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* The best [[tile efficiency]] discards can occasionally cause furiten (e.g., discard a lone 1-sou, draw a 3-sou then 2-sou.). | * The best [[tile efficiency]] discards can occasionally cause furiten (e.g., discard a lone 1-sou, draw a 3-sou then 2-sou.). | ||
* When defending and developing the hand simultaneously, a furiten tenpai might occur. | * When defending and developing the hand simultaneously, a furiten tenpai might occur. | ||
* 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]] if the [[situational analysis|point situation]] demands a high value hand. | ||
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 | 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 the wait is completed 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). | ||