While juggling classes, scanlation projects, and general housekeeping, there comes a time when people just need a break, and what better way to spend a Friday night than playing mahjong? (Hmm……learning to make fresh ramen comes to mind.)
Anyway, last night was the 4th mahjong session for us, and this time, dealer antes (tsumi) were incorporated into play. Basically what a tsumi does is that for each time the same person is dealer, the dealer puts out a counter using 100-pt sticks each consecutive time that person is dealer. If the dealer wins with counters out, the dealer gets an extra 300pts total for each counter. If someone else other than the dealer wins, the dealer just takes the sticks back and no extra amount is paid. Reverse doras were also observed this session unlike the previous session.
Player: Ruka (South in East-1, top in pictures), Caleb (West in East-1, left in pictures), Josh (West in East-1, camera man), Kyle (East in East-1, right in pictures)
Game Type: Half Han Chan (AKA Half Deal)
Casual Rules: Open Tan Yao is possible, temporary furiten is not observed, dead hands are not observed.
Wind Round: East
Starting Score: 26000
Round 1
Josh declares riichi during the round.
Ruka rons off Caleb with an open Tan Yao, 2 dora, 40 fu.
Caleb -5200, Josh -1000 (riichi), Ruka +6200
Ruka becomes the new dealer.
Commentary: I remember there being a kan of sous during the round which may or may not have helped with the doras. Also, Kyle had a kan in his hand, but he forgot that he could still meld that. I wish I remembered more from the round, but it’s a little tough since there’s no photograph to remind me of it.
Round 2
Kyle calls a ron off Ruka’s South wind discard. However, Kyle pays chombo for not having any yaku in his hand.
Kyle -8000, Ruka +4000, Caleb +2000, Josh +2000
Since dealer is in tenpai, Ruka adds +1 tsumi.
Commentary: Bad luck for Josh early in the game when all he did was keep discarding his draws which turned out to be 1-suits that he may or may not have been able to use (hand not shown). Additionally, a lot of terminals seem to have been discarded early on consecutively. As for Kyle’s hand, he could have won if he at least called a riichi. If that happened, that 3 dora he had plus the 40 fu from the hand would have hit me for 8000. Tan Yao wasn’t possible considering his discard. North wind was also not possible because 3 North tiles were already out. Alternatively, he could have waited until the last draw/discard and hope to win off that giving him 1 yaku for going out on the last tile.
Round 2-2
Ruka calls riichi on his 10th draw.
Kyle calls a win (forgot if it was a tsumo or a ron), but pays chombo for not having yaku in his hand.
Kyle -8000, Ruka +3000 (-1000 for riichi), Caleb +2000, Josh +2000
Since dealer is in tenpai, Ruka adds another tsumi for a total of 2.
Commentary: A normal game for the most part. I had a small chance to win with a single wait on the chun since Josh was also waiting on it. Josh had no chance to win with the 4-sou wait since both Kyle and I held those. If a chun somehow came out, that person would have been double ronned (we decided not to use Head Bumps) and quite possibly have been in a world of hurt. For Kyle’s hand, knowing to go for North tiles this time, thought he could win with only a pair of seat winds. Sorry, you needed at least a pon of winds to make that hand count.
Round 2-3
Riichi ante from last round carries over.
Ruka rons off Caleb’s 6-pin with a two-sided wait, Pon of Dragons, 2 dora, 30 fu.
Caleb -6400 (-600 from tsumi), Ruka +7400 (+1000 from riichi in the pot)
Ruka adds +1 tsumi for a total of 3.
Commentary: Again, another double ron was possible between Josh and I. Not much to say here except now the others start to comment on how I always have chuns in my hand or discard. I have no idea.
Round 2-4
Josh calls riichi and Kyle uses the tile discarded on the riichi for his chi.
Ruka calls riichi on his 10th draw.
Kyle rons off Caleb on a 2-pin wait, open Tan Yao, 1 dora, 30 fu.
Caleb -2000, Ruka -1000 (riichi), Josh -1000 (riichi), Kyle +4000
Caleb becomes the new dealer.
Commentary: A funny thing happened early in the round. After I discarded my haku and as Caleb was drawing from the wall, three of his tiles fell over which were 1 of each of the dragons. When I saw that, I knew immediately that he was trying to go for 13 Orphans. His reason after the round was over was that he had no idea what to do with his hand. On the other hand, I’m kinda glad someone else won. Who knows how long the game would’ve dragged on otherwise?
Round 3
Caleb calls riichi and the tile is melded by either Josh or I.
Josh declares a tsumo, open Pon of Seat Wind, 30 fu.
Ruka -300, Caleb -1500 (-1000 from riichi), Kyle -300, Josh +2100
Josh is the new dealer.
Commentary: Good thing to see Caleb go back to his trusty Seven Pair hand. Considering there’s already a 5-man in the pond and another incorporated in Kyle’s hand, the 4th one would be a tough one to come out.
Round 4
Kyle declares riichi on his 11th draw.
Ruka declares riichi on his 11th draw.
Ruka declares a tsumo, closed non-specific hand, 2 dora, 1 reverse dora (5-sou indicator not shown), mangan.
Caleb -2000, Josh -4000, Kyle -3000 (-1000 from riichi), Ruka +9000
Commentary: I have no idea what Caleb’s going for. On one hand, he may have 13 Orphans in his mind again, but considering he’s keeping multiple wind tiles, I’m not sure what’s going on there. Whatever it was, it definitely prevented Kyle from getting his South wind pon for a win. With no 1-man out in the ponds, it’s still stuck somewhere in the wall…or even dead wall.
Final Scores
Ruka – 54300, +40
Josh – 26100, -4
Caleb – 12900, -17
Kyle – 10700, -19
Running Time – about 3.5 hrs
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