Ramune

I support the right of clowns to strike for whatever reason

I personally wouldn’t prioritize saving the head over completing a 3 block because I’ve won plenty of games where I was tenpai waiting for the head and I’m able to adjust what I’m waiting on to something others are more likely to discard. Of course I wouldn’t intentionally aim for tenpai waiting for the head but if it plays out like that at least I can mess with people by waiting on a tile in a riichied player’s discard.

Edit: JPML’s play like a pro episode 3 explicitly teaches against committing to a head instead of just completing the block. Episode 5 further expands the idea by not even having a pair at tenpai in their second example.

Idk I also just applied 5 block method but came to a different conclusion than you. 333pin, 5668pin (expecting 2), 234sou, 4668sou (expecting 2). I gave the solution that reduces 5668pin group to one block because that’s what the game is suggesting, but you can do the same with the sous instead by discarding 8sou now, draw 7pin and discard 4sou, now tenpai waiting on 4/7pin

I don’t see why you split 234sou because that’s literally already complete, I wouldn’t even consider using 4sou as the head unless I draw another 4sou or I draw 1sou, even then I’d discard 1sou to preserve tanyao especially when there are other head candidates in the hand already

Discard 8pin now, draw 7sou and discard 5pin, you’re tenpai waiting on 5sou