WWYD (Riichi Y/N?)

[RegalStar]

Left hand player disconnected, thus will be blown away at the end.

[Kyuu]

Recommend not showing opponent hands.

However, pretending not being able to see them. Riichi on an Ittsu with Akai Dora (4-han minimum with riichi off of a 6-sou). South 4-4, down over 25,000 points from the lead. A direct Haneman (with honba) will do the trick. That's asking a lot hoping for an uradora with the 4-pin, or direct ippatsu + 1 uradora.

Seeing as there is no 6-sou dropped yet. Wait and see for now.

[RegalStar]

My original logic with this hand is that if I riichi and 1st/4th discards 3s, I'd not even have enough to get 2nd place (5100, tiebreaker goes to lower ranked player IIRC). if I don't riichi, I can let pass any 3s, and still get 2nd place by ronning 6s off anyone/ron 3s off 2nd place/tsumo anything. (1st place is really rather impossible with that much difference). (Right after dealer declared Riichi, so I followed with my own Riichi since his riichi stick gave me the missing edge I needed.)

What I'm wondering now, though, is that if the point difference between me and 2nd place were to be expanded by 600 so tsumo 3s is no longer enough to get me 2nd place without riichi. What should I do then? Riichi and hope for direct hit/6s/tsmo (and possibly get stuck in furiten as I'm forced to pass any 3s played by 1st and 4th place), for damaten and hope for 6s period?

[Iapetus]

My original logic with this hand is that if I riichi and 1st/4th discards 3s, I'd not even have enough to get 2nd place (5100, tiebreaker goes to lower ranked player IIRC).

Tiebreaker goes for the earlier dealer, so we have the advantage here.