Illustrated guide of waits with names
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:08 pm
Originally posted by Barticle here.
Thanks Barticle
Please reply in the original thread, and let this one clear.
More important than knowing the names is knowing the probabilities.
Tanki - pair wait, one tile waiting for another of the same
wait:
As there are four copies of each tile in the full set - and you have one of them - you are waiting for only three tiles.
Some of these might be unavailable if already discarded, in a melded set or in the dead wall so three is the theoretical maximum number.
Ryanmen - the serial pair or two-sided wait, waiting to complete either end of a chow
waits:
Of the five basic waits, this one gives the highest chance of winning - you are waiting for eight tiles in total (four each of the two waits).
A hand must be won on a Ryanmen wait in order to qualify for the Pinfu yaku.
Kanchan - centre wait, waiting on the middle tile of a chow
wait:
You are waiting on four tiles.
Penchan - edge wait, a ryanmen including a 1 or 9 hence only waiting on one side
wait:
Again you are waiting on four tiles.
Shanpon - I call it a \"double pair wait\", a hand with three complete sets and two pairs, one of which must become a pung
waits:
With this one too you are waiting on four tiles but this time two each of the two different waits.
Thanks Barticle
Please reply in the original thread, and let this one clear.
More important than knowing the names is knowing the probabilities.
Tanki - pair wait, one tile waiting for another of the same
wait:
As there are four copies of each tile in the full set - and you have one of them - you are waiting for only three tiles.
Some of these might be unavailable if already discarded, in a melded set or in the dead wall so three is the theoretical maximum number.
Ryanmen - the serial pair or two-sided wait, waiting to complete either end of a chow
waits:
Of the five basic waits, this one gives the highest chance of winning - you are waiting for eight tiles in total (four each of the two waits).
A hand must be won on a Ryanmen wait in order to qualify for the Pinfu yaku.
Kanchan - centre wait, waiting on the middle tile of a chow
wait:
You are waiting on four tiles.
Penchan - edge wait, a ryanmen including a 1 or 9 hence only waiting on one side
wait:
Again you are waiting on four tiles.
Shanpon - I call it a \"double pair wait\", a hand with three complete sets and two pairs, one of which must become a pung
waits:
With this one too you are waiting on four tiles but this time two each of the two different waits.