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=== Dealer rotation === | === Dealer rotation === | ||
During the course of the game, the dealer position rotates among the four players. This can occur in two ways: | During the course of the game, the dealer position rotates among the four players. This can occur in two ways: | ||
# A player other than the dealer wins a hand. | |||
# The dealer fails to attain tenpai at [[ryuukyoku]] (exhaustive draw). | |||
Seldom, a game can end without the dealer position ever changing. Notably, this scenario can occur if a player's points [[Tobi|fall below zero]] beforehand. Of course, some [[Scoring_variations#Tobi|rules]] allow continuance of the game, despite the scores. | Seldom, a game can end without the dealer position ever changing. Notably, this scenario can occur if a player's points [[Tobi|fall below zero]] beforehand. Of course, some [[Scoring_variations#Tobi|rules]] allow continuance of the game, despite the scores. | ||
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[[Rule_variations#Agari|Variation]] on the rotation rule may be applied depending on the requirement. Sometimes, the rule setting may require the dealer to win the hand, instead of merely achieving tenpai at ryuukyoku. This is to increase the pressure on the dealer to win hands. This also prevents the dealer from elongating the game by attaining additional hands by being tenpai at ryuukyoku. | [[Rule_variations#Agari|Variation]] on the rotation rule may be applied depending on the requirement. Sometimes, the rule setting may require the dealer to win the hand, instead of merely achieving tenpai at ryuukyoku. This is to increase the pressure on the dealer to win hands. This also prevents the dealer from elongating the game by attaining additional hands by being tenpai at ryuukyoku. | ||
The dealer is only disadvantaged | The dealer is only disadvantaged when non-dealer players win by [[tsumo]]. In this case, the dealer plays approximately twice as much as the other players. This is significant during close games or on big hands, where the point differences may be adequate enough for a [[gyakuten|place change]]. | ||
== Yakuhai == | == Yakuhai == | ||