Shanpon: Difference between revisions

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.

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).