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=== Permanent furiten === | === Permanent furiten === | ||
A riichi declarer is furiten when he has missed a chance to call ron against a winning tile after his riichi declaration. | A riichi declarer is furiten when he has missed a chance to call ron against a winning tile after his riichi declaration. The ignored winning tile may have been a discarded tile, or a [[Chankan|tile used to extend a minkou to a shominkan]]. | ||
The player will remain furiten for the rest of the hand. He cannot call ron on any tile, even if it is a different tile than the ignored one. This rule requires knowledge of all own possible waits. | The player will remain furiten for the rest of the hand. He cannot call ron on any tile, even if it is a different tile than the ignored one. This rule requires knowledge of all own possible waits. | ||
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=== Temporary furiten === | === Temporary furiten === | ||
A player who has not declared riichi may also ignore a hand-completing tile and not call ron on it. Again, this may have been a discarded tile or the tile for a shominkan. | |||
The player is then temporarily furiten. This lasts until his next own draw. Some rules additionally cancel temporary furiten on any tile call, i.e., chii, pon, or kan, by any player. | |||
The furiten rule does not consider [[yaku]]. Sometimes, a hand can be completed with several tiles, but only some of them provide a yaku, others would produce a yakuless hand. If a yakuless tile appears, it must be ignored, because a winning hand must contain a yaku. The player must remain temporarily furiten. | |||
== Strategy == | == Strategy == | ||
Furiten is often used to defend against opponents. By discarding tiles that are also visible in an opponent's discard pile, a player can avoid a ron call by that opponent. | Furiten is often used to defend against opponents. By discarding tiles that are also visible in an opponent's discard pile, a player can avoid a ron call by that opponent. | ||