Korean 2-Point Mahjong Ⅺ
– Standard Rules and Scoring for Beginners
Chapter 11. Score Calculation Exercises
Let’s calculate some winning hands together. Failure to accurately calculate the score often leads to fatal violations especially when declaring the “Win!” or “uper!”. A violation is also called a “jump” in Korean mahjong.
➊ East Wind declared the “win by discard” (8 of pins) from West Wind on concealed hand, having already declared an “uper”.
East Wind cannot win with this hand because the basic score is just 1 point (concealed hand). In fact, because “uper” (bonus 1 point) doesn’t have any basic score and this hand cannot make basic 2 points, the moment East Wind declared “uper”, East Wind have already committed a violation (jump).
In this case, East Wind enters in “sacred discard” and East Wind cannot win the game. See <Chapter 9.2 Sacred Discard> The game restarts on North Wind after cancelling East Wind’s win declaration.
❷ East Wind won by self-draw (8 of pins) on concealed hand after declairng “uper”.
This winning hand looks like “all sequences” but does not. Because it is not a “win by discard”. This winning hand is “all simples”.
The “uper” declaration is also valid because even if you “win by discard”, you can earn at least basic 2 points with “all simples”. If you win by discard with “8 of pins” from another player, the winning hand will be “all sequences”. Therefore “uper” declaration of “all sequence” is valid if not “all simples”.
ante 10 points
basic 3 points (concealed hand + fully concealed hand + all simples)
bonus 1 point (uper declaration)
Korean style Dora 1 point (8 of pins – 1 tile)
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Sum 15 points (East Seat +45, South –15, West –15, North –15)
➌ South Wind declared the “win by discard” (6 of wans) from East Wind on concealed hand, having already declared an “uper”.
ante 10 points
basic 2 points (concealed hand + all sequences)
bonus 3 point (uper declaration, 2 flower tils)
Korean style Dora 2 point (6 of wans – 2 tiles)
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Sum 17 points (South Seat +34, East –34(17 x 2), West ±0, North ±0)
➍ North Wind declared the “win by discard” (5 of wans) from South Wind on concealed hand after declairng “uper”.
ante 10 points
basic 2 points (concealed hand + a red dragon triplet)
bonus 1 point (uper declaration)
Korean style Dora 2 point (5 of wans – 2 tile)
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Sum 15 points (North Seat +30, East ±0, South –30(15 x 2), West ±0)
➎ East Wind declared the “win by discard” (white dragon) from North Wind on concealed hand. (cannot declare “uper” because of 1 of pins)
ante 10 points
basic 2 points (concealed hand + a white dragon triplet)
bonus 0 point
Korean style Dora 3 point (white dragon – 3 tiles)
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Sum 15 points [(East Seat +30, South ±0, West ±0, North –30(15 x 2)]
➏ South Wind won by self-draw (6 of pins) on concealed hand after declairng “uper”.
ante 10 points
basic 3 points (concealed hand + fully concealed hand + south seat wind)
bonus 1 point (uper declaration)
Korean style Dora 1 point (6 of pins – 1 tiles)
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Sum 15 points (South Seat +45, East –15, West -15, North -15)
➐ East Wind declared the “win by discard” (east tile) from West Wind on concealed hand. (cannot declare “uper”)
ante 10 points
basic 2 points (concealed hand + east seat wind)
bonus 0 point
Korean style Dora 3 point (east wind – 3 tiles)
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Sum 15 points (East Seat +30, South ±0, West –30(15 x 2), North ±0)
➑ After claiming a “pung” (north tiles), South Wind declared the “win by discard” (3 of wans) from East Wind.
ante 10 points
basic 2 points (mixed One-Suit)
bonus 0 point
Korean style Dora 2 point (3 of wans – 2 tiles)
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Sum 14 points (South Seat +28, East –28(14 x 2), West ±0, North ±0)
➒ When South Wind claims a “exposed kong” on “5 of wans”, East Wind declares “win by discard” the “5 of wans” from South Wind (Robbing the Kong). East Wind’s hand tile is the concealed hand with “uper” declaration.
ante 10 points
basic 3 points (concealed hand + all sequences + all simples)
bonus 6 point (uper declaration + robbing the kong 5 points)
Korean style Dora 1 point (robbing the kong’s dora is only 1 point)
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Sum 20 points (East Seat +40, South –40(20 x 2), West ±0, North ±0)
