Mah Jong for Beginners. Shozo Kanai

      Bonus tile Pon(s).

      A Pon of the Seat Wind, the Round Wind, or of Color tiles, doubles the Fundamental Points. When a player has one Bonus Pon, the F. P. are doubled.

       (Base 20 + Pon + Kan + Pillow) × 2

      When a player has three Bonus Pon(s), the F. P. are doubled three times. (Base 20 + 3 Pons + Pillow) × 2 × 2 × 2(or × 8).

      The above cases refer to the points in the hand, but the following four cases apply only in Going Out.

		Points
(1)	When one Goes Out by making a pillow	2
(2)	When one Goes Out by completing a Chi by filling in an Intermediate tile	2

      For example:—Completing a 4 - 5 - 6 Ball Chi by getting a 5 - Ball tile.

      Going Out by making a Pillow

       Going Out with an Intermediate

(3)

When one Goes Out by completing a Chi with a Marginal tile

2

      For example:—7 - Won is the Marginal tile of the 7 - 8 - 9 -Won Chi. A 3 - Ball tile is the Marginal tile of the 1 - 2 - 3 -Ball Chi.

      Going Out with a Marginal tile

       This hand can Go Out with either a 4-Bamboo tile or with a 7-Bamboo tile

(4)

When one Goes Out with a tile drawn from the pile

2

      For example:—with the above hand a player has two chances to Go Out. It he Goes Out by drawing either a 4 - Bamboo or a 7 - Bamboo from the pile he gets 2 points.

      The above points in Nos. 1, 2, and 3 are doubled if a player picks a tile from the pile to make up the pillow to Go Out, or if he picks an Intermediate or a Marginal tile from the pile to Go Out.

      If during the South Round, one of the players Goes Out by making a pillow of South tiles by picking up from the pile, he gets a total of 6 points.

Pillow of South tiles		2
Going Out by making a Pillow		2
Going Out by drawing from the pile		2
	Total	6

      If a player in the South Seat, during the South Round, makes a Pillow of South tiles by picking up from the pile and Goes Out, he gets 8 points.

Pillow of South tiles		4
Going Out by making a Pillow		2
Going Out by drawing from the pile		2
	Total	8

      Great care must be taken in counting the points because many times they overlap.

      The before-mentioned points are the points in the hand, but the following points are the Bonuses for Going Out.

      Four Chis and Pillow (no Letter tiles)

       Numeral tiles 2- to 8- only; Pon, or Chi and Pillow

       Numeral tiles 2- to 8- only, but having four Chis.

      Bonuses for Going Out

      1. Hand has 4 Chi (s) and Pillow (no Letter tiles) and Goes Out with a discarded tile............F. P. or Base × 2

      (Letter tiles are the Wind and Color tiles)