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      THE COMPLETE BOOK OF

      MAH JONGG

      AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE ASIAN, AMERICAN

       AND INTERNATIONAL STYLES OF PLAY

      AMY LO

      TUTTLE Publishing

       Tokyo | Rutland, Vermont | Singapore

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      Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.

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      Copyright © 2001 Amy Lo

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      CONTENTS

MAH JONGG, THE PEOPLE’S GAME
INTRODUCTIONThe Mah Jongg Game
CHAPTER ONEThe Game of Mah Jongg
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 Mah jongg Game
CHAPTER TWOThe Cantonese Game
2.1Seat Allocation
2.2Building the Walls
2.3Designating the First Dealer
2.4Breaking the Walls
2.4.1Leaping the Tiles
2.5Matching the Tiles
2.6Claiming a Discarded Tile
2.6.1Sheung — To Match a Sequence
2.6.2Pung — To Match a Triplet
2.6.3Revealed and Concealed Sets
2.6.4Gong — To Match a Quadruplet
2.6.5Priority 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
2.12.1Jit Woo — To Intercept a Winning Hand
2.12.2Table of Awards
2.13Paying the Winner
2.14Bao — Penalty to the Risk Taker
2.15Penalties
2.15.1Falsely Declaring a Win
2.15.2Long or Short Hand
2.16Fortune Hand — a Draw
2.17Playing with Flower Tiles
2.17.1Scoring 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
CHAPTER EIGHTThe American Game
8.1The American Mah Jongg Set
8.2Seats Allocation
8.3Designation of the First East Player
8.4Exchange of Unwanted Tiles
8.4.1First Pass
8.4.2Second Pass
8.4.3Third Pass
8.4.4Blind

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