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Tile Efficiency Quick Reference

16 Dec 2025

Hand Building

1) Discard isolated tiles

  • Guest Winds → Isolated 1,9 → Double Wind → Dragons → Seat Wind
  • Isolated 2,8 → Isolated 5 → Isolated 4,6 → Isolated 3,7

2) 6 blocks → 5 blocks

3rd pair → penchan → outer kanchan → inner kanchan → 2nd pair → ryanmen

3) 5 blocks → tenpai

When you have 2 pairs: weakest multi-wait → pair

When you have 3 pairs: strongest multi-wait → wait

Overlapping Waits

1224 (penchan + kanchan)

Break in favour of isolated 2,8 or above

1334 / 1245 (kanchan + ryanmen / penchan + ryanmen)

Break in favour of isolated 3~7 or above

1122 / 1133 (penchan + penchan / kanchan + kanchan)

Break in favour of ryanmen, keep in favour of isolated tiles

12 tile acceptance if broken in favour of kanchan/penchan, 10 tile acceptance + iipeikou chance if kept

2356 / 2233 (ryanmen + ryanmen)

Break in favour of ryanmen

Betaori Priority

1) Genbutsu

  • Riichi discards
  • Discards after riichi

2) No Houjuu

  • 4 visible jihai
  • 4 visible + no chance 1,9
  • 4 visible + suji 1,9

3) Tanki Houjuu

  • 3 visible jihai
  • 3 visible + no chance 1,9
  • 3 visible + suji 1,9

4) Shanpon + Tanki Houjuu

  • 1~2 visible jihai
  • 1~2 visible + no chance 1,9
  • 1~2 visible + suji 1,9

5) Shanpon + Tanki + Penchan/Kanchan Houjuu

  • Naka suji 4,5,6
  • Suji 2,8
  • No chance 2,4,5,6,8

6) Shanpon + Tanki + Penchan + Kanchan Houjuu

  • Suji 3,7
  • No chance 3,7

7) Fewest Waits

  • 1,9
  • 2,8
  • Kata suji 4,5,6
  • 3,7
  • 4,5,6


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