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=== Damaten === | === Damaten === | ||
{{main|Damaten}} | {{main|Damaten}} | ||
The alternative to declaring riichi is '''damaten'''. This move involves retaining the closed hand in tenpai, without making a declaration. | |||
=== Defense === | |||
{{main|Defense}} | |||
A riichi call does prompt other players to play even more defensively. At the same time, a player cannot defend after calling a riichi. Yet, one seemingly obvious fact can easily be ignored: the last chance a riichi caller can defend may be at the riichi call itself. Plenty of times, tenpai is attained just before, that riichi declaration is considered and made. Often, a player must discard one particular tile in order to attain tenpai; this is the "leaked tile". At this point, defensive considerations on that leaked tile may be overlooked, because of the riichi opportunity. If it happened to be a dangerous tile, then that riichi opportunity suddenly becomes a point gain for another player. In a sense, one must "look before leaping". | |||
=== Furiten === | === Furiten === | ||