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=== Damaten ===
=== Damaten ===
{{main|Damaten}}
{{main|Damaten}}
The alternative to declaring riichi is '''damaten'''.  This move involves retaining the closed hand in tenpai, without making a declaration.


The alternative to declaring riichi is '''damaten'''This move involves retaining the closed hand in tenpai, without making a declaration.
=== Defense ===
{{main|Defense}}
A riichi call does prompt other players to play even more defensively.  At the same time, a player cannot defend after calling a riichi.  Yet, one seemingly obvious fact can easily be ignored: the last chance a riichi caller can defend may be at the riichi call itself.  Plenty of times, tenpai is attained just before, that riichi declaration is considered and madeOften, a player must discard one particular tile in order to attain tenpai; this is the "leaked tile".  At this point, defensive considerations on that leaked tile may be overlooked, because of the riichi opportunity.  If it happened to be a dangerous tile, then that riichi opportunity suddenly becomes a point gain for another player.  In a sense, one must "look before leaping".


=== Furiten ===
=== Furiten ===
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