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== Open vs closed ==
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Often, the decision to open the hand rests on the tiles needed and the yaku most conveniently acquired.  In addition, the shanten count may play a factor too, especially at 1-shanten where a discarded tile could put the hand into tenpai.


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[[Category: Terminology]]
[[Category: Terminology]]
[[Category: Strategy]]
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Revision as of 21:43, 8 September 2014

Shanten 「向聴」 is the number of tiles needed for reaching tenpai.

Examples:

  • Iishanten (1-shanten)
  • Ryanshanten (2-shanten)
  • Sanshanten (3-shanten)

Open vs closed

Often, the decision to open the hand rests on the tiles needed and the yaku most conveniently acquired. In addition, the shanten count may play a factor too, especially at 1-shanten where a discarded tile could put the hand into tenpai.

External links