Not sure these was the right decisions, but here's why I played that way:
Krabman wrote:E1 - you held on to that 1s for too long. Whenever I have this type of shape, I discard the hanging terminal immediately since I already have a group. Situation would be different if I had 12 Pinzu.
You missed some decent tiles there, especially at 12th go-around when discarding 5p in favor of 12s penchan didn't do you any good
I did that because
gives me a pair with
, and I can use
either to have a run or a triplet, while the
was alone.
E2 - I don't understand your move at 4th go-around. Why break up such a good ryanmen? Your hand was progressing nicely so I would've simply gotten rid of Chun in hopes for menzen
7th go-around - I wouldn't have broken up my hand just yet. I would've discarded Chun first to keep the shape. Of course, overpushing that hand was not an option.
4th: I have a chance at sanshoku, and if I'm able to pull it either
,
or
could be my fourth run; the chun pair gives me two possible pairs, and a possible additional yaku.
7th: I don't have a good hand: 2 shanten, with just one group done and the hand doesn't look so big; I thought dropping chun with no one of them visible could be dangerous.
E3 -
8th go-around - I do believe keeping that ryankan in Souzu would've been better in terms of shape evolution. I would've discarded 4m (still 1 shanten)
Yup, I think you're right.
E4-1
8th go-around - I'm wondering if discarding 9s to pursuit Tan-Pin would've been a good descision? That Pinzu shape was nice and could've easily evolved. I don't think that 3p was a big mistake as you already had 1 shanten with 2 ryanmen and you didn't really need to hunt for a monster hand. I'm only thinking
Could be; I'm still getting the hang to hands with a lot tiles of the same suit, I'm not sure which discard is better here.
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4th go-around - that 8s was more valuable than 1m, I think
I discarded
because it was isolated, while
can make a run with
, leaving
as ryanmen.
I don't think that Dora soba 3m was a good choice. Oya could've declared hikkake Riichi. You were still far from tenpai and had a really poor shape, so for me it would've been full betaori right from the start. The fact that it was Oorasu and you were last doesn't matter here
The problem was that for me not to end fourth someone has to win on kamicha, a good hand (at least 5700) on toimen, or a big hand (12800) on shimocha, otherwise I'm fourth, so I preferred to try and win the hand than going betaori from the start, since also a low hand would have been enough.
When toimen declared riichi, kamicha could have discarded suji just because he hadn't safe tiles (indeed, he hadn't), but at this point yes, maybe it would have been better to go in betaori and hoping for kamicha to pay.
Thanks for your thoughts!