Beginner's Riichi Mahjong Guide: When to Call Riichi

First video, interested in making Riichi Mahjong content and thought this would be a good opportunity. Let me know if this helped and thank you for watching. Hope to see u at a south table some time lols
Played on Mahjong Soul. My youtube account is too new so i can't hyperlink lol so look it up on googoo!!!

[@donoteatmikezila]

There are two types of mahjong players. Those who calculate and those who operate by vibes.

[@AyoMousy]

That's me I'm vibes if my pp doesn't get a jingle I don't touch the tiles

[@JongAddict-gn1so]

I riichi every time. Riichi is the heart of riichi mahjong. The excitement, the terror. It is what I live for.

[@user-wg3vn6ew3y]

Hi there!
You shouldn't toss 6s first in this situation. There are no treats from your opponents, and with such a hand, you must simply maximise your chances.
Furthermore, 1 after 6 from the hand is a sign of tempai in OTHER suits, and 6 after 1 is just a sign of improvement.
Finally, your strategic analysys is not complete. You could move riichi right after tempai there, and both toimen and shimocha never go full-save. Toimen - with obvious reasons. Shimocha - because most of your tsumos moves him on 4th place. Even kamicha os vulnerable, because with 3 nottens you still win :)
On the other side, your damaten after second tempai is good.
Do your best taking master - and move Tenhou :)

[@aaronh678]

What does this mean to a new player? Eli5

[@smk7500]

@aaronh678 I've only been playing a few months but this is what I think this means
1. Discarding 1s (1 of bamboo) instead of 6s at 4:15 increases tile acceptance, and since there are no obvious threats of fast/strong hands from other opponents it's better to discard 1s.
2. Mahjong soul allows you to see visually if a player discards the tile that they just drew or if they discarded a tile from within their hand. With discard order it's suspicious discarding 6s and then 1s from your hand, since it's weird to hold onto a weak 1s longer than a strong 6s which has high tile acceptance. (I wouldn't worry about this point as a new player, only really strong players pay attention to this and this is only a small sign)
2. It's still not a bad idea to riichi on a 5s wait in this situation since across opponent and right opponent are both at risk of ending the game in 4th, so they will likely push their hand even if riichi is called. This means if 5s is useless to them they will likely discard it rather than playing defensively. Left opponent is also at risk of losing 1st, so they may push their hand as well.

[@arturiaemiya3877]

New player, really liked this video. I hope you make more at some point

[@jasindu9139]

Good video, would love to see more!

[@lad3144]

Thanks man, keep up the good work! Just started mahjong and that was very instructive

[@tanshu295]

Great video. Would love to see your take on other Mahjong Riichi concepts and strategy.

[@Luuuwun]

Good video! I'm super new to mahjong and MS, and I (like a lot of newer players) seem to have a hair trigger for riichi. It almost makes me think that I have already won and it's just a matter of getting my tile. Similar to pocket aces in poker. On paper it is great, but not invincible

[@MrOmagaG]

I am currently Expert 3 and I think "it depends" is not a bad answer :D

[@IvanBaAl961]

This example is basically daburu riichi, but worth 1 han less. Something that happens in

[@KatechivonRuskamafia]

Hi, are you planning to do more videos?

[@Ackermany]

make more of these pls :3

[@alias914]

Actually, you should have call riichi. When you call riichi, other players will usually drop which gives you more turns. If other players proceed with their hands, they also have better chances of winning. With riichi you force others to step back. With ryanmen machi, you should always assume on tsumo, never ron.

[@sleeparrow4375]

thx that was rly hgelpful

[@ricca517]

mhm yes, Gamble

[@Elysia12500]

Erm... what the sigma🤓