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 |kanji       = 双ポン
 |english     = Dual paired
-|fu          = Depends on the tiles
+|fu          = 0 (+fu from triplet)
 |type        = 2
 |available   = 4
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 A shanpon wait does not generate fu by itself. However, the triplet formed by a shanpon wait is worth fu.
 *A triplet is worth 4 base fu.
-*Fu is doubled if the completed [[Jihai|honor tiles]] or [[Routouhai|terminals]].
+*Fu is doubled if the triplet is composed of [[Jihai|honor tiles]] or [[Routouhai|terminals]].
 *Fu is halved if the triplet is open (if the triplet is completed by [[ron]], it is considered open.)
 == Usage ==
-At most, a shanpon wait looks for 4 tiles of 2 tile types (2 tiles each). The pattern has one main advantage: it is immune to [[suji]]. It can also incorporate honor tiles, which may be perceived as safer. Players looking to [[defense|defend]] may fall to a shanpon wait fairly easily.
+Shanpon is considered a "bad wait", because it only waits for a maximum of 4 tiles of two tile types (2 tiles/type). Like the other bad waits, shanpon is immune to [[suji]]. Thus, it can be used for suji traps. Shanpon (along with tanki) can also incorporate [[honor]] tiles, which may be perceived as safer. Players looking to [[defense|defend]] may fall to a shanpon wait more easily.
-Unlike the other basic "bad waits" ([[tanki]], [[penchan]], [[kanchan]]), shanpon waits look for 2 types of tiles. Waiting for 4 tiles of 2 tile types is usually better than 4 tiles of 1 tile type, in case one tile type is eliminated completely. The downside is that a type of tile may be incorporated into other players' hands (as either a pair or part of a sequence).
+If all 4 winning tiles are still available, all else equal, a shanpon wait is considered better than the other basic bad waits (those being [[kanchan]], [[penchan]], and [[tanki]]).
+*During tenpai, shanpon waits for two types of tile, while the other only wait on one type of tile. Waiting on two different types of tile is generally better.
+*Before tenpai, a shanpon wait - ''if both pairs are made from middle number tiles'' - has more available upgrades into [[ryanmen]].
+However, because there are only 2 available tiles per type, it is easy for the tiles in a shanpon wait to be "used up". One or both types of tile may be incorporated into other players' hands (as either a pair or part of a sequence), thus limiting the wait.
 === Combinations ===