Complex waits
These machi involve waits, which are nameless combinations. Instead, they use combinations of the other patterns. Often, they consist of consecutive, or closely consecutive, numbered tiles. Recognition of these patterns can produce some significantly powerful waits, which may be immune to suji and have large numbers of waiting tiles. Of course, not every single wait pattern is included here but rather various examples.
3 tile wait
Kanchan with tanki
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Double kanchan with tanki
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Kanchan with nobetan
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Shanpon with tanki
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Triple Shanpon
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Ryanmen with penchan
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Ryanmen with tanki and kanchan
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Ryanmen with kanchan
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- This pattern could also considered as ryanmen with tanki.
Ryanmen with tanki
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4 tile wait
Quadruple shanpon
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Double entotsu
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Ryanmen with shanpon
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- This is different from the ryanmen with shanpon described by entotsu.
Ryanmen with triple shanpon
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Ryanmen with tanki and shanpon
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Ryanmenten with shanpon
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5 tile wait
Double ryanmen with tanki
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Ryanmen with shanpon and nobetan
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Ryanmenten with nobetan
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Ryanmen with shanpon and kanchan
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More than 5 tiles wait
6 tiles
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7 tiles
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8 tiles
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9 tiles
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- This is the Junsei Chuuren tenpai.
13 tiles
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Waiting for:
- This is the Kokushi 13 tenpai.
