-06-01": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "2m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "3p", "3p", "7p", "7p", "1s", "3s", "5s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "1s", "comment": ["Fixing the 3 sided wait by discarding ", ["6m"], " makes drawing dora ", ["3m"], " awkward. According to 5 block theory, discard the weakest block and aim for tanyao."]}, +"2024-06-02": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3s", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "6m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "5s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "7m", "comment": ["Rushing to discard ", ["8s"], " because ", ["4s"], " is dora makes ", ["7m"], " a useless tile Discarding ", ["7m"], " has the largest acceptance and gives tenpai with ", ["7s"]]}, +"2024-06-03": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "4p", "hand": ["3m", "7m", "8m", "9m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "5p", "6p", "1s", "2s", "3s"], "draw": "4s", "answer": "1s", "comment": [["3m"], " ", ["6p"], " ", ["1s"], " all have the same acceptance. We can judge this shape by the tenpai that follows from the sticky 1 shanten we get with dora ", ["5p"], " head and discarding each of ", ["3m"], " ", ["6p"], " ", ["1s"], ". With sticky 1 shanten, connected shapes that include a terminal have fewer winning tiles when reaching tenpai than floating tiles do. Keeping the floating ", ["3m"], " will result in 4 winning tiles in the worst case and also has the additional benefits of possible sanshoku and aka acceptance. Keeping ", ["6p"], " lets us go for a multi sided wait and also lets us accept ", ["2p"], ". By elimination, ", ["4s"], " is the least useful, so discarding ", ["1s"], " is correct. There are likely many who would keep ", ["1s"], " for souzu nobetan in the worst case, but cases where souzu nobetan is necessary are few."]}, +"2024-06-04": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "4m", "4m", "5p", "6p", "7p", "3s", "4s", "6s", "7s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "6s", "comment": ["Souzu has overlapping acceptance, so discarding ", ["6s"], " preserves acceptance for ", ["7s", "8s"], " and is the widest. Doing so also results in a good final shape more easily."]}, +"2024-06-05": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "6m", "7m", "7m", "2p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["3p"], " has the largest acceptance, but the ", ["2p", "3p", "3p", "4p"], " nakabukure shape will always give ryanmen when drawing it into a joint, so if we are 1 shanten for pinfu and are looking to draw a joint then keeping this shape is rather advantageous. Moreover, the souzu shape includes a terminal, so it is less useful for drawing a joint. Discarding ", ["9s"], " is also likely to give tanyao, so it is also better in terms of value. Drawing ", ["5m"], " or ", ["7m"], " also gives a 3 sided wait"]}, +"2024-06-06": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "5m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "6m", "7m", "7m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "4p", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "0s", "answer": "4p", "comment": ["The dora is ", ["6m"], ", so fixing the dora by discarding ", ["7m"], " seems good, but the acceptance is narrow. Discarding dora ", ["6m"], " gives the largest acceptance, but doing so from this shape is too much of a waste. Here the balanced play of discarding ", ["4p"], " is correct. Drawing any of ", ["4m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "8m"], " and ", ["4s", "5s", "6s", "7s", "8s", "9s"], " gives a hand with enough value. In general, especially when playing with shuugi, aka 1 is enough, so aim for a final shape that we can tsumo with."]}, +"2024-06-07": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1p", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "2m", "3m", "4m", "6m", "5p", "7p", "7p", "2s", "3s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "5p", "comment": ["The manzu shape is ryanmen kanchan except attached to a terminal and can accept ", ["3m", "5m"], ". Here we just accept 1 shanten."]}, +"2024-06-08": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "3p", "4p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "3s", "3s", "0s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "4p", "comment": ["Here we simply maximize our acceptance. We are dealer with aka 1, so greeding by discarding manzu is a grave sin. If we draw ", ["7p"], " we can replace manzu."]}, +"2024-06-09": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "3s", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "3m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "4p", "4p", "4p", "6p", "0s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "2m", "comment": [["6p"], " can accept sanshoku and aka, so do not discard it. The choice is then between ", ["2m"], " and ", ["8m"], ". Drawing ", ["5p"], " first results in the shape below that has an irregular 3 sided wait with sanshoku takame. As such, do not consider going for a ", ["1m", "4m"], " wait and instead fix ", ["3m"], " as the head to begin with; it is better to aim to draw the manzu 4 tile connected shape or ", ["6p"], " into a joint. Note that we insta riichi if we get ryanmen tenpai, so this hand won\u2019t become ittsuu.\n", ["3m", "3m", "5m", "6m", "7m"], " ", ["4p", "4p", "4p", "5p", "6p"], " ", ["0s", "6s", "7s"]]}, +"2024-06-10": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["3m", "5m", "3p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "3s", "4s", "4s", "5s", "5s", "5s"], "draw": "0s", "answer": "3m", "comment": ["Think of souzu as being split into ", ["3s", "4s", "0s"], " and ", ["4s", "5s", "5s", "5s"], ". Discarding ", ["4s"], " has the widest acceptance, but discarding from manzu to prioritize a good final shape is better. We can draw ", ["0m"], ", so discarding ", ["3m"], " is correct."]}, +"2024-06-11": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "7m", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "4m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "8m", "4p", "6p", "4s", "5s"], "draw": "5p", "answer": "4m", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["8m"], " is the widest, but risks a tanki wait if manzu completes first. The correct play here is to discard ", ["4m"], " for a wide shape that can use the dora as much as possible. Although it seems like a backfire at first glance, drawing ", ["9m"], " is valuable as it gives sanshoku on takame."]}, +"2024-06-12": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "7z", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "6p", "7p", "4s", "4s", "0s", "6s", "7s", "7s", "8s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "4s", "comment": ["Confirmed iipeikou is better than unconfirmed sanshoku. We currently lack a head, but we have the confirmed yaku of iipeikou, so there is no problem even if we end up on a tanki wait later. Moreover, even with this shape, if we draw any of ", ["6m", "7m"], " ", ["6p", "7p"], " (4 types 12 tiles) into a pair we get ryanmen tenpai. By a first approximation, we have a 43% chance of getting riichi pinfu iipeikou aka 1."]}, +"2024-06-13": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "7s", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "2m", "3m", "4m", "7m", "8m", "1p", "2p", "3p", "4p", "6p", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "6p", "comment": ["2 shanten with possible pinfu. Take the shape that is easy to make a head from. Discarding ", ["6p"], " gives a head not only upon drawing ", ["2m", "5m"], " into a pair, but also upon drawing ", ["1m", "4m"], " ", ["1p", "4p"], " into a pair."]}, +"2024-06-14": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "7m", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "5p", "6p", "7p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "5p", "answer": "6s", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["5p"], " is the widest, but drawing ", ["1s", "4s", "7s"], " results in a tanki wait and it is easy to lose tanyao. With sanshoku + tanyao + aka acceptance + guaranteed good shape, discarding ", ["6s"], " has the highest expected value."]}, +"2024-06-15": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "7p", "hand": ["7m", "8m", "2p", "3p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "2s", "3s", "3s", "3s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "7p", "comment": ["If we consider ", ["2s", "3s", "3s", "3s", "4s"], " as 2 blocks then we have 6 blocks, so dropping ", ["2p", "3p"], " may seem like a common play, but ", ["3s"], " and ", ["7p"], " both only have one tile remaining (", ["7p"], " is the dora indicator), so this hand has insufficient functionality as 5 blocks. Here we discard 1 copy of ", ["7p"], " and fix the joint accepting dora. Our hand is faster if we deliberately keep 6 blocks and also seems strong in terms of value. The advantage of getting rid of the dangerous dora indicator tile early should also be noted"]}, +"2024-06-16": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "9p", "hand": ["5m", "5m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "1p", "answer": "7m", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["7m"], " and simply maximizing acceptance is correct. Being the dealer, don\u2019t hesitate to insta riichi even with a kanchan ", ["2p"], " wait."]}, +"2024-06-17": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "9", "indicator": "2p", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "1s", "1s", "2s", "4s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "4z", "4z"], "draw": "0m", "answer": "4s", "comment": ["This has wide acceptance and gives pinfu upon drawing ", ["3s"], ". ", ["1s"], " ", ["4z"], " shanpon wait is not bad either. At first glance, it seems discarding ", ["4s"], " is wider (ryanmen kanchan) whereas discarding ", ["2s"], " has more value (iipeikou), but actually pinfu is possible, so discarding ", ["4s"], " is better for both acceptance and value."]}, +"2024-06-18": {"seat": "S", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "3p", "hand": ["1m", "1m", "3m", "5m", "3p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "4s", "4s", "6s", "2z", "2z"], "draw": "8p", "answer": "5m", "comment": ["We have 3 heads, but we have a yakuhai pair, so we assume that we will call and keep tiles that we can pon. According to 3 tile weak block theory, keeping 3 tiles in manzu is correct."]}, +"2024-06-19": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "4m", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "6m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "5s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "6s", "comment": ["This has the largest acceptance and can accept dora. Missing ", ["0m"], " will bring a lifetime of regret."]}, +"2024-06-20": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "4m", "hand": ["5m", "6m", "7m", "7m", "8m", "8m", "9m", "4s", "4s", "4s", "0s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "7s", "comment": ["If we only consider acceptance then discarding ", ["0s"], " or ", ["7s"], " is overwhelmingly wider, but doing so makes ", ["0s"], " hard to use. If so, then it may seem good to discard ", ["8m"], ", but then we are unable to use any dora we draw. Discarding ", ["7s"], " here to prepare to draw dora while relying on the souzu good shape is correct. ", ["4s", "4s", "4s", "0s", "7s", "8s"], " has overlapping acceptance for ", ["6s"], " so at first glance it does not seem like a good shape, but it can already be considered a good shape with just the 7 tiles of acceptance for ", ["3s"], " and ", ["5s"], ". This play preserves acceptance for tiles that give ryanmen or better. Those who do not see this as a good shape should change their perceptions."]}, +"2024-06-21": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["7m", "7m", "9m", "2p", "3p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "2s", "2s", "0s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "5m", "answer": "7m", "comment": ["This is a choice between ", ["7m"], " and ", ["9m"], ", but the only difference in ryanmen improvement if we discard ", ["9m"], " to keep 2 heads is ", ["3s"], ". Here it is easier to get pinfu if we keep the ryankan. If we draw ", ["1p", "4p"], " first, kanchan is a strong wait with ", ["5m", "7m"], " in our discards."]}, +"2024-06-22": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "8m", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "4m", "4p", "4p", "4p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "4s", "5s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "0p", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["Building a hand such that ", ["0p"], " doesn\u2019t get discarded is fundamental for aka ari mahjong. 345 sanshoku is visible, so thinking of how to wait on manzu if pinzu completes first and wait on pinzu if manzu completes first will lead to the correct answer of fixing souzu as 2 complete groups. Trying to be flexible by discarding ", ["3m"], " will only increase the acceptance for tiles that result in discarding ", ["0p"], "."]}, +"2024-06-23": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "5s", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "7m", "8m", "2p", "4p", "4p", "6p", "8p", "2s", "3s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "9m", "answer": "4p", "comment": ["At first glance this choice seems contrary to 2 head theory, no yaku no dora tenpai is likely when proceeding with 2 heads. There are also few improvements, so take the shape most likely to become pinfu. There is no difference in direct acceptance between discarding ", ["2p"], " and discarding ", ["4p"], "."]}, +"2024-06-24": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "4p", "hand": ["4m", "4m", "8m", "9m", "3p", "3p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "3s", "4s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "9m", "comment": ["6 blocks\u2014too many. According to 5 block theory, look ahead and keep 5 strong blocks. Dropping the weak penchan here is correct. Drawing ", ["6m"], " gives ", ["4m", "6m", "8m"], " ryankan, so take care to start with the outside. Cutting ", ["4m"], " for sanshoku or suji trap is a foolish plan."]}, +"2024-06-25": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "5p", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "5m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "3s", "5s", "6s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "3s", "comment": ["345 sanshoku is visible, but here we give up on sanshoku with possible bad wait. Discarding ", ["6s"], " has the highest acceptance, but considering the final wait we should discard ", ["3s"], ". Doing so makes tanyao pinfu highly likely. Drawing ", ["5s", "7s"], " results in takame iipeikou, and drawing ", ["7m"], " results in a nice 3 sided wait."]}, +"2024-06-26": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["5m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "7p", "7p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "4s"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "4s", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["4s"], " is superior for both acceptance and value. When unsure, cutting the aryanmen is generally correct."]}, +"2024-06-27": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "4m", "hand": ["6m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "4p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "7p", "8p"], "draw": "8m", "answer": "4p", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["8p"], " results in an irregular 4 sided wait accepting ", ["6m", "9m"], " ", ["3p", "6p"], " , but winning on ", ["9m"], " is riichi nomi. Here the play is to discard ", ["4p"], " for confirmed dealer mangan riichi. Doing so gives confirmed iipeikou regardless of whether we win on ", ["5p"], " or ", ["8p"], "."]}, +"2024-06-28": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "8p", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "2p", "4p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "4s"], "draw": "0s", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["A shape where 234 sanshoku is visible. Discarding ", ["6p"], " loses dora acceptance. Discarding ", ["1s"], " for 234 sanshoku will lose ", ["0s"], " unless it becomes the head. In aka ari mahjong, 234 and 678 sanshoku are lost upon drawing aka. This hand is one such scenario. ", ["0s"], " is hard to use if we are to make 234 sanshoku. Here simply going for pinfu and discarding ", ["2p"], " for the widest acceptance is correct. Especially if playing with shuugi, when we have aka, we want to make a final shape that we can tsumo with."]}, +"2024-06-29": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "9", "indicator": "6m", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "9m", "9m", "2p", "2p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "0p", "6p", "7p", "7p"], "draw": "8p", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["Cutting ", ["2p"], " makes the pinzu shape a symmetric winged 9 tile shape accepting ", ["1p", "4p", "6p", "9p"], ". Including the manzu ryanmen, this shape can accept a total of 6 types 22 tiles and so is the widest. All tiles can give pinfu tenpai."]}, +"2024-06-30": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3p", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "3p", "4p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "6s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "8p", "answer": "7s", "comment": ["Pinzu is a winged 8 tile shape. Discarding ", ["7s"], " results in super perfect 1 shanten. We can use both dora ", ["4p"], " and aka in the unlikely event that we draw them."]}, +"2024-07-01": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "3m", "3p", "4p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "2s", "2s", "3s"], "draw": "8p", "answer": "3s", "comment": ["Pinzu is a winged 8 tile shape. Counting the number of tiles that give us at least ryanmen tenpai shows that discarding ", ["2s", "3s"], " both give 26 tiles and are superior. Discarding ", ["2s"], " gives a shape referred to in the manga ", ["", "Uchihime Obakamiiko"], " (Katayama Masayuki, Takeshobo) as ", ["", "super perfect 1 shanten"], ", which is an excellent shape that confirms pinfu, but discarding ", ["3s"], " and then drawing ", ["3p", "5p", "6p", "8p"], " gives iipeikou on takame, making the expected value even higher. This is a super perfect 1 shanten that surpasses super perfect 1 shanten... maybe it should be called ", ["", "super perfect 1 shanten 2"]]}, +"2024-07-02": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "3p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "1s", "1s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "1s", "comment": ["We have enough blocks, so drop a pair to aim for pinfu. Dropping either ", ["1s"], " or ", ["9s"], " look to be the same, but we know the location of 2 copies of ", ["9s"], ", so discarding ", ["1s"], " is better, albeit slightly, due to the higher expected number of ura dora during riichi."]}, +"2024-07-03": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "3s", "hand": ["1m", "3m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "7m", "9m", "5p", "6p", "3s", "3s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "9m", "comment": ["There is a high chance that dora will get discarded, so abandon ittsuu. The choice is between ", ["1m"], " and ", ["9m"], ", but discarding ", ["9m"], " and then drawing ", ["2m"], " gives an 1 shanten that can use dora."]}, +"2024-07-04": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "1p", "hand": ["5m", "5m", "1p", "2p", "3p", "2s", "3s", "3s", "5s", "5s", "7s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "8s", "comment": ["We have 4 heads, but we currently have a good shape with 5 blocks, so without any table information, we should fix a ryanmen. Aiming to draw ", ["0m"], " and wait on a tile closer to the outside, we should choose to discard ", ["3s"], " either or ", ["8s"], ". Comparing the result after drawing the inside tile for each of joints reveals a slight but definite difference between the choices. If we keep ", ["3s"], ", we can choose between discarding ", ["6m"], " or ", ["3s"], " upon drawing ", ["4s"], " for 1 shanten. In many cases, tiles that are grouped together have more ways to form good shapes later. In this example, keeping the ", ["3s"], " that is close to the ", ["5s"], " pair is good."]}, +"2024-07-05": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "7p", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "3m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "8p", "8p", "4s", "4s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "2m", "comment": ["If we can call dora ", ["8p"], " then everything is easy, but we have been unable to pon and have ended up with a shape where we have run out of tiles to cut. We have 3 heads, so for acceptance it is wider to break either the ", ["2m"], " or ", ["4s"], " pair, but tanyao is not confirmed. If we are aiming for open tanyao then discarding ", ["3m"], " or ", ["6s"], " and maintaining 3 heads seems good, but bad shape tenpai is likely. If there is no clear difference after considering the various pros and cons, the expected value is higher if we build our hand prioritizing closed hand efficiency since riichi, tsumo, and ura dora are possible"]}, +"2024-07-06": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "4m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "4m", "2p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "8p", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "4m", "comment": ["Drawing ", ["3p"], " kanchan gives pinfu. Take care of the dora indicator that might become scary later and fix dora acceptance. Hope for improvement with the pinzu or souzu shape."]}, +"2024-07-07": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "3m", "3m", "4m", "0m", "6m", "8m", "7p", "8p", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "2m", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["8m"], " is the widest, but discarding ", ["2m"], " gives a ryanmen kanchan variant (", ["1m", "4m", "7m"], "). Drawing ", ["7m"], " gives pinfu sanshoku on takame, and iipeikou isn\u2019t an option anyway since we have ", ["0m"], "."]}, +"2024-07-08": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "3s", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "2m", "6m", "8m", "8m", "4p", "6p", "6p", "2s", "3s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "1m", "comment": ["This hand has 3 heads. According to the theory that 3 heads is the weakest, maintaining 3 heads loses 2 tiles in instantaneous acceptance. However, maximizing acceptance by breaking a pair (with say ", ["6p"], ") results in excess tiles upon reaching an 1 shanten that loses the 2 head shape, so the acceptance situation reverses easily. This shape seems like it will take some time to complete closed, so move towards the inside for now and consider open tanyao"]}, +"2024-07-09": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "7p", "hand": ["1m", "1m", "3m", "6m", "7m", "4p", "4p", "6p", "3s", "4s", "6s", "6s", "8s"], "draw": "0m", "answer": "1m", "comment": ["Move towards the inside for now from 3 heads. Doing so has the widest instantaneous acceptance and can smoothly move towards tanyao. Chii is also possible in the unlikely event that kamicha drops aka."]}, +"2024-07-10": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "3m", "hand": ["2m", "4m", "6m", "1p", "2p", "3p", "2s", "2s", "3s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "5s"], "draw": "5s", "answer": "2m", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["2s"], " has the widest acceptance. Anyone who can recognize this at a single glance is amazing! If we discard ", ["2s"], " we get the largest acceptance and can aim for 234 sanshoku. However, if we discard ", ["2m"], ", the expected value is higher overall with the possibility of iipeikou, dora, and ", ["7m"], " for ryanmen improvement"]}, +"2024-07-11": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "3m", "6m", "8m", "1p", "3p", "3p", "1s", "2s", "2s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "3p", "comment": ["If we want to commit to sanshoku then discarding ", ["3p"], " is correct. If we want to aim for sanshoku and also leave behind strong shapes for later then discarding ", ["6s"], " seems good, but all of these \u201cstrong shapes\u201d will cause us to lose sanshoku. In addition to giving the largest instantaneous acceptance, discarding ", ["3p"], " also lets us use not only ", ["0s"], " and ", ["7s"], ", but also ", ["4p"], ". Additionally, kanchan ", ["2p"], " is strong if it becomes our final shape. Note that discarding ", ["2s"], " is strictly worse than discarding ", ["3p"], ", and discarding ", ["1s"], " is strictly worse than discarding ", ["1p"], "."]}, +"2024-07-12": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "4p", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "7m", "8m", "8m", "8m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "4s"], "draw": "5p", "answer": "1s", "comment": ["In the past, discarding ", ["7m"], " from this hand to keep both 123 and 234 sanshoku possible was considered correct. However, in aka ari mahjong, we simply discard ", ["1s"], " and maximize our acceptance. Doing so keeps the possibility of 234 sanshoku."]}, +"2024-07-13": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "8m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "9m", "9m", "4p", "6p", "6p", "2s", "4s", "4s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "4s", "comment": ["The dora is ", ["9m"], ", so assume that this hand will advance closed. According to the theory that 3 heads is the weakest, breaking a pair here has the largest instantaneous acceptance. Pinzu has 2 types of tiles for ryanmen improvement and souzu has 3 types, so cut from souzu."]}, +"2024-07-14": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "5z", "hand": ["3m", "5m", "8m", "8m", "9p", "9p", "4s", "5s", "6s", "7s", "9s", "6z", "6z"], "draw": "6z", "answer": "5m", "comment": ["We have 3 heads, but we have dora yakuhai ankou, so we should keep the pairs aiming to call pon into tenpai. As such, the choice is then between dropping either ", ["3m", "5m"], " or ", ["7s", "9s"], ". If we keep the connected souzu shape as is, we get a strong shape not only with ryanmen improvement, but also if we draw any ", ["4s", "7s", "9s"], " of into a pair. If we only consider the number of tiles for ryanmen improvement at this moment then we would drop ", ["9s"], ", but if we draw ", ["8m"], " ", ["9p"], " then we end up with kanchan ", ["4m"], " tenpai with few future improvements. We should cut ", ["5m"], " from ", ["3m", "5m"], " and hope for ryanmen improvement towards the outside."]}, +"2024-07-15": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "9", "indicator": "6p", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "7p", "4s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "5m", "answer": "8s", "comment": ["A head is needed to use the 3 sided wait in souzu, but discarding ", ["4s"], " makes it hard to make a head from the remaining shapes. Here simply fix ", ["4s"], " as the head and take sticky 1 shanten aiming for sanshoku including the dora. Doing so can also use all the aka."]}, +"2024-07-16": {"seat": "S", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2p", "hand": ["3p", "5p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "0s", "5s", "6s", "7s", "7s", "7s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "0p", "answer": "5s", "comment": ["Cutting dora gives us the best shape, but if we can use it then we get mangan even if we call. There is a big difference between 3900 points and 8000 points, so we would like to try our best to use it. Discarding ", ["5s"], " possibly leaves us with bad shapes, but the acceptance is actually the largest and lets us aim for an expensive hand. This way it also won\u2019t be awkward if we draw dora."]}, +"2024-07-17": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "2", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "3m", "1p", "3p", "3p", "7p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "8s", "4z", "4z"], "draw": "2p", "answer": "8s", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["3m"], " is better if we only consider acceptance, but we don\u2019t have enough blocks, so we don\u2019t rush to fix the dora joint. There are many improvements for an expensive hand such as drawing dora or drawing ", ["4m"], ". In many cases we will end up cutting ", ["3m"], ", but the returns are great if we can use both copies."]}, +"2024-07-18": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "6s", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "3m", "7m", "8m", "5s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "7s", "7s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "2m", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["2m"], " has 24 tiles of acceptance, so simply maximize acceptance instead of taking a roundabout path to rely on tanyao. We have enough value even if we have to discard dora ", ["7s"], "."]}, +"2024-07-19": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "2m", "3m", "4m", "7m", "8m", "5p", "6p", "2s", "3s", "5s", "5s"], "draw": "5m", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["Too many blocks. We have dora 3, so we move towards the inside\n assuming that we will call. The choice is then between the ", ["7m", "8m"], "\n and ", ["2s", "3s"], " that do not guarantee tanyao, but discarding ", ["2s"], " lets us\n upgrade to an even wider 1 shanten by discarding ", ["5s"], " if we draw\n the ", ["4s"], " backfire."]}, +"2024-07-20": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "3m", "2p", "3p", "2s", "2s", "3s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "3p", "comment": ["The souzu shape is a special connected shape that includes iipeikou. At first glance discarding ", ["5s"], " for perfect 1 shanten seems good, but not only is discarding ", ["3p"], " wider than discarding ", ["5s"], ", doing so also allows us to draw ", ["2s"], " into tenpai. Although discarding ", ["6s"], " gives the largest acceptance, completing pinzu first results in a shanpon wait"]}, +"2024-07-21": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "9", "indicator": "8m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "2p", "2p", "0p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "3s", "3s", "0s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "6s", "comment": ["It is already turn 9, so dropping a pair to return to 2 shanten is slow. Discard either ", ["6p"], " or ", ["6s"], " to maximize acceptance. Cutting either seems the same, but if we discard ", ["6s"], " we can draw ", ["4s"], " or ", ["8s"], " to get a connected shape, making it easier to complete a group."]}, +"2024-07-22": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "8m", "hand": ["5m", "6m", "1p", "1p", "4p", "5p", "5p", "6p", "1s", "1s", "5s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["This is tile efficiency concerning improvements one step ahead, i.e. two step tile efficiency. It is still early, so drop a pair aiming for pinfu sanshoku. Dropping either pair seems the same, but discarding ", ["1p"], " gives ", ["1p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "5p", "6p"], " ryanmen kanchan upon drawing ", ["3p"], "."]}, +"2024-07-23": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["4m", "0m", "5m", "7m", "3p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "8p", "2s", "3s", "4s"], "draw": "5p", "answer": "3p", "comment": ["This is a choice between ", ["7m"], " and ", ["3p"], ", but the difference is clear if we compare the resulting shape when drawing the inside tile for each. Discarding ", ["7m"], " gives a kanchan wait if we draw ", ["4p"], " afterwards, whereas discarding ", ["3p"], " gives a ryanmen wait if we draw ", ["6m"], " afterwards. Although discarding ", ["7m"], " from ", ["4m", "5m", "5m", "7m"], " is common knowledge, learning the exception above will make us even stronger."]}, +"2024-07-24": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "3s", "hand": ["5m", "7m", "9m", "1p", "1p", "2p", "2p", "6p", "7p", "4s", "4s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["With 6 blocks here we want to move towards open tanyao. We are likely to cut the ", ["7m", "9m"], " kanchan, but if we draw ", ["8m"], " then we are 1 shanten for riichi pinfu, so start discarding from ", ["1p"], "."]}, +"2024-07-25": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "7p", "hand": ["4m", "4m", "5m", "4p", "5p", "6p", "4s", "4s", "5s", "5s", "6s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "4s", "answer": "4m", "comment": ["This shape was featured in the manga ", ["", "Manchou! Tsumo Kuratesu"], " (Katayama Masayuki, Takeshobo). We are the dealer, but there are many improvements for good shape, and sanshoku is possible, so we want to break tenpai. The three choices are discarding ", ["7s"], " for acceptance, ", ["4m"], " for sanshoku, and ", ["4s"], " for iipeikou. Discarding ", ["4m"], " seems good for a balance between acceptance and value."]}, +"2024-07-26": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "9p", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "6m", "8m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "4p", "6p", "7s", "9s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "1p", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["6 blocks with yakuhai. According to 5 block theory, here we should prune our hand to 5 strong blocks (we don\u2019t discard ", ["6p"], " just because we want to call ", ["7z"], "). The choice is between discarding ", ["6m", "8m"], " or ", ["7s", "9s"], " but we are likely to insta riichi if this hand completes closed, so keep the one that gives a final shape that is easier to win on."]}, +"2024-07-27": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "8m", "hand": ["7m", "8m", "9m", "1p", "3p", "5p", "6p", "8p", "9p", "3s", "3s", "0s", "5s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["This is a choice between ", ["1p"], " or ", ["9p"], ", Discarding ", ["9p"], " lets pinzu accept ", ["2p", "4p", "7p"], ". Drawing ", ["4p"], " results in long ryankan which can accept ", ["2p", "7p"], " and drawing ", ["7p"], " results in ryankan which can accept ", ["2p", "4p"], ". This is a common shape, so let\u2019s memorize it."]}, +"2024-07-28": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "3m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "4m", "6m", "8m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "7p", "8p", "8p", "9p", "9p"], "draw": "5p", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["If we want to maintain 1 shanten then we discard ", ["3m"], ", but a closed hand left with bad shapes is difficult. Here we give up on iipeikou and aim for ittsuu or open tanyao. If we only consider the shape then we may want to discard ", ["8p"], ", but most pinzu draws result in us discarding ", ["9p"], " anyway. If so, then discarding ", ["9p"], " first seems good (drawing ", ["6p"], " in particular results in a strong shape)."]}, +"2024-07-29": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "7s", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "8p", "9p", "3s", "4s", "7s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "8p", "answer": "5p", "comment": ["We maximize our acceptance at 1 shanten. Discard ", ["5p"], " to set a trap in case we end up with a shanpon wait."]}, +"2024-07-30": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3p", "hand": ["3m", "5m", "7m", "4p", "0p", "6p", "3s", "5s", "5s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "3s", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["6s"], " gives the largest acceptance, but considering the final shape discarding ", ["3s"], " is better. There is a large difference in the acceptance when discarding ", ["3s"], " and ", ["7s"], " versus the other choices since ", ["3s"], " and ", ["6s"], " are suji and overlap."]}, +"2024-07-31": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "7s", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "1p", "1p", "2p", "3p", "6s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "1p", "comment": [["7s"], " is the dora indicator so this is an unpleasant shape, but even then the difference in acceptance makes it better to cut ", ["1p"], " than to cut from souzu. However, since the wait is likely to be dora indicator kanchan ", ["7s"], ", although there being large difference in the probability of getting to tenpai between the choices, there is not that big of a difference in the probability of actually winning the hand."]}, +"2024-08-01": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "7m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "6m", "7m", "5p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "6s", "6s", "7s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "8m", "answer": "5p", "comment": ["We lose sanshoku, but the difference in the number of effective tiles compared to the other options is just too big. No matter what we draw we get tenpai with dora ", ["8m"], " and yaku so this is enough. If we draw ", ["8p"], " we can also aim for sanshoku."]}, +"2024-08-02": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "5p", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "4p", "5p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "7s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "1s", "answer": "7s", "comment": ["Cutting any ", ["1s", "4s", "7s"], " of will result in the same 1 shanten, but discarding ", ["1s"], " eliminates ittsuu. The choice is then between ", ["4s"], " and ", ["7s"], ", but discarding ", ["4s"], " and then drawing ", ["3s"], " loses tanyao. The correct choice is ", ["7s"], ", which is compatible with both tanyao and ittsuu."]}, +"2024-08-03": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "7m", "8m", "6p", "7p", "8p", "5s", "6s", "7s", "7s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["We have many improvements and can aim for an expensive hand with tanyao, pinfu, and sanshoku, so breaking tenpai is recommended. If we break tenpai then the choice is between ", ["7s"], " and ", ["9s"], ". Comparing the conditions, we find that the acceptance is the same. Discarding ", ["7s"], " only results in 1 more tile that gives sanshoku. However, there is a large difference in the ease of making tanyao. If we discard ", ["9s"], " and then draw ", ["5s", "7s"], " for tenpai with sanshoku, we can choose between damaten for takame mangan or riichi aiming for haneman."]}, +"2024-08-04": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "5p", "hand": ["6m", "6m", "7m", "2p", "2p", "4p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "2s", "3s", "4s"], "draw": "7p", "answer": "4p", "comment": ["Iipeikou is possible so it may seem tempting to discard ", ["6m"], ", but if we discard ", ["6m"], " and then draw ", ["2p", "4p"], " then we would have to discard dora, so we fix the dora joint."]}, +"2024-08-05": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "7m", "hand": ["4m", "6m", "6m", "3p", "3p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "9p", "5s", "5s", "7s"], "draw": "8p", "answer": "7s", "comment": ["This is a question about whether we can notice the chiitoi 1 shanten or not. A normal hand is also possible, but as a normal hand this hand is filled with kanchan, so we should think of chiitoi as our main route. Taking into account aka acceptance, discarding ", ["7s"], " seems good by elimination."]}, +"2024-08-06": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["2m", "4m", "6m", "8m", "2p", "2p", "8p", "8p", "2s", "4s", "4s", "0s", "6s"], "draw": "7m", "answer": "2m", "comment": ["This is a choice between ", ["2m"], " ", ["2s"], " ", ["8p"], ". According to 2 head theory, we keep a set of pairs that are strong when drawing them into ankou and improve to ryanmen when drawing the tile on the inside. Therefore, we should drop either manzu or souzu kanchan. If we draw ", ["5m"], " then the manzu shape becomes a 3 sided wait, but drawing ", ["9m"], " loses tanyao so it\u2019s mediocre. Drawing ", ["5s"], " is of course strong, and drawing any of ", ["4s", "6s", "7s"], " also gives strong shapes."]}, +"2024-08-07": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "4s", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "8p", "3s"], "draw": "5s", "answer": "6m", "comment": ["Try not to overlook the fact that in addition to drawing ", ["5p"], ", drawing ", ["7p"], " also gives sanshoku."]}, +"2024-08-08": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "2m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "6m", "7m", "7m", "3p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "8s", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["8s"], " gives the highest chance of good shape tenpai, win rate, and expected value. We have dora 1, so kanchan riichi is also acceptable if we draw ", ["1p"], "."]}, +"2024-08-09": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "6z", "hand": ["6p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "3s", "5s", "6s", "7s", "7s", "7s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "2s", "answer": "6p", "comment": ["We have too many blocks, so the basic idea here is to keep 5 strong blocks. If we can call dora ", ["7z"], " then it seems like we will win no matter what we discard, but it is already turn 8, so it may be good idea to also consider the case where we can\u2019t call. The souzu shape is strong both for acceptance and as final shape, so we don\u2019t touch it. If we can\u2019t see ", ["0p"], " yet then we should keep the ", ["6p", "7p", "8p"], " group from ", ["6p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "9p"], ", i.e. cut either ", ["6p"], " or ", ["9p"], ", but considering safety we should start from ", ["6p"], "."]}, +"2024-08-10": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "7p", "hand": ["2p", "2p", "2p", "3p", "5p", "7p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "5s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "1p", "answer": "5p", "comment": ["Break tenpai here with many improvements. Discarding ", ["5p"], " accepts both ittsuu and dora. Kanchan insta riichi without dora is a one way ticket to hell. Let\u2019s avoid doing so"]}, +"2024-08-11": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "4p", "hand": ["2m", "4m", "6m", "8m", "8m", "8m", "3p", "4p", "0p", "6p", "7p", "2s", "3s"], "draw": "4s", "answer": "2m", "comment": ["It is turn 7 and we have at least tanyao dora 2 as the dealer, so we should prioritize acceptance and final shape over sanshoku when choosing what to discard. Moreover, since the pinzu shape is good, sanshoku is unlikely to complete. Thus, we want to keep the ", ["6m", "8m", "8m", "8m"], " irregular 2 sided wait in manzu."]}, +"2024-08-12": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "8p", "hand": ["2m", "4m", "7m", "8m", "2p", "4p", "9p", "9p", "9p", "1s", "1s", "4s", "4s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["Too many blocks. According to 5 block theory we should drop the weakest block. The ", ["4s"], " pair is a good block that has two types of tiles for ryanmen improvement. ", ["1s"], " is necessary as the head when ", ["4s"], " improves to ryanmen so we keep it with ", ["4s"], " together as a set (2 head theory). The choice is between the remaining ", ["2m", "4m"], " and ", ["2p", "4p"], " blocks, but ", ["2m", "4m"], " is strong since drawing ", ["5m"], " upgrades it to a 3 sided wait. Therefore, dropping the weakest block ", ["2p", "4p"], " starting from the outside with ", ["2p"], " is correct."]}, +"2024-08-13": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "6s", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "5m", "5m", "5m", "2p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "2s", "2s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "1p", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["\u201cWhat\u2019s this? We have found seeds with which to grow some value!\u201d The choice is between ", ["3m"], " and ", ["2s"], ", but drawing ", ["4m"], " after discarding ", ["2s"], " gets us pinfu."]}, +"2024-08-14": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "3m", "4m", "7m", "3p", "1s", "2s", "2s", "3s", "3s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "8s", "comment": ["We have secured 3 joints and have a head. This is a basic question about where we should seek to draw the remaining joint. Aiming to draw ", ["3m", "7m"], " ", ["3p"], " into a joint is correct."]}, +"2024-08-15": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "4p", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "2p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "2s", "2s", "3s"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "3p", "comment": ["We can aim for 234 sanshoku with this shape. The dora is ", ["5p"], ", so discarding ", ["3p"], " leaves sanshoku possible while also accepting dora, maximizing both acceptance and expected value. Discarding ", ["4m"], " is also a flexible play, but in the case that we draw ", ["5m"], " and lose sanshoku the resulting shape is worse than if we had discarded ", ["3p"], " (drawing ", ["5m"], " after discarding ", ["3p"], " lets us discard ", ["3s"], " for an excellent 1 shanten). This is a rather difficult question, but there are tricks to solving it. We would like to maintain 2 heads to aim for perfect 1 shanten. To use dora ", ["5p"], ", it is important to consider how to use the surrounding tiles. If we consider ", ["5p", "6p", "6p", "7p"], " as a nakabukure shape,", ["3p"], " , which is suji to ", ["6p"], ", comes up as a choice. All that\u2019s left afterwards is to confirm whether that is correct or not."]}, +"2024-08-16": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "8m", "hand": ["0m", "6m", "7m", "1p", "1p", "2p", "3p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "2s", "4s"], "draw": "4s", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["Acceptance for ", ["4p"], " overlaps, so discarding ", ["1p"], " gives the highest acceptance. Ignore kanchan or penchan iipeikou."]}, +"2024-08-17": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "6z", "hand": ["4p", "4p", "4p", "5p", "7p", "9p", "9p", "4s", "5s", "7s", "9s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "5p", "comment": ["At first glance the pinzu shape seems complicated, but the answer should be immediately clear if we consider the shape assuming that we have called ", ["7z"], ". If the pinzu shape fills first insta riichi on ", ["8s"], " kanchan is strategically sound. Both 2 head theory and 3 tile weak block theory point to discarding ", ["5p"], " in this question."]}, +"2024-08-18": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "4p", "hand": ["3p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "1s", "1s", "2s", "3s", "7s", "8s", "8s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "5p", "answer": "8s", "comment": ["Usually there is no problem with breaking the aryanmen by discarding ", ["1s"], " in a shape like this where the head is not well defined, but the situation here is slightly different. Pinzu is a 3 sided wait with dora right in the center, so we would like to make full use of this shape. Discarding ", ["8s"], " confirms pinfu and makes it likely for the final shape to be a 3 sided wait. In terms of acceptance discarding ", ["1s"], " is better, but discarding ", ["8s"], " has the largest win rate. Our value also changes, so the expected value is also the largest."]}, +"2024-08-19": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "4m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "7m", "7m", "8m", "3p", "4p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "5s", "7s", "9s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["Good shape 1 shanten. The choice is between ", ["8m"], " and ", ["9s"], ", but ittsuu is possible so start cutting from ", ["8m"], "."]}, +"2024-08-20": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "6m", "7m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "5s", "7s", "9s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "9s", "comment": ["We have enough blocks, so there is no problem with leaving ittsuu possible and discarding ", ["6m"], " either. However, greeding for ", ["0m"], " and discarding ", ["9s"], " is recommended. Doing so also lets us replace the head when we draw dora ", ["2m"], ". In live play, how good players are at choosing when to switch to a safe tile shows the difference between their skill levels."]}, +"2024-08-21": {"seat": "S", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "8m", "hand": ["4m", "0m", "6m", "7m", "5p", "2s", "4s", "0s", "5s", "6s", "6s", "6s", "8s"], "draw": "0p", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["If we want to reach tenpai as quickly as possible despite the bad shapes then we discard ", ["7m"], ", but it is still early, so we discard either ", ["2s"], " or ", ["8s"], " and hope for manzu to extend. Discarding ", ["2s"], " and then drawing ", ["7s"], " results in ryanmen tenpai, whereas discarding ", ["8s"], " and then drawing ", ["3s"], " results in shanpon tenpai. Moreover, discarding ", ["2s"], " and then drawing ", ["3s"], " lets us improve to a possibly furiten but wide 1 shanten. Discarding ", ["8s"], " and then drawing ", ["7s"], " is purely a backfire."]}, +"2024-08-22": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "7p", "hand": ["2m", "4m", "1p", "1p", "6p", "7p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "5s", "6s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "2m", "comment": ["Currently 2 shanten with too many blocks. According to 1 shanten peak theory, aim for a strong 1 shanten with possible ittsuu."]}, +"2024-08-23": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "7m", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "8m", "9m", "5p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "2s", "4s"], "draw": "3m", "answer": "9m", "comment": ["If we can recognize the ", ["3m", "3m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "8m"], " irregular 2 sided wait then we can answer this instantly. Even if we cut ", ["9m"], " here we can still use ", ["7m"], " and ", ["8m"], ". If we directly fill the souzu kanchan we discard ", ["6p"], " and insta riichi."]}, +"2024-08-24": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "2m", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "3m", "2p", "4p", "0p", "6p", "7p", "9p", "2m", "3m", "4m", "5m"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["1 shanten with dora 2. We are the dealer, so even with bad shape tenpai we want to suppress others with head start riichi. It may feel like there is no problem with moving inward while keeping our eyes on sanshoku by discarding ", ["9p"], ", but reaching tenpai first seems more likely. Considering the case when the final shape is in pinzu, discarding ", ["2p"], " is correct."]}, +"2024-08-25": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "8m", "9m", "1p", "1p", "1p", "2p", "4p", "4s", "0s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "4p", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["9m"], " is best for acceptance, but ", ["3p"], " kanchan the final shape is rough. Discarding ", ["4p"], " guarantees good shape tenpai."]}, +"2024-08-26": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "9", "indicator": "6m", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "4m", "7m", "7m", "5p", "7p", "7p", "1s", "1s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "3m", "comment": ["We would like to drop the ", ["1s"], " pair and go for tanyao, but it is already turn 9. Fix the ryanmen for a good final shape and maintain 1 shanten. If we draw ", ["7p"], " into a joint then we drop the pair. We of course pon dora, and we also chii ", ["6p"], " if possible."]}, +"2024-08-27": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "4m", "5p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "3s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "3s", "answer": "4m", "comment": ["Splitting the hand into the following blocks makes this question easy to understand. ", ["2m", "3m", "4m", "4m"], " + ", ["5p", "6p", "7p", "8p"], " + ", ["3s", "3s"], " + ", ["4s", "5s", "6s", "7s"], " The souzu portion is a convenient shape that can be used either as a head + group or 2 groups. If it extends then using it as a head + 2 groups is also possible. 4 tile connected shapes are stronger than aryanmen. When a hand contains convenient shapes like this, cutting the aryanmen is likely to be correct."]}, +"2024-08-28": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "4m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "3m", "0m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "5s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "7p", "answer": "8s", "comment": ["At first glance, discarding ", ["2m"], " and returning to 2 shanten seems good, but we won\u2019t cut double dora ", ["5m"], ", so even if the souzu shape extends it is meaningless. Here cutting souzu so that we don\u2019t miss tenpai with ", ["4m"], " draw is correct."]}, +"2024-08-29": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "4p", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "5m", "5m", "4p", "5p", "2s", "3s", "5s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "2m", "comment": ["According to 5 block theory, we drop a weak block, in this case the ", ["2m"], " pair with few extensions. In addition to discarding ", ["6s"], " making 6 blocks, the acceptance for ", ["4s"], " overlaps so we don\u2019t cut ", ["6s"]]}, +"2024-08-30": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "8s", "hand": ["3m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "3p", "3p", "4p", "4p", "7p", "8p", "2s", "4s", "4s"], "draw": "9p", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["This ", ["9p"], " draw makes us lose tanyao. Discarding ", ["3m"], " gives the widest acceptance, but filling souzu first gives a hand with no dora, no yaku, and no good points overall; we might hesitate to call riichi. If so, then we should leave only the shapes that give yaku and play flexibly. We lose ", ["3s"], ", but drawing ", ["2p", "5p"], " is takame pinfu iipeikou. If we draw ", ["3m"], " into a joint then we drop a tile from ", ["3p", "3p", "4p", "4p"], " the double ryanmen for perfect 1 shanten. Note that nowadays it is common to not immediately drop ", ["3p", "4p"], " from the shape in this question."]}, +"2024-08-31": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "7p", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "7m", "8m", "9m", "7p", "8p", "8p", "9p", "3s", "4s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["Fixing the dora head is slow. Here we cut the dora for wide acceptance. In terms of acceptance discarding ", ["3m"], " is also wide, but the bottleneck becomes pinzu; other than dora ", ["8p"], " and dora indicator ", ["7p"], " there are no desirable draws. There\u2019s also aka acceptance, so take good care of the manzu shape."]}, +"2024-09-01": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "6p", "hand": ["2p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "8p", "8p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "2p", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["8p"], " makes the pinzu shape a ryanmen kanchan variant that accepts ", ["3p", "6p", "9p"], ", but this is a trap. Discarding ", ["8p"], " not only loses iipeikou, but also makes drawing the third copy of dora awkward. Normally discarding ", ["2p"], " is wider and also better for value."]}, +"2024-09-02": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "3m", "4m", "1p", "1p", "5p", "7p", "7p", "4s", "5s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "7p", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["3m"], " is best for immediate speed, but no yaku no dora bad shape tenpai is likely. Here we discard ", ["7p"], " and hope for ryanmen improvement in pinzu and extension in manzu. This seems to violate 2 head theory, but discarding ", ["5p"], " and setting up 2 heads gives ", ["8p"], " as the sole type of tile for ryanmen improvement. Getting pinfu tenpai directly by drawing ", ["6p"], " is also important."]}, +"2024-09-03": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["3p", "0p", "8p", "9p", "2s", "4s", "7s", "7s", "8s", "8s", "8s", "1z", "1z"], "draw": "9p", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["Too many blocks. This hand relies on double ", ["1z"], ", so set up 5 blocks here prioritizing calling efficiency."]}, +"2024-09-04": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "6m", "6m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "7s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "5m", "answer": "3m", "comment": ["There are likely many who would discard ", ["6m"], " for the 4 sided wait (", ["2m", "5m", "7m", "8m"], "), but discarding ", ["3m"], " gives a ", ["4m", "5m", "7m", "8m"], " 4 sided wait. This accepts ", ["4m"], " dora and so is better for value. In live play the choice will depend on the situation, but in terms of expected value, ", ["3m"], ">", ["6m"], ">", ["7s"], " ."]}, +"2024-09-05": {"seat": "N", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["1m", "1m", "3m", "3m", "1p", "2p", "3p", "4p", "7p", "4s", "5s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "9p", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["There is a certain WWYD book that says discarding ", ["3m"], " and returning to 2 shanten is correct, but simply taking the 1 shanten is recommended. Discarding ", ["3m"], " does not guarantee good shape tenpai. Insta riichi isn\u2019t a problem if we directly draw ", ["8p"], ", and if the souzu shape extends then we can choose between dropping either the ", ["3m"], " pair or pinzu kanchan. Discarding ", ["3m"], " from this shape is slow and good shape disease."]}, +"2024-09-06": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "1p", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "2m", "3m", "4m", "6m", "1p", "2p", "3p", "8p", "8p", "3s", "4s"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "1m", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["2m"], " is the widest, but the difference in acceptance when discard ", ["1m"], " is only 1 tile. Considering value, choose the shape that includes possible iipeikou. Drawing ", ["4p"], " also makes 234 sanshoku possible."]}, +"2024-09-07": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "8m", "hand": ["2p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "4p", "4p", "7p", "7p", "8p", "2s", "3s", "3s", "4s"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["If we think of ", ["2p", "3p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "4p", "4p"], " not as triplets but instead as sequences then the answer is clear. We get tanyao pinfu iipeikou upon drawing ", ["2p", "5p"], ". Drawing souzu for tenpai also always lets us call ryanmen riichi. This play also has the largest acceptance and moreover is the least likely to lose tanyao\u2014a play that we can\u2019t complain about."]}, +"2024-09-08": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["1m", "1m", "1m", "5m", "6m", "6m", "4p", "5p", "5p", "2s", "2s", "3s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "4p", "comment": ["At first glance it seems like we should fix a ryanmen, but we actually have 4 heads, so fixing a head has the largest acceptance as chiitoi is possible. Although rare, sanankou is also possible. Fixing a head is actually better for both speed and value. The choice is between ", ["5m"], " ", ["4p"], " ", ["3s"], ", but considering aka and final shape, ", ["4p"], " is correct."]}, +"2024-09-09": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["1m", "1m", "3m", "5m", "6m", "6m", "8m", "4p", "4p", "7p", "8p", "4s", "0s"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "1m", "comment": ["3 heads. According to the theory that 3 heads is the weakest, breaking a pair gains 2 tiles of acceptance. Here we discard 1 copy of ", ["1m"], ". After that, depending on our draws we can go for tanyao, sanshoku, or ittsuu."]}, +"2024-09-10": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["0m", "6m", "6m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "8p", "4s", "5s", "5s"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "6m", "comment": ["This is a question about whether or not to keep the ", ["7p"], " kanchan. We are the dealer and it is turn 8. Tanyao is basically confirmed and we have aka 1, so we should simply take the 1 shanten. Discarding ", ["6m"], " to confirm aka and keeping the possibility to directly draw the ", ["7p"], " kanchan is the most flexible. Doing so also lets us draw a pair in pinzu for good shape"]}, +"2024-09-11": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "6p", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "8m", "3p", "3p", "8p", "8p", "9p", "3s", "3s", "5s"], "draw": "7m", "answer": "3s", "comment": ["A certain WWYD book says that discarding ", ["3p"], " is correct, but breaking a pair for a floating tile and going for sanshoku was only considered good in the Showa era. In modern mahjong, we do not force distant sanshoku, and breaking a pair to keep a floating tile is also not recommended. There is also the option of discarding ", ["9p"], " and going straight for open tanyao, but it is still early, and according to the theory that 3 heads is the weakest, discarding ", ["3s"], " keeps dora ", ["7p"], " acceptance, is more mobile, and is also better for improvements. If we draw something next to ", ["3p"], " afterwards then we can discard ", ["9p"], " and go for sanshoku."]}, +"2024-09-12": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "8p", "hand": ["1m", "3m", "6m", "8m", "2p", "3p", "7p", "8p", "4s", "4s", "5s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "5s", "answer": "1m", "comment": ["Too many blocks. Drop the weak penchan. Although the souzu shape has overlapping acceptance, don\u2019t cut ", ["4s"], " or ", ["5s"], "."]}, +"2024-09-13": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "8m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "5p", "7p", "8p"], "draw": "2m", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["5p"], " lets manzu accept ", ["2m", "5m", "7m", "8m"], " and guarantees pinfu. Discarding ", ["8m"], " results in a kanchan wait upon drawing ", ["8p"], ", but the rest of the effective tiles all result in pinfu. Either choice is good, but due to drawing ", ["6p"], " giving a 3 sided wait and ", ["0p"], " acceptance, discarding ", ["8m"], " has the largest expected value"]}, +"2024-09-14": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "6p", "hand": ["6m", "8m", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "3s", "3s", "0s", "1z", "1z"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["We return to 2 shanten, but keep a strong shape. Since we have a yakuhai pair, cutting from pinzu for 1 shanten is likely to result in us discarding ", ["0s"], ". Haste makes waste here. If we think of ", ["7p", "8p", "9p"], " as a group in pinzu, then we can think of ", ["3p", "4p", "5p", "6p"], " as a 4 tile connected shape. Even if we return to 2 shanten, it seems like we can quickly make a ryanmen. Drawing ", ["3p", "6p", "9p"], " into a pair also results in a fairly strong shape."]}, +"2024-09-15": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2m", "hand": ["3m", "0m", "6m", "7m", "5p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "6s", "6s", "7s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "5p", "comment": ["If it is still early then discarding ", ["9s"], " is also an option, but here on turn 7 we consider the balance between acceptance, value, and final shape. The correct choice is the one that lets us use dora regardless of whether we draw it into a sequence or a pair."]}, +"2024-09-16": {"seat": "S", "round": "E", "turn": "1", "indicator": "8m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "7m", "8m", "1p", "4p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "6s", "8s", "1z", "4z"], "draw": "5m", "answer": "1z", "comment": ["This is a good haipai with 2 groups and no head. We are close to pinfu, so take care to cut yakuhai. This is a rare case, but if we draw ", ["2p", "3p"], " into the ", ["1p", "4p"], " bad shape we get nobetan, which lets us make a head more easily."]}, +"2024-09-17": {"seat": "S", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "4s", "hand": ["1m", "1m", "3m", "4m", "0m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "7m", "7m", "4p", "4s", "4s"], "draw": "0s", "answer": "4s", "comment": ["Fix the double dora ", ["0s"], ". 14 tiles of acceptance is decent, so do not discard ", ["1m"], " to go for tanyao. Those who discard ", ["1m"], " are at risk of tanyao disease. Only drop ", ["1m"], " pair if we draw into a joint first. Note that since we currently have 3 heads, discarding ", ["4s"], " and discarding ", ["4p"], " only differ in acceptance by 2 tiles (1 tile when accounting for the dora indicator)."]}, +"2024-09-18": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "7m", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "8m", "4p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "2s", "2s", "4s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "4s", "comment": ["The ", ["2s", "2s", "4s", "4s", "6s", "6s"], " shape is called ", ["", "flying pairs"], ". Cutting the center tile ", ["4s"], " lets us draw any of ", ["2s", "3s", "5s", "6s"], " to complete a head + a group. Cut flying pairs from the center."]}, +"2024-09-19": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "5m", "3p", "4p", "4p", "4p", "5p", "3s", "3s", "5s", "5s", "7s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "3s", "comment": ["Do not follow the theory to cut flying pairs from the center and carelessly discard ", ["5s"], ". This is a fairly rare exception. Discarding ", ["3s"], " also gives sanshoku upon drawing ", ["6s"], " for confirmed 5200 point dama. If the pinzu shape improves then we lose at most 4 tiles of acceptance compared to discarding ", ["5s"], ", but the tiles responsible for the difference cause us to lose sanshoku. There is also the advantage of being able to pon ", ["0s"], "."]}, +"2024-09-20": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "7s", "hand": ["2m", "4m", "5p", "6p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "2s", "2s", "4s", "4s", "6s", "6s"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "2m", "comment": ["We can aim for sanankou, chiitoi, and iipeikou. Discarding ", ["4s"], " from the ", ["2s", "2s", "4s", "4s", "6s", "6s"], " flying pairs shape is flexible, but ", ["2m"], " discarding gives stronger shapes after the hand advances a step. We can still discard ", ["4s"], " after the hand advances a step, and with both choices being kanchan, the possibility of iipeikou makes keeping ", ["4s"], " better. Those who discard from souzu likely do not see that we can draw a pair in pinzu for chiitoi."]}, +"2024-09-21": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "4p", "hand": ["4m", "0m", "7m", "8m", "3p", "3p", "5p", "5p", "7p", "7p", "8p", "8p", "8p"], "draw": "9m", "answer": "3p", "comment": ["Cutting dora is the widest, but it is possible that we end up dropping the dora pair. Discarding ", ["3p"], " makes us miss tenpai with ", ["6p"], " draw and discarding ", ["7p"], " makes us miss tenpai with ", ["4p"], " draw, but discarding ", ["3p"], " and then drawing ", ["6p"], " backfire or ", ["9p"], " lets us go for iipeikou."]}, +"2024-09-22": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "8s", "hand": ["0m", "6m", "2p", "2p", "5p", "7p", "4s", "5s", "5s", "6s", "7s", "7s", "9s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "2p", "comment": [["9s"], " is dora, so although open sanshoku is an option, open tanyao is not. We have too many blocks, so according to 5 block theory, drop the weakest block. At first glance, it may seem good to discard ", ["7s"], " for 567 sanshoku, but if we draw ", ["3s", "6s"], " next then we would drop the ", ["2p"], " pair. If so, then discarding ", ["2p"], " now will let us keep strong shapes later. The only direct backfire if we do this is ", ["2p"], "."]}, +"2024-09-23": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "2m", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "8p", "8p", "6s", "6s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["The correct play is to discard ", ["8p"], ", which lets us draw ", ["2p", "4p", "5p"], " for strong shapes. Discarding ", ["6p"], " also seems like a common play and has the advantage that ", ["8p"], " comes out more easily if we draw ", ["3m", "6m"], " for shanpon wait riichi. However, in addition to ippatsu and tsumo, the possibilities of a 3 sided wait, iipeikou, and perfect 1 shanten make discarding ", ["8p"], " incomparably better."]}, +"2024-09-24": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "4p", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "0p", "2s", "3s", "4s", "7s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "8s", "comment": ["The manzu shape can be interpreted as a ", ["4m", "5m", "6m", "7m"], " 4 tile connected shape. It\u2019s okay to cut double dora ", ["0p"], " for a 3 sided wait or pinfu tanyao. Tsumogiri tiles like ", ["1m", "9m"], " that are not worth cutting ", ["0p"], " for."]}, +"2024-09-25": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "4s", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "6m", "7m", "2p", "2p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "1s", "1s"], "draw": "5m", "answer": "1s", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["2p"], " is the widest, but the manzu shape is good, so no yaku bad shape tenpai is likely. Move toward the more mobile option of tanyao here. Doing so also enables dama upon drawing ", ["2m", "5m", "8m"], " "]}, +"2024-09-26": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "9p", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "4p", "0p", "7p", "9p", "9p", "4s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "9s"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "4s", "comment": ["Directly drawing ", ["8s"], " kanchan gives pinfu tenpai. If the pinzu shape extends then drop the souzu kanchan. Depending on playstyle, there is also the option of directly discarding ", ["7p"], " or ", ["9s"], ", but in this case one copy of ", ["9p"], " is used as the dora indicator, so such plays have fewer benefits. Even during live play, we want to master how to build hands that avoid shapes with low acceptance as much as possible."]}, +"2024-09-27": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "8s", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "3m", "3m", "0m", "7m", "7m", "6p", "7p", "8p", "2s", "4s", "4s"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["We might want to discard ", ["2m"], " to confirm ", ["0m"], ", but discarding ", ["2s"], " here is correct. In addition to having the largest acceptance, drawing ", ["6m"], " results in tanyao pinfu iipeikou on takame and so is also superior in terms of value. This is also easier to call with."]}, +"2024-09-28": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "5m", "5m", "7m", "1p", "1p", "2p", "3p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "5p"], "draw": "4m", "answer": "3p", "comment": ["The widest choice is of course to cut dora ", ["1m"], ", but the bottleneck is the ", ["2p"], " kanchan that is likely to become the final shape. By cutting ", ["3p"], " and keeping the dora, drawing dora ", ["1m"], " and ", ["2m"], " results in tenpai, and pinfu tenpai is basically confirmed"]}, +"2024-09-29": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "4z", "hand": ["1m", "4m", "6m", "8m", "8m", "0p", "5p", "7p", "9p", "5s", "6s", "1z", "1z"], "draw": "1z", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["2m"], " and discarding ", ["9p"], " both maximize acceptance. Either one seems fine to discard, but there is a big difference in whether we get excess tiles or not when we pon. If we discard and then pon , discarding puts us in an great position. If we discard ", ["9p"], " and then pon ", ["8m"], ", we would have to choose between either ", ["4m", "6m"], " kanchan or ", ["7p", "9p"], " kanchan to discard as excess tiles. This question can be understood easily by applying 3 tile weak block theory; note that in this hand, manzu has 5 tiles (odd number) and pinzu has 4 tiles (even number)"]}, +"2024-09-30": {"seat": "S", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["2m", "4m", "4m", "4p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "4s", "0s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "2m", "comment": ["Here we cut ", ["2m"], " for ", ["1p"], " hand that is good for both staying closed and calling. The only backfire is ", ["3m"], ". At first glance, we might want to discard ", ["7s"], " since acceptance for ", ["6s"], " overlaps, but ryanmen is still strong despite overlapping acceptance."]}, +"2024-10-01": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "9", "indicator": "3m", "hand": ["5m", "7m", "8m", "8m", "8m", "3p", "4p", "4p", "6p", "7p", "8s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "9m", "answer": "4p", "comment": ["This is a shape that gives backfires no matter what we discard. Discarding ", ["4p"], " here minimizes the damage if we draw the backfire. The pinzu shape has overlapping acceptance, but ryanmen is still strong. When in doubt, fix the ryanmen for the time being. Doing so lets us avoid most A level mistakes."]}, +"2024-10-02": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "9", "indicator": "4m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "4m", "6m", "6m", "7p", "7p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "3s", "5s", "5s"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "7p", "comment": ["A hand with 4 heads. We may want to go for open tanyao with this, but doing so is difficult if pinzu doesn\u2019t extend downward. For value there is suuankou, only one copy of the dora indicator ", ["4m"], " remains, and we would like to use the manzu joint since it can accept dora ", ["5m"], ". Discarding ", ["7p"], " is flexible as it not only lets us go for a normal hand, but also keeps the possibility of chiitoi."]}, +"2024-10-03": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "3p", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "5m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "6p", "7p", "2s", "2s", "3s", "4s"], "draw": "0s", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["Too many blocks. Here discarding ", ["2s"], " is correct. If we draw ", ["6s"], " then we can go for 567 sanshoku. However, if we get a strong shape by say drawing pinzu into a pair before we can draw ", ["6s"], ", we give up on sanshoku and simply keep the strong shapes. Although discarding ", ["6m"], " is the widest, it is a loss to not be able to draw ", ["5p", "8p"], " for ryanmen tenpai."]}, +"2024-10-04": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "5p", "hand": ["4m", "0m", "6m", "8m", "9m", "9m", "6p", "7p", "2s", "4s", "4s", "5s", "7s"], "draw": "7m", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["If we discard ", ["2s"], " and keep ", ["9m"], ", drawing ", ["3m", "6m", "9m"], " lets us discard ", ["7s"], " for perfect 1 shanten. Discarding ", ["9m"], " lets us draw ", ["2s", "3s"], " for a strong shape, but ", ["3m", "6m", "9m"], " is slightly wider than ", ["2s", "3s"], "."]}, +"2024-10-05": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "2m", "hand": ["7m", "8m", "3p", "5p", "5p", "7p", "7p", "9p", "5s", "5s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "3p", "comment": ["Aim for 789 sanshoku. According to 1 shanten peak theory, keeping the shapes that most readily give sanshoku at 1 shanten is correct. Those who chose ", ["5s"], " or ", ["7p"], " should consider what happens upon drawing ", ["6p"], ". Neither choice forms 2 heads easily at 1 shanten."]}, +"2024-10-06": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "6m", "hand": ["5m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "2p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "7s", "comment": ["At first glance this looks complicated, but if we separate the shape like below then the problem is as good as solved. Fix ", ["8s"], " as the head and aim to draw manzu or pinzu into a joint.\n", ["5m", "6m", "6m", "7m"], " + ", ["2p", "3p", "4p"], " + ", ["3p", "4p", "5p", "6p"], " + ", ["7s", "8s", "8s"]]}, +"2024-10-07": {"seat": "S", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "2m", "2m", "3m", "5m", "7m", "2p", "2p", "3p", "5s", "6s", "2z"], "draw": "2z", "answer": "7m", "comment": ["We have dora 3 and too many blocks. Assuming that we can and will call ", ["2z"], ", we should keep the strong shapes. To solve this question concerning a hand involving yakuhai, we should consider the easy to pon joints that we will definitely call, and the joints that seem likely to complete even without calling. Here, our seat wind ", ["2z"], " is easy to pon and we will always definitely call it, and ", ["2p", "2p", "3p"], " is a strong joint that is likely to complete even without calling; in live play, these two will often complete first. Keeping this in mind naturally leads to discarding ", ["7m"], " as the answer."]}, +"2024-10-08": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "4z", "hand": ["5m", "1p", "1p", "6p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "3s", "4s", "5s", "1z", "1z", "1z"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "5m", "comment": ["Cutting tiles adjacent to ankou if aiming to draw a joint for tenpai is accepted theory. However, in this case we have yakuhai dora 3, so ", ["1p", "6p"], " pon is strong. Discarding ", ["5m"], " only has 3 fewer tiles of acceptance than discarding ", ["7p"], ". Considering the final shape, discarding ", ["5m"], " is correct."]}, +"2024-10-09": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "6m", "8m", "4p", "4p", "7p", "7p", "2s", "3s", "3s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["Too many blocks. With 3 heads, dropping a pair results in higher acceptance, but this is an archetypal shape where the acceptance situation reverses later. The pinzu pairs are suji, but maintain 3 pairs regardless. Imagining the perfect 1 shanten that results after ", ["4p", "7p"], " extend gives the answer in no time"]}, +"2024-10-10": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "2m", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "6m", "7m", "2p", "4p", "4p", "9p", "9p", "4s", "5s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["In the past discarding ", ["4p"], " from this shape was correct for ease of pinfu. If we consider only the ease of making pinfu then we discard ", ["4p"], ", but we have too many blocks, so when we draw a tile into one of the strong shapes we have to deal with ", ["2p", "4p"], ". Assuming that we will complete one of the strong shapes first, committing to 5 blocks here and dropping the weak ", ["9p"], " pair is stronger later."]}, +"2024-10-11": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "3s", "hand": ["1m", "1m", "6m", "8m", "0p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "1z", "1z"], "draw": "6p", "answer": "1m", "comment": ["We have double ", ["1z"], " and 2 dora. This is a choice between double ", ["1z"], " and pinfu, but recently discarding pinfu ", ["1m"], " together with is becoming common knowledge. If we get to tenpai without relying on double ", ["1z"], " then we insta riichi. If we draw ", ["7m", "8m"], " ", ["0p", "6p"], " into a pair then we prepare to pon for tenpai"]}, +"2024-10-12": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "4m", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "4p", "5p", "6p", "9p", "9p", "6s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "7s", "comment": ["Pinzu has a 4 tile connected shape that we can make 2 joints out of here. We are likely to drop the ", ["1m", "2m"], " penchan, but even so directly drawing ", ["3m"], " will give us tenpai, so we keep it for as long as we can. Fixing the ryanmen by discarding ", ["7s"], " is fundamental for making pinfu"]}, +"2024-10-13": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "4s", "hand": ["4m", "4m", "5m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "8m", "9m", "4p", "5p", "4s", "5s"], "draw": "0s", "answer": "4s", "comment": ["If we are to accept 1 shanten then we discard either ", ["8m"], " or ", ["4s"], ". Discarding ", ["9m"], " and returning to 2 shanten is slow. Either choice has the same number of effective tiles, but not only does discarding ", ["8m"], " restrict us to a closed hand, sanshoku would require us to discard dora. Discarding ", ["4s"], " confirms dora 3 and also lets us call. Pon without hesitation if ", ["8m"], " or ", ["5s"], " come out."]}, +"2024-10-14": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "2p", "hand": ["0m", "4p", "5p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "5s", "5s", "7s", "8s", "8s", "7z", "7z"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "7z", "comment": ["Give up on chiitoi that can\u2019t use ", ["0m"], " easily. Sort out 5 blocks and go for tanyao pinfu."]}, +"2024-10-15": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "6p", "hand": ["3m", "5m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "2s", "4s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "8p", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["5p"], " or ", ["8p"], " is the widest, but considering the final shape we should drop either the ", ["3m", "5m"], " kanchan or ", ["2s", "4s"], " kanchan. ", ["3m", "5m"], " has 2 types for ryanmen improvement, and ", ["2s", "4s"], " has 1 type for ryanmen improvement. Drawing ", ["5s"], " for a 3 sided wait is attractive, but generally we prioritize the number of tiles for improvement. Cut from the outside with ", ["2s"], " to prepare for drawing ", ["5s"]]}, +"2024-10-16": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "6m", "8m", "0p", "6p", "5s", "5s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["According to 2 head theory, keep 2 pairs. There is also the opinion we should drop a pair since ", ["7m"], " kanchan has the same acceptance as ", ["2m"], " ", ["5s"], " shanpon and comes with the bonus of possible pinfu, but supposing that we insta riichi if pinzu completes first, ", ["2m"], " ", ["5s"], " shanpon is slightly better than ", ["7m"], " kanchan. Do not cut 1 copy of ", ["5s"], " to keep the other copy as a floating tile. Perfect 1 shanten is better than dropping ", ["6m", "8m"], " kanchan after drawing ", ["4s", "6s"], " into ", ["5s"], "."]}, +"2024-10-17": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "7m", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "3m", "4m", "2p", "3p", "4p", "4p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "4s", "5s"], "draw": "3m", "answer": "5s", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["5s"], " keeps 123 and 234 sanshoku both possible. Discarding ", ["4p"], " has the largest acceptance, but the possibility of riichi nomi remains so here we try to aim for sanshoku. This also guarantees pinfu. In the past, WWYDs were filled with these kinds of questions that would go for sanshoku, and forcing sanshoku was a common play, but this is one example that is still in common use today."]}, +"2024-10-18": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "5s", "hand": ["2m", "3m", "4m", "6m", "7m", "1p", "1p", "3p", "7p", "7p", "9p", "4s", "5s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "9p", "comment": ["We discard either ", ["3p"], " or ", ["9p"], " to keep 2 heads. The difference between the two choices arises upon drawing the inside tiles. Discarding ", ["9p"], " and then drawing ", ["6p"], " is improvement to perfect 1 shanten, and drawing ", ["5p"], " allows us to move toward tanyao. Discarding ", ["3p"], " does not let us move toward tanyao."]}, +"2024-10-19": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "4p", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "2m", "4p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "2s", "3s", "3s", "0s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "1m", "comment": ["The point of this question is whether or not to insta riichi kanchan ", ["5p"], " . Since there is also the double dora ", ["0p"], ", there is no problem with insta riichi. Having committed to doing so, keep the fastest shape. Half heartedly discarding ", ["3s"], " decreases acceptance by 4 tiles. This is a high risk high reward play, so preferences are divided. The play for those who are averse to dora wait kanchan insta riichi is to discard ", ["1m"], " here and then replace the shape later"]}, +"2024-10-20": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2m", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "4p", "5p", "7p", "8p", "2s", "2s", "3s", "5s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["Too many blocks. Anticipate perfect 1 shanten and keep 5 strong blocks. Drop ", ["7p", "8p"], ", but since drawing ", ["6p"], " gives 567 sanshoku, start from ", ["8p"], "."]}, +"2024-10-21": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "9m", "9m", "5p", "6p", "7p", "3s", "5s", "5s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "9m", "comment": ["Advancing straightforwardly by discarding ", ["3s"], " is likely to result in riichi nomi. Drop 1 copy of ", ["9m"], " so that we can draw ", ["4s", "7s"], " for tanyao."]}, +"2024-10-22": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "6m", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "7m", "7m", "2p", "3p", "7p", "8p", "8p", "2s", "4s", "6s", "8s"], "draw": "4p", "answer": "8s", "comment": ["A shape with dora ", ["7m"], " pair and possible open tanyao. Go for open tanyao with full force. We assume that we will call, so maintaining 3 heads is strong. In particular, we must not cut ", ["8p"], " and make tanyao uncertain. Here we cut 1 tile from Western Europe (", ["2s", "4s", "6s", "8s"], ") and keep a normal ryankan. Taking into account the slight chance of 234 sanshoku and cutting ", ["8s"], " to keep is correct. This is 3 tile weak block theory. Keeping 3 tiles in souzu out of the original 4 gives a shape that won\u2019t produce excess tiles regardless of what we draw next.\n\"TN: ``Western Europe\u2019\u2019 is a number pun in Japanese, referring to a sankanchan shape containing 2468. In japanese, 2 can be pronounced as \u30cb (ni), 4 can be pronounced as \u30e8 (yo), 6 can be pronounced as \u30ed (ro), and 8 can be pronounced as \u30d1 (pa). Combining these gives \u30cb\u30e8\u30ed\u30d1 (niyoropa), which is close in pronunciation to \u30cb\u30b7\u30e8\u30fc\u30ed\u30c3\u30d1, or \u897f\u30e8\u30fc\u30ed\u30c3\u30d1 (nishi yo-roppa), meaning\nWestern Europe.\""]}, +"2024-10-23": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "4m", "hand": ["0m", "4p", "5p", "1s", "2s", "3s", "4s", "0s", "5s", "5s", "6s", "1z", "1z"], "draw": "7m", "answer": "1s", "comment": [["6m"], " kanchan is the bottleneck. We would like to assume that we have a callable yaku in either double ", ["1z"], " or open tanyao. Here we discard ", ["1s"], ". Double ", ["1z"], " we of course pon, but in the case that we can\u2019t call, we can move towards tanyao"]}, +"2024-10-24": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "9s", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "5m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "2s", "3s"], "draw": "0p", "answer": "6m", "comment": ["This is a play made taking into consideration how to use the backfire. If we draw the ", ["4m"], " backfire and then discard ", ["3m"], ", we upgrade to the 1 shanten below, which is more than twice as wide as before\n", ["3m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "8m"], " ", ["3p", "4p", "5p", "5p", "6p"], " ", ["2s", "3s"]]}, +"2024-10-25": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "6z", "hand": ["1m", "1m", "9m", "9m", "9m", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "2s", "4s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "4s", "comment": ["In the past, WWYDs would say that discarding ", ["7p"], " and breaking the pair is correct, but in this book recommends dropping the kanchan. Doing so lets us draw ", ["5p", "6p"], " for iipeikou, and even if we draw other pinzu we get stronger shapes. There is not a big difference between cutting either ", ["2s"], " or ", ["4s"], ", but this hand is likely to be riichi nomi no matter how it advances, so here it\u2019s recommended to prioritize safety and cut from the inside."]}, +"2024-10-26": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "9p", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "3m", "1p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "6p", "6p", "7p", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "2m", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["2m"], " makes pinzu a ryanmen kanchan variant (accepting ", ["2p", "5p", "8p"], ") and guarantees pinfu. We can also use dora ", ["1p"], " if we draw it into a pair."]}, +"2024-10-27": {"seat": "S", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "5z", "hand": ["3m", "5m", "1p", "3p", "6p", "8p", "5s", "7s", "9s", "3z", "3z", "6z", "6z"], "draw": "6z", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["Too many blocks. According to 5 block theory, drop the weakest block. The choice is between ", ["3m", "5m"], ", ", ["1p", "3p"], ", and ", ["6p", "8p"], ". Keep ", ["3m", "5m"], " since it has two types for ryanmen improvement. Between ", ["1p", "3p"], " and ", ["6p", "8p"], ", we choose to move toward the outside and drop ", ["6p", "8p"], " after considering ease of calling and the win rate of each as the final shape. Cut from the outside with ", ["8p"], "."]}, +"2024-10-28": {"seat": "N", "round": "E", "turn": "9", "indicator": "5z", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "3m", "6m", "7m", "6p", "8p", "8p", "7s", "7s", "9s", "6z", "6z"], "draw": "8m", "answer": "7s", "comment": ["We currently have 3 heads. If we assume that we will stay closed then it is best to break a pair, whereas if we assume that we will call then it is best to maintain 3 heads. We have a yakuhai pair, so normally we would assume that we will call, but it is already turn 9. We want to consider the possibility that another player has the other pair of dora ", ["6z"], ", so we assume that we will stay closed. Considering their strengths as the final shape, keep kanchan ", ["8s"], " over kanchan ", ["7p"], "."]}, +"2024-10-29": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "7m", "hand": ["1m", "3m", "7m", "8m", "0p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "9p", "2s", "4s", "1z", "1z"], "draw": "1z", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["This hand is confirmed mangan with double ", ["1z"], " dora 2. Keep the easier to call and easier to win on terminal tiles. We have too many blocks, so do not cut ", ["9p"], " just because we have no head and instead proceed with 5 blocks"]}, +"2024-10-30": {"seat": "S", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "4m", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "7m", "9m", "4p", "5p", "6p", "7p", "3s", "4s", "5s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "4s", "answer": "7m", "comment": ["The ", ["4p", "5p", "6p", "7p"], " 4 tile connected shape and ", ["3s", "4s", "4s", "5s"], " nakabukure shape are the top 2 ryanmen precusors. Return to 2 shanten and break the kanchan. We have enough good shapes, so prioritize safety and cut from the inside with ", ["7m"], ". Discarding ", ["9m"], " scores 90 points."]}, +"2024-10-31": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "5s", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "7m", "8m", "2p", "4p", "7p", "8p", "9p", "9p", "9p", "0s", "6s"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "2m", "comment": ["We have pinfu, so this is a choice between ", ["2m"], " and ", ["9p"], ". If we immediately draw into tenpai then the two choices are the same, but the difference arises when we draw ", ["7m", "8m"], " ", ["5s", "6s"], " into a pair for perfect 1 shanten. For example, in the case of drawing ", ["7m"], " , if we had discarded ", ["9p"], " then we gain 4 tiles of acceptance with ", ["2m", "4m"], ", whereas if we had discarded ", ["2m"], " then we gain 7 tiles of acceptance with ", ["6p", "9p"], " ", ["7m"], ". Accepted theory is to keep tiles that are connected."]}, +"2024-11-01": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "1s", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "8m", "8m", "4p", "5p", "6p", "8p", "8p", "4s", "5s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["To determine which pair to drop, compare the resulting shape after drawing the tile on the inside for each. Drawing souzu completes 1 group, and drawing pinzu gives a 3 sided wait. Manzu is the weakest. Take care not to make half hearted plays like cutting 1 copy of ", ["8p"], " and keeping the other as a floating tile."]}, +"2024-11-02": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "6m", "hand": ["6m", "7m", "6p", "6p", "8p", "2s", "2s", "3s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "8p", "comment": ["We are currently 2 shanten. Without including chiitoi, the number of effective tiles for each choice is ", ["6p"], " \u00d731, ", ["2s"], " \u00d731, ", ["5s"], " \u00d731, ", ["7s"], " \u00d731, ", ["8p"], " \u00d729, and ", ["8s"], " \u00d729. This is a shape with 3 heads, so breaking a pair gives the widest acceptance, but the situation reverses upon reaching 1 shanten. Discarding ", ["8p"], " gives us strong shapes without excess tiles no matter what we draw next and has the highest expected value."]}, +"2024-11-03": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2p", "hand": ["5m", "6m", "2p", "2p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "5p", "6p", "4s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "4s", "comment": ["We have 2 dora, so don\u2019t try to chase both 456 and 567 sanshoku and instead fix a group for the largest acceptance. The choice is between ", ["4s"], " and ", ["7s"], ", but the important point is that if we draw ", ["4m", "7m"], " ", ["4p"], " we will lose sanshoku to take the takame iipeikou. In other words, the difference arises only when drawing ", ["2p", "3p", "7p"], ". Thus, comparing the 3 tiles of ", ["2p", "3p"], " and the 4 tiles of ", ["7p"], " leads to the answer. 567 sanshoku is better for both value and acceptance."]}, +"2024-11-04": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "8p", "hand": ["5m", "6m", "6m", "6m", "7m", "2p", "2p", "3p", "6s", "6s", "6s", "7s", "7s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "6s", "comment": ["If we keep ", ["6s"], ", drawing ", ["9s"], " is the outcome we want the least. Rejecting that possibility and discarding ", ["6s"], " is a more balanced play. Going for the tanyao, aka acceptance, and iipeikou before our eyes gets us high value more easily than going for distant suuankou does."]}, +"2024-11-05": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "9p", "hand": ["1p", "1p", "2p", "3p", "3p", "4p", "5p", "5p", "6p", "5s", "6s", "7s", "8s"], "draw": "9s", "answer": "5p", "comment": ["The widest choices are to discard ", ["1p"], " or to ", ["5p"], " discard . The dora is ", ["1p"], ", so ", ["5p"], " seems good. If we get a head in souzu then we end up with a kanchan wait, but we are also likely to get a ", ["1p", "4p", "7p"], " 3 sided wait"]}, +"2024-11-06": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "8", "indicator": "6p", "hand": ["5m", "5m", "7m", "5p", "6p", "7p", "7p", "8p", "8p", "5s", "6s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "6m", "answer": "5m", "comment": ["Good shape 1 shanten. Here we should choose not by pure acceptance, but instead by the number of tiles that give a good wait. ", ["5m"], " is correct if we do so. It is easy to lose sanshoku, but even if we have to discard dora we get tanyao pinfu, so we have at least dealer mangan. The worst outcome is to draw ", ["9p"], ", but even then sanshoku is confirmed. Here we see a demonstration that it is usually correct to cut the aryanmen."]}, +"2024-11-07": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "4s", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "5p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "1s", "1s", "2s", "2s", "3s"], "draw": "4s", "answer": "2s", "comment": ["This question is easy if we notice that it\u2019s about sticky 1 shanten. Simply take the largest acceptance. Here fixing the ", ["1s"], " head by discarding ", ["2s"], " is correct"]}, +"2024-11-08": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "7p", "hand": ["2m", "2m", "3m", "3p", "3p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "6s", "7s", "7s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "8s", "answer": "2m", "comment": ["Discarding ", ["2m"], " has the largest acceptance. The souzu shape is an excellent shape that results in tenpai upon drawing anything of ", ["5s", "6s", "7s", "8s", "9s"], " , so keep it as it is. It is usually correct to keep messy shapes and fix ryanmen."]}, +"2024-11-09": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "3z", "hand": ["3m", "3m", "5m", "7m", "9m", "1p", "1p", "3p", "5p", "6s", "7s", "4z", "4z"], "draw": "8m", "answer": "1p", "comment": ["We have 3 heads and are 2 shanten with a that hand we assume will stay closed. According to the theory that 3 heads is the weakest, breaking a head from 3 heads to keep 2 heads gains us 2 tiles of acceptance. Discarding ", ["1p"], " is correct as it has wide acceptance and will not result in excess tiles when reaching 1 shanten. This question can also be solved using 5 block theory. Splitting pinzu into ", ["1p", "1p"], " and ", ["3p", "5p"], " gives 6 blocks. The choice is then between ", ["1p"], " or ", ["5p"], " , and choosing by acceptance leads to ", ["1p"], " as the answer"]}, +"2024-11-10": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3m", "hand": ["3m", "4m", "4m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "8m", "8m", "6p", "7p", "8p", "3s", "4s"], "draw": "7m", "answer": "8m", "comment": ["Manzu is a winged 8 tile shape. We can\u2019t pon dora into tenpai (we can chii it for tenpai), but we get 26 tiles of acceptance for guaranteed ryanmen tenpai."]}, +"2024-11-11": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "3", "indicator": "8s", "hand": ["4m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "9m", "9m", "6p", "8p", "4s", "4s", "8s", "9s", "9s"], "draw": "6s", "answer": "4s", "comment": ["We have 3 heads. We have dora pair, so we assume that this hand will stay closed. Separating out the dora pair ", ["9s"], ", we see that ", ["4s", "4s", "6s", "8s"], " consists of 4 tiles and should make it a 3 tile shape. Keep our eyes on sanshoku and take the ryankan."]}, +"2024-11-12": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "6", "indicator": "7p", "hand": ["4p", "4p", "4p", "0p", "7p", "8p", "2s", "2s", "3s", "3s", "4s", "5s", "6s"], "draw": "7s", "answer": "3s", "comment": ["Cutting ", ["0p"], " or ", ["8p"], " is the widest, but it is likely that we instantly lower our value with this one play. Here cutting ", ["3s"], " is correct, simultaneously maximizing both expected value and win rate. At first glance, acceptance for ", ["6p"], " overlaps, so there are probably many who would hesitate to keep both ", ["0p"], " and ", ["8p"], ", but the ", ["4p", "4p", "4p", "0p", "7p", "8p"], " shape currently accepts 15 tiles and will always result in a ryanmen or better wait even if the hand advances. Moreover, drawing ", ["6p"], " results in a 5 sided wait; this is a very good shape on a completely different level than a shape that simply has overlapping acceptance."]}, +"2024-11-13": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "3p", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "3m", "4m", "5m", "7m", "7m", "4p", "6p", "7p", "7s", "8s", "8s"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "1m", "comment": ["Too many blocks. Discarding ", ["1m"], " gives the largest acceptance. Doing so keeps ", ["6m"], " acceptance and is also makes it easier to get tanyao. Take the time to appreciate how this play differs from the Showa style 6 block play of discarding ", ["8s"], "."]}, +"2024-11-14": {"seat": "N", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "7s", "hand": ["7m", "9m", "9m", "6p", "7p", "1s", "2s", "2s", "4s", "5s", "6s", "8s", "9s"], "draw": "2s", "answer": "1s", "comment": ["The plays that maintain 1 shanten are discarding ", ["7m"], " and discarding ", ["1s"], ". Discarding ", ["7m"], " keeps the possibility of ittsuu, but in addition to ittsuu being uncertain, drawing ", ["7s"], " does not give us ittsuu as we would insta riichi upon doing so. Instead, it seems better to prioritize drawing dora ", ["8s"], " or completing a group by drawing ", ["8m"], "."]}, +"2024-11-15": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "5", "indicator": "1m", "hand": ["5m", "5m", "7m", "6p", "6p", "7p", "8p", "8p", "3s", "3s", "6s", "6s", "7s"], "draw": "8p", "answer": "7m", "comment": ["1 shanten for chiitoi. ", ["8p"], " is the best if we simply consider the acceptance, but distant sanshoku and suuankou are visible. This is a shape that has backfires no matter what we discard, so what should we cut and aim for? If we think that missing yakuman suuankou here is the most painful, then it seems good to build our hand maintaining chiitoi 1 shanten while also allowing for us to move towards a toitoi type hand"]}, +"2024-11-16": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "9m", "hand": ["1m", "3m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "4p", "4p", "6p", "3s", "4s", "6s", "6s", "8s"], "draw": "1m", "answer": "3m", "comment": ["It may seem tempting to apply the theory that 3 heads is the weakest, but we fix the dora pair instead. We have 2 fewer tiles of acceptance than we do if we had broken a pair, but the acceptance situation reverses if this shape advances."]}, +"2024-11-17": {"seat": "E", "round": "E", "turn": "7", "indicator": "2m", "hand": ["3m", "5m", "6m", "7m", "7m", "8m", "3p", "4p", "6p", "6p", "6p", "3s", "4s"], "draw": "5s", "answer": "7m", "comment": ["Cutting dora is the widest, but in the worst case a hand that had a very good chance of being dealer mangan ends up becoming riichi nomi. Here discarding ", ["7m"], " is correct. In the best case we get tanyao pinfu sanshoku, and if we draw the dora into a pair we get tenpai for tanyao dora 2. Discarding ", ["6p"], " has significantly less acceptance."]}, +"2024-11-18": {"seat": "W", "round": "E", "turn": "4", "indicator": "2z", "hand": ["1m", "2m", "2m", "4p", "6p", "8p", "8p", "9p", "9p", "4s", "0s", "5z", "5z"], "draw": "3p", "answer": "6p", "comment": ["2 shanten for chiitoi with 4 pairs. If we interpret this as a regular hand then we are 3 shanten with too many blocks. Here it is correct to prune the hand to 5 strong blocks. First confirm the strong joints ", ["3p", "4p"], ", ", ["4s", "0s"], " and ", ["5z", "5z"], " as group candidates. Then make 2 blocks from the remaining ", ["1m", "2m", "2m"], " and ", ["6p", "8p", "8p", "9p", "9p"], ". Here discarding ", ["6p"], " is correct. Keep the adjacent pairs shape ", ["8p", "8p", "9p", "9p"], " for now, and barring any special circumstances afterwards, cut one copy of ", ["8p"], " to keep 3 tiles in ", ["8p", "8p", "9p", "9p"], "."]} }