Renchan: Difference between revisions

The dealer is encouraged to win a bit more quickly in order to trigger renchan. Note, however, that the value of renchan is not very big. In an average situation, the expected value of a renchan is around 500 (as a lowball estimate) to 750 points.<ref>Gō, Kobayashi. ''Super Digital Mahjong''. Translation: https://natsuai.com/mahjong/digital/chapter-2-3</ref> This is quite small, so you shouldn't change your play by a lot just for an extra renchan.  

In non-average situations, such as when nearing [[oorasu|all last]], renchan can be a lot more valuable. A player who is very far behind is hard-pressed to win many renchan in order to climb back up. Conversely, when late in the game, a player with a big lead may deliberately avoid a renchan to end the game faster (giving other players less chances to make a comeback).