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== Strategy == | == Strategy == | ||
The dealer is encouraged to win a bit more quickly in order to trigger renchan. Note, however, that the value of renchan is not very big. In an average situation, the expected value of a renchan is around 500 (as a lowball estimate) to 750 points.<ref>Gō, Kobayashi. ''Super Digital Mahjong''. Translation: https://natsuai.com/mahjong/digital/chapter-2-3</ref> This is quite small, so you shouldn't change your play by a lot just for an extra renchan | The dealer is encouraged to win a bit more quickly in order to trigger renchan. Note, however, that the value of renchan is not very big. In an average situation, the expected value of a renchan is around 500 (as a lowball estimate) to 750 points.<ref>Gō, Kobayashi. ''Super Digital Mahjong''. Translation: https://natsuai.com/mahjong/digital/chapter-2-3</ref> This is quite small, so you shouldn't change your play by a lot just for an extra renchan. | ||
In non-average situations, such as when nearing [[oorasu|all last]], renchan can be a lot more valuable. A player who is very far behind is hard-pressed to win many renchan in order to climb back up. Conversely, when late in the game, a player with a big lead may deliberately avoid a renchan to end the game faster. | |||
If tenpai renchan is used, then dealers are encouraged to remain tenpai by exhaustive draw (even more so than other players). This may result in riskier play than usual, since the dealer has more at stake than the other players. | If tenpai renchan is used, then dealers are encouraged to remain tenpai by exhaustive draw (even more so than other players). This may result in riskier play than usual, since the dealer has more at stake than the other players. | ||