Betaori: Difference between revisions

'''Betaori''' {{kana|ベタ降り}} is a general strategy emphasizing the discarding of safe tiles. By employing betaori, a player has abandoned all hope of developing a completed hand; and instead, the player opts to minimally lose points via opponent tsumo or [[ryuukyoku]].  Of course, a player using betaori hopes to not lose points at all.

==Genbutsu and furiten==

'''Genbutsu''' {{kana|現物}} is a term for "safe tile" due to [[furiten]], by reading the [[discard pile]].  To identify safe tile, players rely on the furiten rule.  Furiten refers to a player's inability to declare ron, if any winning tile is within the player's own discard pile. Therefore, discarding tiles applied by the furiten rule are the safest tiles to discard, against particular players.

The most obvious tiles to discard safely are the one in particular opponent's discard piles. However, often, a player may possess a set of tiles in the hand, that are not clearly safe. In this case, a player may have to rely on [[suji]] and/or [[kabe]] to make an educated guess on a safe discard.

The safest tile to discard is the identical tile discard by the previous player.  This is known as '''awaseuchi''' {{kana|合わせ打ち}}.  Naturally, it is safe against the previous discarder.  Temporary furiten renders it safe against [[shimocha|the player to the right]] and [[toimen|the player across]].

Ideally, players best seek to use '''mawashiuchi''' {{kana|回し打ち}}.  While trying to play safely, it is best to still not abandon the prospect of forming a hand.  After all, a player may terminate threatening hands by outright winning the hand.  This practice is best performed, if and only if, the tiles bring about the possibility of attaining [[tenpai]], while not discarding winning tiles.