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mtvacuum
Profile Joined January 2010
United States979 Posts
February 11 2014 05:53 GMT
#581
should have discarded the 1m for the better wait, this is also something I witnessed from a while back, poor guy also lost his riichi stick to the pot for the next hand

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spinesheath
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany8679 Posts
February 11 2014 19:34 GMT
#582
Oh wow, this is even more hilarious than I thought at first!
If you have a good reason to disagree with the above, please tell me. Thank you.
KyuuSC
Profile Joined March 2012
United States36 Posts
February 11 2014 21:21 GMT
#583
And now, for a very sexy haipai:

Rhaegar99
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Australia1190 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-22 16:30:41
February 22 2014 16:27 GMT
#584
What would you do!? What is the best play here?! Make sure to check every detail!

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spinesheath
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany8679 Posts
February 22 2014 16:59 GMT
#585
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You are 16200 ahead of 2nd place and 2 shanten. 2 players are (or should be) tenpai. West probably is wating for Chun or already has a triplet of them. Does he even have any other ways to win?
Defend.
Conveniently enough discarding the 4p doesn't even hurt your shanten while being a genbutsu. Then again your shanten doesn't matter here because you can't get rid of the Chun anyways and won't draw another one either.

Or... are you trying to be sneaky and discard the Chun? That would actually be pretty damn sweet.
If you have a good reason to disagree with the above, please tell me. Thank you.
Hesmyrr
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada5776 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-22 19:52:54
February 22 2014 19:40 GMT
#586
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Fold completely. Chun is outrageously dangerous tile I'll never discard, and there is enough safe tiles on the hand. Another factor in consideration: first place, low value hand, bad wait, not enough dora North tiles on the board. Ideal order of discard would be 2p, 4p, 1p, 3p (heavier focus on North than West with his joke hand).

There's probably something I am missing, but I wouldn't have time to think more than that within 10s anyway.

Edit: Read the comment above, I can see why you would want to discard the Chun, since only way for West hand to be viable is Chuns. Pass the hand cheaply. Still there's chance that he - being last place - is just kanning in hope of someone else dealing into massive hand. Also I wouldn't understand why he would throw away pair of 1 if chun is his winning tile (so his previous hand would be 1-1-red-red). Not worth the attempt.
"If watching the MSL finals makes you a progamer, then anyone in Korea can do it." - Ha Tae Ki
Hesmyrr
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada5776 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-22 19:52:47
February 22 2014 19:52 GMT
#587
doublepost
"If watching the MSL finals makes you a progamer, then anyone in Korea can do it." - Ha Tae Ki
spinesheath
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany8679 Posts
February 22 2014 20:15 GMT
#588
Reply to Hesmyrr:
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West has a pair of Chun and any other pair. You can see that he tsumokiri'd everything after the red 5m since he wouldn't want to break up his tenpai even with a shitty hand.

I would obviously like to know when he made those calls, but since he called 888s and 123s you can assume that he had 2 Chun very early. He wouldn't call those with 666m in hand if he's not planning to win the hand.

It's pretty crazy how much you can read from this hand...
If you have a good reason to disagree with the above, please tell me. Thank you.
Tenhou
Profile Joined April 2011
1052 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-24 14:40:16
February 22 2014 20:17 GMT
#589
On February 23 2014 04:40 Hesmyrr wrote:
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Fold completely. Chun is outrageously dangerous tile I'll never discard, and there is enough safe tiles on the hand. Another factor in consideration: first place, low value hand, bad wait, not enough dora North tiles on the board. Ideal order of discard would be 2p, 4p, 1p, 3p (heavier focus on North than West with his joke hand).

There's probably something I am missing, but I wouldn't have time to think more than that within 10s anyway.

Edit: Read the comment above, I can see why you would want to discard the Chun, since only way for West hand to be viable is Chuns. Pass the hand cheaply. Still there's chance that he - being last place - is just kanning in hope of someone else dealing into massive hand. Also I wouldn't understand why he would throw away pair of 1 if chun is his winning tile (so his previous hand would be 1-1-red-red). Not worth the attempt.

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But we don't know for sure if he discard the pair of 1m in his hand. It could be 2 consecutive draw and discard. He could possibly have Pei Pei Chun Chun in his hand.

Of course I would fold right away as this hand is not worth it. There's 6 draws left and you got 4 safe tiles.


On February 10 2014 22:26 S1eth wrote:
Riichi button is too tempting.

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I can never play again if I pass on a chihou.
Hesmyrr
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada5776 Posts
February 22 2014 20:31 GMT
#590
On February 23 2014 05:15 spinesheath wrote:
Reply to Hesmyrr:
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West has a pair of Chun and any other pair. You can see that he tsumokiri'd everything after the red 5m since he wouldn't want to break up his tenpai even with a shitty hand.

I would obviously like to know when he made those calls, but since he called 888s and 123s you can assume that he had 2 Chun very early. He wouldn't call those with 666m in hand if he's not planning to win the hand.

It's pretty crazy how much you can read from this hand...

+ Show Spoiler +
Wow, I missed that red 5m. Looks like your option is far better choice.
"If watching the MSL finals makes you a progamer, then anyone in Korea can do it." - Ha Tae Ki
spinesheath
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany8679 Posts
February 22 2014 20:54 GMT
#591
On February 23 2014 05:31 Hesmyrr wrote:
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Wow, I missed that red 5m. Looks like your option is far better choice.

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Actually I am not reading anything into the 5m, it's just that those tiles are greyed out in the pond, which means they were discarded the turn they were drawn. So he never had 11m in hand.
If you have a good reason to disagree with the above, please tell me. Thank you.
Hesmyrr
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada5776 Posts
February 22 2014 21:05 GMT
#592
On February 23 2014 05:54 spinesheath wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 23 2014 05:31 Hesmyrr wrote:
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Wow, I missed that red 5m. Looks like your option is far better choice.

+ Show Spoiler +
Actually I am not reading anything into the 5m, it's just that those tiles are greyed out in the pond, which means they were discarded the turn they were drawn. So he never had 11m in hand.

+ Show Spoiler +
I see. Never used premium client before, sure seems convenient function. Guess it's not available on free online client?
"If watching the MSL finals makes you a progamer, then anyone in Korea can do it." - Ha Tae Ki
spinesheath
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany8679 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-22 21:16:33
February 22 2014 21:12 GMT
#593
I don't think I have to spoiler this...

Showing tsumokiri as greyed out discards is only for replays (although the data is available to the client during the game, it's just not displayed like that). And if I'm not mistaken that screenshot isn't from the premium client.

I read somewhere that once upon a time the client displayed tsumokiri in the pond, but they took it out again because people didn't like it. So now you have to watch your opponent and remember for each tile if it came from the draw or from the hand. Tiles from the hand are shown as coming from a random slot in the hand though, so no reading into that.
If you have a good reason to disagree with the above, please tell me. Thank you.
Hesmyrr
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada5776 Posts
February 22 2014 21:23 GMT
#594
Thanks for the explanation. I'll stick to focusing on my hand then. Splitting my focus to both the pond and the hand is too much for me at the moment
"If watching the MSL finals makes you a progamer, then anyone in Korea can do it." - Ha Tae Ki
Rhaegar99
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Australia1190 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-23 04:15:01
February 23 2014 04:04 GMT
#595
It's interesting to read everyone's comments about this position. As spine said, west is [highly likely to be] waiting on chun and there is no way for me to win without discarding that tile. Betaori is definitely an option and no way an incorrect play in this situation. Tenhou is correct to say that there are only 6 draws remaining, however after seeing both north and west discarding dangerous tiles after south played riichi, south actually has up to 18 draws and not 6. This is where we could play the chun to let us pass the round cheaply. The best move here really comes down to risk vs reward and your own opinion on how much they weigh.

Each option has a few scenarios that may happen. From most likely to least likely, by playing betaori:
1. South wins off east or north - Again we can say its most likely a mangan hand. Not too bad of a situation for us here but we are still within firing range especially since south becomes the dealer in the next round.
2. North plays riichi - Theres no reason for north not to play riichi if he is in tenpai and not playing betaori. This give us another candidate for a possible haneman.
3. South wins a haneman off west - The best case scenario for us. Ends the game
4. South tsumos - The worst case scenario when playing betaori; we can assume a minimum mangan hand which puts south within a few thousand points of us.
5. Draw - A good result for us.
6. West wins off south or north - We keep our lead and go into the next round!

By playing chun:
7. Deal into south with no doras - 1300 points.
8. Deal into south with 2 north tiles - This becomes a 40fu 3han hand which turns out to be 5200 points.
9. Double ron - Probably the only thing that made me use up my thinking time. If south had the other chun tile, he could also play riichi with a single wait on chun as his only chance to win the round. Unlikely, but still a possibility.
10. Nothing happens - Very unlikely lol.

With north and west not playing betaori, I though that a majority of the times, 2nd or 3rd place will gain on us a significant amount if I played betaori. By playing the chun, I though there would be about a 95% or so chance i will deal in with a maximum of 5200 with at least 50% of it being only 1300 points. With this, I believe chun was the best play here.

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Also for those who didn't know, tiles that are 1 or 2 above and below from the riichi tile are consider very dangerous tiles to play. In this example, 4p 7p would be considered bad tiles to play due to the 556p pattern. There is also the 554p pattern but the 3p has already been played here.
spinesheath
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany8679 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-23 08:38:54
February 23 2014 08:36 GMT
#596
4p is not a dangerous tile here though because North discarded it right before your draw, so everyone else is furiten on that tile. It's the safest discard in your hand.
If you have a good reason to disagree with the above, please tell me. Thank you.
Rhaegar99
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Australia1190 Posts
February 23 2014 10:51 GMT
#597
I meant 4p was a dangerous tile for north to play sorry.
Benawii
Profile Joined December 2013
United States51 Posts
February 26 2014 03:06 GMT
#598
What would you discard?
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Hesmyrr
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada5776 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-26 03:35:29
February 26 2014 03:35 GMT
#599
On February 26 2014 12:06 Benawii wrote:
What would you discard?
+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]

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9 Man.
"If watching the MSL finals makes you a progamer, then anyone in Korea can do it." - Ha Tae Ki
Benawii
Profile Joined December 2013
United States51 Posts
February 26 2014 09:40 GMT
#600
That was perhaps a bit too easy. The answer wouldn't change even if the draw was 2s instead of red 5s (i.e. as in the previous turn). I gotta be more careful and think a bit more in real games.
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