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Of all the standard yaku, sankantsu is the most difficult and least frequent. It appears less often than several [[yakuman]], including rarer yakuman like [[suuankou tanki]], [[tsuuiisou]], and [[shousuushii]].
Of all the standard yaku, sankantsu is the most difficult and least frequent. It appears less often than several [[yakuman]], including rarer yakuman like [[suuankou tanki]], [[tsuuiisou]], and [[shousuushii]].
* Being able to call 3 kans is difficult on its own. You must draw 3 of the same type of type by yourself, then draw/call the 4th, three separate times.
* Being able to call 3 kans is difficult on its own. You must draw 3 of the same type of type by yourself, then draw/call the 4th, three separate times.
* Players may not want to call kan even if they can. Each kan reveals [[kandora]]; this is already risky after one kan, let alone three. And, until you get the 3rd kan, you won't have any guaranteed yaku (thus making the 1st and 2nd calls dubious).
* Players may not want to call kan even if they are able. Each kan reveals [[kandora]]; this is already risky after one kan, let alone three. And until you get the 3rd kan, you won't have any guaranteed yaku (thus making the 1st and 2nd calls even more dubious).
* Even when someone is tenpai for sankantsu, the hand can end in the event another player calls kan for a fourth time, invoking an [[abortive draw]].
* Even when someone is tenpai for sankantsu, the hand can end in the event another player calls kan for a fourth time, invoking an [[abortive draw]].


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