Ryuukyoku: Difference between revisions

Afterwards, a new hand starts. While the term "ryuukyoku" is usually used to refer to an exhaustive draw in Japanese, on occasion this may be ambiguous, as the term technically refers to any draw (cf. [[tochuu ryuukyoku]], {{kana|途中流局}}). When ambiguity occurs, it may be referred to as '''tsuujou no ryuukyoku''' {{kana|通常の流局}}, which translates roughly as "usual kind of draw".

Unless a [[#Chombo|chombo]] occurs, the following happens during an exhaustive draw:

If some players are tenpai and others are not, points are exchanged. The players in noten pay a combined sum of 3000 points, split between players in tenpai. This results in the following score table:

* 0 players in tenpai: No points exchanged.

See the [[#Tenpai|Tenpai]] section below for the general definition of "tenpai" used by ryuukyoku.

[[Jikaze|Wind seat rotation]] is dependent on the dealer's hand state and the ruleset.

Regardless of wind rotation, after an exhaustive draw, the [[honba]] count increases by 1.

{{Main|Tenpai}}

* {{#mjt:359p457m113s1277z}} is noten.

[[Image:Keishiki ankan.png|right|thumb|250px|An ankan case called as [https://mahjongsoul.game.yo-star.com/?paipu=190508-4ebd32bc-71a5-4f4f-86a7-16066dfdc896_a925124703 tenpai] in [[Majsoul]].]]

{{Main|Karaten|Keishiki tenpai}}

Despite the hand being one tile away from completion, all of the possible winning tiles are in the player's own closed [[kan]]. So, instead of gaining points, the player is considered noten. (However, this, like the other points, is subject to rule variation.)

{{main|Chombo}}

No wind rotation is applied, and no point exchanges are applied. The honba count is not increased. The next hand continues as if the chombo hand did not even occur.  Of course, the appropriate penalty for chombo is applied and the game continues.

Sometimes, the ryuukyoku point exchanges is enough to determine the final position in games, especially in [[oorasu]] (the last hand). Dealers in tight point races need to take particular note about the need to attain tenpai or allow the game to end. It may be desirable to pass on a small winning hand in order to collect the payment from noten players  

instead.

* Around 23.5% of [[M League]] hands in the 2022-2023 regular season went to an exhaustive draw.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20230605101538/https://m-league.jp/stats/?season=L001_S013<br>While the exhaustive draw rate is not displayed, it can be calculated. Since M League uses [[atamahane]] and does not have abortive draws, all games either end in a win or an exhaustive draw. Therefore, <code>(average win rate * 4) + (exhaustive draw rate) = 100%</code> of games. The average win rate is 19.125%, so the exhaustive draw rate is 23.5%.</ref>

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