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Even before reaching tenpai, understanding waits are important. Wait patterns are used to form tile groups, so a hand will gather many wait patterns before reaching tenpai. Keeping better waits in your hand will allow you to [[tile efficiency|to complete your hand faster]]. | Even before reaching tenpai, understanding waits are important. Wait patterns are used to form tile groups, so a hand will gather many wait patterns before reaching tenpai. Keeping better waits in your hand will allow you to [[tile efficiency|to complete your hand faster]]. | ||
[[ | Hands with many tiles of the same suit, most notably [[chinitsu]] hands, are notorious for their complex waits, due to the many different ways the hand can be interpreted. Such hands can be difficult to figure out without the help of computer software. | ||
==Basic wait patterns== | ==Basic wait patterns== | ||
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==Yakuman patterns== | ==Yakuman patterns== | ||
These | These three unique patterns are linked to specific [[yakuman]]. A yakuman is ensured no matter which tile is scored; under some rulesets, these patterns are worth a [[multiple yakuman#full scoring|double yakuman]]. | ||
The latter two patterns are the widest in the game. The widest non-yakuman wait is an 8-sided wait. | |||
=== | ===Kokushi musou=== | ||
{{Main| | {{Main|Kokushi musou}} | ||
{{machi | {{machi | ||
|pattern = | |pattern = 19m19p19s1123456z | ||
|tilewaits = | |tilewaits = 7z | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|pattern = 19m19p19s1234567z | |pattern = 19m19p19s1234567z | ||
|tilewaits = 19m19p19s1234567z | |tilewaits = 19m19p19s1234567z | ||
}} | |||
===Chuuren poutou kyuumen machi=== | |||
{{Main|Chuuren poutou}} | |||
{{machi | |||
|pattern = 1112345678999s | |||
|tilewaits = 123456789s | |||
}} | }} | ||
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