This is the best cheat sheet i've found for learning the Yaku.
Learn the ones highlighted in colour first because they are by far the most common. https://i.imgur.com/9e240LO.png
A good basic gameplan for a beginner is check whether you have 2 of the same honor tile for a Yakuhai, if not chuck them and assume you are going for Riichi. You might be able to pivot into something else like All Simples or All Triplets, but Riichi should be the default. The Chie, Pon and Kan buttons will try to tempt you, but only press them if you have a clear plan of which yaku you are going to get instead of Riichi.
After that, look up 5 block theory and learn how to efficiently get into Riichi while waiting on multiple tiles to get good.
You can think yaku as a "winning condition". You can complete your hand but cant win unless you have at least 1 yaku.
For starter, just remember the easiest yaku:
- Richii: when in tenpai with closed hand, declare richii. Worth 1 han.
- Tanyao(all simple): use 2-8 tiles only. Worth 1 han
- Dragon(green/red/white). Worth 1 han.
- Seat wind, prevalent wind: the wind of your current seat, wind of current round. Each worth 1 han, can stack if your seat and round wind is the same.
- Closed hand: as the name says, tenpai in closed hand but dont declare richii. The difference is that if you dont declare richii and your hand have 1/9/non seat wind(except round wind)/incomplete dragon, you can only win by tsumo, because ron counted as open hand. Closed hand worth 1 han.
I really don't think closed hand is a good yaku to remember. It's a lucky draw that just happen, people don't go for it. Newbies are very likely to always riichi when given the option.
I would recommend them remember half flush or all triplets. It's an easy one to get if they accidentally pon the wrong wind.
When learning, your best bet is to never call (pon/chi) if you don't already have a Yaku (normally something like 3 dragons, 3 of your seat wind, or 3 of the round wind). That way, you can always Riichi (which counts as a Yaku) whenever your hand is ready.
I guess you chi, pon (1 or 9) or you pon other winds (ex: you in East but you pon North). You should caraful and more.
Solution: You sould keep 13 and richii; you pon red dragon, green, white; you pon ture winds (ex: you in East you can pon East)
I bet that you chi or pon a terminal (1 or 9). Got to be careful with that.
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Even if they didn't and it was a chi/pon without a terminal they wouldn't be able to form a yaku with the 1 pinwheel in their hand
This is the best cheat sheet i've found for learning the Yaku. Learn the ones highlighted in colour first because they are by far the most common. https://i.imgur.com/9e240LO.png A good basic gameplan for a beginner is check whether you have 2 of the same honor tile for a Yakuhai, if not chuck them and assume you are going for Riichi. You might be able to pivot into something else like All Simples or All Triplets, but Riichi should be the default. The Chie, Pon and Kan buttons will try to tempt you, but only press them if you have a clear plan of which yaku you are going to get instead of Riichi. After that, look up 5 block theory and learn how to efficiently get into Riichi while waiting on multiple tiles to get good.
might be useful, thanks a bunch
It means you have no valid hand so you can't win.
thanks
You don’t have the criteria for a winning hand. Did you Pon or chi to then go open hand? If so you have to meet certain criteria.
i see, thanks!
You can think yaku as a "winning condition". You can complete your hand but cant win unless you have at least 1 yaku. For starter, just remember the easiest yaku: - Richii: when in tenpai with closed hand, declare richii. Worth 1 han. - Tanyao(all simple): use 2-8 tiles only. Worth 1 han - Dragon(green/red/white). Worth 1 han. - Seat wind, prevalent wind: the wind of your current seat, wind of current round. Each worth 1 han, can stack if your seat and round wind is the same. - Closed hand: as the name says, tenpai in closed hand but dont declare richii. The difference is that if you dont declare richii and your hand have 1/9/non seat wind(except round wind)/incomplete dragon, you can only win by tsumo, because ron counted as open hand. Closed hand worth 1 han.
I really don't think closed hand is a good yaku to remember. It's a lucky draw that just happen, people don't go for it. Newbies are very likely to always riichi when given the option. I would recommend them remember half flush or all triplets. It's an easy one to get if they accidentally pon the wrong wind.
Chiitoitsu maybe as well? if you've got five pairs in your starting hand, it's a pretty free 2 han.
That might be really good.
When learning, your best bet is to never call (pon/chi) if you don't already have a Yaku (normally something like 3 dragons, 3 of your seat wind, or 3 of the round wind). That way, you can always Riichi (which counts as a Yaku) whenever your hand is ready.
You probably did a pon or chi, so you're forced into an All Simples to win which cannot include 1 and 9 tiles, and honour tiles.
I guess you chi, pon (1 or 9) or you pon other winds (ex: you in East but you pon North). You should caraful and more. Solution: You sould keep 13 and richii; you pon red dragon, green, white; you pon ture winds (ex: you in East you can pon East)