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* Rarely, a [[dama]] hand can intentionally choose to enter furiten. In this case, the hand is in tenpai, but after a winning tile is drawn, the player declares riichi instead of a win - immediately entering furiten. This is often done to score a yaku like [[pinfu]] or [[sanshoku]]. | * Rarely, a [[dama]] hand can intentionally choose to enter furiten. In this case, the hand is in tenpai, but after a winning tile is drawn, the player declares riichi instead of a win - immediately entering furiten. This is often done to score a yaku like [[pinfu]] or [[sanshoku]]. | ||
An important thing to realize is that you only enter furiten when in tenpai. Therefore, it is not | An important thing to realize is that you only enter furiten when in tenpai. Therefore, it is not bad to keep a wait that could cause furiten later. So long as you complete the wait before tenpai, there is no punishment. | ||
Even if you do enter furiten, a 3-sided wait in furiten is still strong, and a 2-sided wait in furiten remains reasonable (around the level of a 1-sided wait). | Even if you do enter furiten, a 3-sided wait in furiten is still strong, and a 2-sided wait in furiten remains reasonable (around the level of a 1-sided wait). | ||