Mahjong Competition Rules – advanced

8-point minimum rule

Must have total (before flower tiles) 8 or more points, otherwise cannot Hu; get some extra fan when not enough points

Extra fan – chows

All Chows 2 points - 4 chows + 1 pair, no honour tiles

Mixed Double Chow 1 point - 2 equal chows in 2 different suits; Pure Double Chow 1 point - 2 equal chows in same suit

Short Straight 1 point - 2 chows in same suit making a sequence; Two Terminal Chows - 2 chows 123 789 in same suit

Extra fan – tile types

All Simples 2 points - all tiles are suit tiles 2, 3,.. 8 only; No Honours 1 point - all tiles are suit tiles only

One Voided Suit 1 point - one of the suits is not present

Extra fan – pungs, kongs, pairs

Double Pung 2 points - 2 equal pungs/kongs in 2 different suits; Tile Hog 2 points - using 4 of the same tile, but not in a kong; can be in pung + chow, pair + 2 chows, 2 pairs or 4 chows

Two Concealed Pungs 2 points - 2 concealed pungs; concealed pungs are pungs within standing tiles; melded pungs do not count; concealed kong counts as concealed pung; self-drawn win completing a pair to a pung counts as concealed pung

Melded Kong 1 point - total all kongs 1, including melded kongs 1, can be big melded kong or small melded kong; Concealed Kong 2 points - total all kongs 1 or more, including concealed kongs 1

Two Melded Kongs 4 points - total all kongs 2, including melded kongs 1 or 2; example - melded kong + concealed kong + concealed pung scores Two Melded Kongs 4 points + Concealed Kong 2 points + Two Concealed Pungs 2 points, total 8 points

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8-point minimum rule
Extra fan - chows
Extra fan - tile types
Extra fan - pungs, kongs, pairs
Extra fan - honours, terminals
Extra fan - hand building
Reference sheet
"Non-Repeat Principle"
"Exclusionary Rule"
Other scoring principles
Advanced techniques
Seat rotation
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