Riichi strategy: Difference between revisions

=== Damaten ===

Some hands have yaku in themselves that they do not need to declare riichi to declare ron on other players. With these hands, the option of damaten (not declaring riichi) can be more alluring due to higher win rate (which will in rare occasions be more important than increasing the hand's score). Hands without other yaku can only be won by tsumo if riichi is not declared, and thus will almost never consider damaten an option - the only concern here would be defensive (ie. the player may wish to give up tenpai to defend later), which will only very rarely become an issue large enough to override the reward of winning the hand.