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* The best [[tile efficiency]] discards can occasionally cause furiten (e.g., discard a lone 1-sou, draw a 3-sou then 2-sou.).
* The best [[tile efficiency]] discards can occasionally cause furiten (e.g., discard a lone 1-sou, draw a 3-sou then 2-sou.).
* When defending and developing the hand simultaneously, a furiten tenpai might occur.
* When defending and developing the hand simultaneously, a furiten tenpai might occur.
* Rarely, a [[dama]] hand can intentionally choose to enter furiten. In this case, the hand is in tenpai, but after a winning tile is drawn, the player declares riichi instead of a win - immediately entering furiten. This is often done to score a yaku like [[pinfu]] or [[sanshoku]] if the [[situational analysis|point situation]] demands a high value hand.
* Rarely, a [[dama]] hand can intentionally choose to enter furiten. In this case, the hand is in tenpai, but after a winning tile is drawn, the player declares riichi instead of a win - immediately entering furiten. This is generally done to score a yaku like [[pinfu]] or [[sanshoku]] if the [[situational analysis|point situation]] demands a higher value hand.


An important thing to realize is that you only enter furiten when in tenpai. Therefore, it is not bad to keep a wait that could cause furiten later. So long as the wait is completed before tenpai, there is no punishment.
An important thing to realize is that you only enter furiten when in tenpai. Therefore, it is not bad to keep a wait that could cause furiten later. So long as the wait is completed before tenpai, there is no punishment.


Even if you do enter furiten, a 3-sided wait in furiten is still strong, and a 2-sided wait in furiten remains reasonable (around the level of a 1-sided wait).
Even if you do enter furiten, a 3-sided wait in furiten is still strong, and a 2-sided wait in furiten remains reasonable. When declaring [[riichi]], a [[ryanmen]] furiten is about equal to a 1-sided regular wait; the ryanmen furiten is a bit less likely to win, but scores more due to guaranteed [[menzen tsumo]].


===Exiting furiten===
===Exiting furiten===
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