haneman strategies help

[lackaname]

I need help with getting a haneman. I already know advice such as enabling red tiles and trying to get the dora tiles to make sets (/ melds) whenever possible, is there anything else I should look out for? Such as relatively easy to get hands, or times when I can steal from other players and still have enough han to likely get a haneman?

[bat0]

Not really, it's random / luck. You can try playing on the easy table.
I usually try to riichi when possible. If you win by riichi, you get another Dora tile indicator.
Concealed Kan (Kan from your own draw) is an option but risky (if you lose).

All Simples (Tanyao) - No 1, 9, Winds, or Dragons

The rest are not that easy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Mahjong_yaku

That's pretty situational, exposed hand with enough Han for Haneman.
Can be All Triplets (Toitoi) with Dora, Round / Seat Wind, and/or Dragons.
Half-flush / Flush (One type of tile with or without wind / dragon tiles) if possible.

[June-pie]

It's very much luck, but going for high value hands with a lot of different yaku requires intuition and the guts to play the odds. You want to accrue as many different yaku as you can, as you only need 6 han to qualify for a haneman.

Riichi gives 1 han
Tsumo with a closed hand gives 1 han
Triplets of dragon tiles (open or closed) gives 1 han
Seat or round wind triplet gives 1 han
A wind that is both seat AND round wind gives 2 han instead
Every single dora tile in your hand gives 1 han

Sometimes there's just random crap that gives han

Ron / Tsumo off the last draw of the game gives 1 han
Tsumo off the dead wall when forming a kong gives 1 han
Ron off a tile used to upgrade a triplet into a quad gives 1 han
Winning in the turn you declared riichi gives 1 han

So generally, keep your hand closed, chase after high value yaku and dora tiles, and pray to the mahjong gods for good luck.

[lackaname]

Thanks! I ended up trying to target all simples, got really lucky and had it be all pairs along with the all simples at the same time!

[June-pie]

Congrats man. Riichi All simples seven pairs and one matching dora is enough for a haneman.

Now to throw yourself into the game and master it. Watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLq7u2dyA3k&t=