"What would you discard" (WWYD) questions are a very popular topic of discussion in the Western riichi mahjong community. Recently, there was a WWYD event in Japan featuring "Doppo", who is the 3rd Tenhoui and a professional player representing Saikoui-sen. During the event, he emphasized that the "why" is more important than the "what" in WWYD questions. In other words, the reason is more important than the decision. We believe that there should be a reason behind every discard. Please feel free to share WWYD questions here, and let us all make sure we explain the reason behind our decisions. This way, we can all benefit from a shared deeper understanding of the choices we have to make while playing riichi mahjong.
When you post WWYD questions, please provide the game conditions, including round, player's seat, point conditions, rule set, etc.
Not sure... A part of me wants to discard 3/4p because double ryanmen like this isn't as good as it seems... 6s also looks tempting! It does lose 36 (only 1x6s left, though) ukeire but we're keeping 58s and it seems like a good compromise between a normal hand and Chiitoi. I'll go with 6s.
Depend on the actual stage... Since the table matter is not given, I will assume all the waiting tiles are available. In this case, I will discard 3P/4P since 3344 have duplicated waits (well, if looking for 1 pair of identical sequences, 6M/8M is the choice)
Many Taatsu WWYD and WHY? Who is G Uzaku? Mahjong books author. And he is also works for other Mahjong tactics books as Proofreading. He prefer play real mahjong rather than internet Mahjong games. 『麻雀 傑作「何切る」300 選』 300 Selected WWYD (Blue) 『麻雀定石「何切る」301選』 Mahjong established tactic 301 selected WWYD (RED) New One!!! 『ウザク式麻雀学習 牌効率』 Uzaku Style MJ Studies "Tile Efficiency" (GREEN) Picked Tile efficiency related subjects from Blue and Red version and adding more. Highly recommended for players who just started and not winning hands often. G Uzaku also running his blog 麻雀本を斬る！麻雀ゲームを斬る！ (Slashing MJ Books! Slashing MJ games!) Twitter: @mjbook
The hand looks close to tempai again! WWYD and WHY? Who is G Uzaku? Mahjong books author. And he is also works for other Mahjong tactics books as Proofreading. He prefer play real mahjong rather than internet Mahjong games. 『麻雀 傑作「何切る」300 選』 300 Selected WWYD (Blue) 『麻雀定石「何切る」301選』 Mahjong established tactic 301 selected WWYD (RED) New One!!! 『ウザク式麻雀学習 牌効率』 Uzaku Style MJ Studies "Tile Efficiency" (GREEN) Picked Tile efficiency related subjects from Blue and Red version and adding more. Highly recommended for players who just started and not winning hands often. G Uzaku also running his blog 麻雀本を斬る！麻雀ゲームを斬る！ (Slashing MJ Books! Slashing MJ games!) Twitter: @mjbook
1 Shanten!! WWYD and WHY? Who is G Uzaku? Mahjong books author. And he is also works for other Mahjong tactics books as Proofreading. He prefer play real mahjong rather than internet Mahjong games. 『麻雀 傑作「何切る」300 選』 300 Selected WWYD (Blue) 『麻雀定石「何切る」301選』 Mahjong established tactic 301 selected WWYD (RED) New One!!! 『ウザク式麻雀学習 牌効率』 Uzaku Style MJ Studies "Tile Efficiency" (GREEN) Picked Tile efficiency related subjects from Blue and Red version and adding more. Highly recommended for players who just started and not winning hands often. G Uzaku also running his blog 麻雀本を斬る！麻雀ゲームを斬る！ (Slashing MJ Books! Slashing MJ games!) Twitter: @mjbook
Not sure... A part of me wants to discard 3/4p because double ryanmen like this isn't as good as it seems... 6s also looks tempting! It does lose 36 (only 1x6s left, though) ukeire but we're keeping 58s and it seems like a good compromise between a normal hand and Chiitoi. I'll go with 6s.
Depend on the actual stage... Since the table matter is not given, I will assume all the waiting tiles are available. In this case, I will discard 3P/4P since 3344 have duplicated waits (well, if looking for 1 pair of identical sequences, 6M/8M is the choice)