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FAN 4 Nine Gates (88 points) 

Nederlands: Negen Poorten

 

Element type: Strict hand waiting pattern.

 

Holding the 1,1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,9,9 tiles in one suit, creating the nine-sided (concealed) wait for either 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, or 9.

! Must be played concealed !

One example of Nine Gates

Nice animation (source wikipedia), showing the nine different valid hand patterns with each of the 9 different suit tiles.

Nine-Gates-anim.gif

COMBINES WITH:

Pure Straight [28] (16 points)

Fully Concealed Hand [56] (4 points) - only if Self-Drawn [80]!)

Tile Hog [64] (2 points)

DOES NOT COMBINE WITH:

Full Flush [22] (implied)

Concealed Hand [62] (implied) - if not Self-Drawn [80]

Pung of Terminals or Honors [73] (implied)

No Honors [76] (implied)

 

SCORING ELEMENT FREQUENCY:

Virtually never! 0.000% does any MCR game end with this strict hand pattern and finishing tile scoring element.

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