The Book of Mah Jong. Amy Lo

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      AMY LO

      TUTTLE PUBLISHING

       Tokyo • Rutland, Vermont • Singapore

      Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd., with editorial offices at 364 Innovation Drive, North Clarendon, VT 05759 and 61 Tai Seng Avenue, #02-12 Singapore 534167.

      Copyright © 2001 Amy Lo

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher.

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      ISBN: 978-1-462-91402-9 (ebook)

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      Contents

INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONEThe Game of Mahjong
1.1The Tiles
1.2Accessories
1.3A Hand of Tiles
1.4A Few Examples of Winning Hands
1.5Players and Their Respective Playing Positions
1.6Playing Directions
1.7Different Rules of Mahjong Game
CHAPTER TWOThe Cantonese Game
2.1Seat Allocation
2.2Building the Walls
2.3Designating the First Dealer
2.4Breaking the Walls
2.4.1 Leaping the Tiles
2.5Matching the Tiles
2.6Claiming a Discarded Tile
2.6.1 Sheung — To Match a Sequence
2.6.2 Pung — To Match a Triplet
2.6.3 Revealed and Concealed Sets
2.6.4 Gong
2.6.5 Priority in Claiming Discards
2.7When to Declare a Win
2.8Failing to Claim a Discard to Declare Pung or a Win
2.9The Dealer and the Duration of a Game
2.10Scoring
2.11Computing the Fans
2.12Awarding the Winner
2.12.1 Jit Woo — To Intercept a Winning Hand
2.12.2 Table of Awards
2.13Payine the Winner
2.14Bao — Penalty to the Risk Taker
2.15Penalties
2.15.1 Falsely Declaring a Win
2.15.2 Long or Short Hand
2.16Fortune Hand — a Draw
2.17Playing with Flower Tiles
2.17.1 Scoring for Flower Tiles
2.18Five-Player Game — Dreaming
2.19Three-Player Game
CHAPTER THREEBasic Strategy
3.1Speed
3.2Taking Advantage of Opportunities
3.3Keeping Alert
3.4Safe Discards
3.5Improving Your Winning Chance
3.6Improving Your Hand for a Higher Score
3.7Winning Probabilities
CHAPTER FOURCourtesies
CHAPTER FIVEThe Shanghai Game
5.1Terminology
5.2Designating the Chair of the First Dealer
5.3Choosing the First Dealer
5.4Building the Walls
5.5Discards
5.6Displaying Revealed Sequences
5.7Fortune Hand
5.8Assembling a Revealed 13-Terminal Tile Hand
5.9Scoring
5.10Computing the Fans
5.11Awarding the Winner
CHAPTER SIXThe 12-Tile Game
6.1Winning Probabilities
CHAPTER SEVENThe 16-Tile or Taiwanese Game
7.1Seat Allocation
7.2Building the Walls
7.3Designating the First Dealer, Breaking the Walls, Revealing Flower Tiles, and Drawing Make-up Tiles
7.4Shuh
7.5Garng
7.6Winners
7.7Scoring

      INTRODUCTION

      The Mahjong Game

      Mahjong is called "Mahjek," which means

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