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 No player retains the same wind position throughout the game, unless the game happens to end before a wind rotation occurs.  During the [[hanchan|course of the game]], the dealer seat rotates among the four players.  So, naturally, the designation for East also rotates with the dealer position.  Likewise, the designations for the other winds rotate in a similar fashion.  At all times, the counterclockwise order remains the same: '''East, South, West, and North'''.
-== Oya ==
+At all times, the player sitting at East is noted as the '''[[oya]]''', or dealer.
-[[Image:Dealer marker.jpg|thumb|right|The dealer marker, showing the East face.]]
-Players seated East is designated as the '''oya''' {{kana|親}} or the dealer.  The dealer seat has some benefits:
-* If the dealer wins the hand, the wind seating does not rotate.
+== Initial wind order ==
-* If the dealer is [[tenpai]] at [[ryuukyoku]] (exhaustive draw), the wind seating does not rotate.
+At the [[Japanese_mahjong_setup#Dealer_order|very beginning of the game]], players are initially assigned the wind seating.  Here, players can note the order at which they can attain the dealer position.  A number of methods can be used for the initial wind designations.  Players have the discretion to choose the preferred method.
-* The dealer's hand value is worth exactly or approximately 50% more than that of non-dealer hands.
-* The dealer is always the first to grab four dealt tiles.
-* The dealer always draws first and begins the hand.
-The dealer is only disadvantaged, when non-dealer players win by [[tsumo]].  In this case, the dealer plays exactly or approximately double that of the non-dealers.  This is only significant during close games, by which the point differences may be adequate enough for a [[gyakuten|place change]].
-=== Advantages ===
-Ideally, players greatly benefit by retaining the dealer position, in order to maximize point gains.  Often, games may be won or lost regarding the dealer position.
-Naturally, other players may force wind rotation by winning the hand themselves.  Yet, at times, it may be beneficial for the dealer to simply concede the dealer position.  Ideally, the dealer would prefer to let the wind seating rotate either when other players win points off of each other directly (by ron), other players win by tsumo using cheap hands, or being noten at ryuukyoku to minimize point losses.
-[[Rule_variations#Agari|Variation]] on the rotation rule may be applied depending on the requirement. Sometimes, the rule setting may require the dealer to win the hand, instead of merely achieving tenpai at ryuukyoku.  This is to increase the pressure on the dealer to win hands.  This also prevents the dealer from elongating the game by attaining additional hands by being tenpai at ryuukyoku.
 == Yakuhai ==