How to Mahjong with points (Advanced Hong Kong style)

This is your complete guide to the advanced variant of Hong Kong style mahjong, played with points. There is a lot to learn, but I've tried to make it as concise as possible, covering all the actions, tiles and hands that award points.
SECTIONS:
00:34 - Part 1: Introduction to points
01:30 - Part 2: Actions with points
02:55 - Part 3: Tiles with points
06:07 - Part 4.1: Hands with points
10:32 - Part 4.2: Special hands
15:29 - Part 5: Afterword
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Very useful wiki page - en.wikipedia.o...

[@jasonchen3457]

Babe wake up. Mahjong Sparrow dropped a new vid

[@veralee2505]

Yay the smoothest voice of mahjong is back with another fire video 🔥🔥🔥

[@cha_wanya]

The explanations are so clear and on point! Thank you very much.

[@matthewly8142]

This is the best HK points video out there !

[@donnygaming8]

Very clear and comprehensive video for anyone learning how to play with points!

[@enlcoach2227]

I’ve been waiting for this video. I have a group of 12 friends who followed your first video. Sooooo explicit! Best video so far. Now they are ready for an advanced video. Thank you!

[@MahjongSparrow]

Thanks to you and your friends for watching, happy playing!

[@RDSylva]

FINALLY a (relatively) clear explanation of HK Mahjong scoring. Was trying to follow the "official" MJ Competition Rules published online but it was hard to understand. Great work!

[@enochliu8316]

MCR is more designed for advanced players.

[@RandomAlexus]

This is literally everything I ever wanted in an HK style mahjong scoring primer.

[@MahjongSparrow]

Appreciate your kind words!

[@DylanBekker]

I’ve had to watch so many different videos to try to get this information. Finally all the information in one video 🙌🏼. Thanks so much for the clear explanation.

[@MahjongSparrow]

Thanks for watching! Glad it was helpful!

[@ThatwasAsian]

this is such a great video im gonna show it to my mahjong club

[@BuddhaBaby-jf6pv]

Very useful video, simply explained!

[@DougieSSyd]

One of the most awaited videos on KZbin !!! Finally ! …(Brilliant, thank you!)

[@Qnnrad]

Just in time when I need it Thank you for making these, they are FANTASTIC value and great production! Bless you!

[@janewong4384]

He’s back🗣️🗣️🗣️ This was so easy to understand and helpful!!

[@ManYeeLee-e1u]

This video plus the basic one are super clear of the explanation with smooth accent! Thanks very much for making them! My friends like them! And I can play it in the Lunar New Year 🎉!! Yay!

[@scarletskunkjob9842]

Keep the videos coming! You are doing good work.

[@abbiotic777]

the transitions are so clean bruh 😩

[@gigi1121x]

Thank you Laoshi, I’m a mahjong expert now

[@abbiotic777]

i like ur way of explaining this game!

[@pll7002]

Well done! Thank you.

[@abbygail6010]

Having my first mahjong game this week…. Can’t wait to fail and have fun

[@MahjongSparrow]

Having fun is the most important part!

[@samuelyau1113]

Brilliant thank you 🙏

[@T-cx9mw]

Such a great video! If you have a mixed one suit hand that has honor tiles worth +3 and your honor tiles happen to be a pung of dragons, do you add an additional +1?

[@MahjongSparrow]

If I've understood your question correctly, you have a mixed one-suit hand with honour tiles included, one of them being a Dragon triplet, whilst the other honour triplets don't provide points - in that case then yes, your total points for the hand would be 4.

[@StephanieR-v3u]

Great video! So clear and easy to understand. Could you make a video explaining how to pay the winners based on the points?

[@MahjongSparrow]

Thanks! Maybe in the future if there is strong demand for this, as I do not want to encourage or perpetuate mahjong's stigmatic associations with gambling

[@djYuz]

Awesome video. Does Hong Kong scoring use any knitted or knitted + honors hands? Those took me by surprise when playing mainland competition scoring.

[@tonyphilippe6224]

I heard seven pairs come from USA. I heard some place in Japan it was called « America » when they adopted this hands. Also many regional rules among china (especially where people start to play mahjong very early) doesn’t recognize this hand. Also It doesn’t look like any other 4*3+2 structures. About nine gates, shall we mention that many people are kind of scared of this hand because it will burn down all your luck or some years of your life 😅.

[@mattchow881]

What set are you using in this video? Thanks.

[@MahjongSparrow]

I actually bought this hand-crafted set in Mong Kok, HK. Not from the extremely expensive place that has a 9-month waitlist, but just off the street corner. If you have a chance to visit, I would definitely recommend checking them out (maps.app.goo.gl/iiNVhpuRqmbsYvbU8)

[@pocor3436]

at 4:17 didn't you mix up north and south ?

[@atran2728]

Awesome! Best comprehensive how to play and score HK mahjong videos. Rekindled childhood memories. I have shared them with families. Questions: Self draw - everyone pays the winner, while a player who discarded the winning tile only pays the winner correct? What is the scoring rule when a player (player A) discarded a tile that helps another player (player B) to make either 9 tiles or 12 tiles showing then later self draw for the win? Does player A pay for everyone? Thank you

[@MahjongSparrow]

Thanks! And to your question - Yes, especially for 12 shown tiles, if you would like to play with penalties.

[@T-cx9mw]

This video is excellent! So clear and easy to follow, thank you! I had a question - if no one has a winning hand by the time you reach the dead wall, is the round over? Or can you draw the tiles from the dead wall?

[@MahjongSparrow]

So this depends on house rules. We usually play until the very last wall tile and discard, and if no one wins by then, it is a draw game and the dealership moves on.

[@ashleyg4499]

Clear Voice Good Graphics I Like

[@donnygaming8]

That windicator looks huat!

[@alonelast5772]

if i understood it correctly...so if i have a common hand (with only runs) but of one suit and I have honor eyes, i would get 3+1 equals 4 points?

[@MahjongSparrow]

Yes exactly, you would get 3 points for having a mixed one-suit hand, and a bonus point for having a common hand structure - 4pts total.

[@Deff-RyL]

Please give me the link

[@agnesadyana7344]

What is defrent between double and poin?

[@calotengu]

nice video

[@enochliu8316]

I think you can only rob a Gong if the player is completing a Pung, not when a player declares a closed Gong.

[@MahjongSparrow]

I think this is up to the players, since a hidden Gong is not traditionally part of HK mahjong and was adopted from other styles. IMO, if you're able to steal someone's hidden Gong, that's well more impressive than stealing a normal Gong, so I would let them have it.

[@ds1527]

😄

[@mtametrocards]

Cooool

[@patf9482]

Thank for clear video explanation of the points sytem for the resppective winning combinations. However I am a bit puzzled with the below basic winning combination points The first video link awards 1 point and the second awards 0 for the same winning tiles. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4e0qolthLKKmqM kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4e0qolthLKKmqM Please can you clarify the point differences in the two video clips links. Both video clip show the same set of winning tiles which are all consective triplets without any honor tiles

[@MahjongSparrow]

So it's important to understand that all the points referenced are added points, and not absolute values, hence why there is always a + sign before each point reference. The Common hand in question from your 2 links is a combination of +1 for structure, and +0 for suit, therefore the total for such a hand in this instance would be 1 point. Remember, points are always cumulative. Hope this helps.

[@joelbuxton6884]

I got lost at the wind directions. Why don't they correspond to a typical compass?

[@MahjongSparrow]

Hi, the Winds can be confusing, best not to think of them relating to a traditional Western compass. Your Seat Wind is always relative to the dealer. The dealer is always East; if you follow the dealer, you are always South; if you are across from the dealer, you are always West; and if you're left of the dealer, you are always North. Hope this helps!

[@djYuz]

The way I heard it explained is that in Chinese culture the order of directions from first to last is East, South, West, North (compared to the order North, South, East, West that is used in Western culture.) Then you’re just applying each direction counterclockwise from the dealer around the table. It won’t match up with true compass directions so don’t worry too much about it.

[@joelbuxton6884]

@@MahjongSparrow This does help. This is also incredibly interesting on a worldview level. I have encountered different conceptions of time and different understandings of how to find your way and the meaning of them - but this was making my head split. Thanks for the clarification. Much appreciated.

[@joelbuxton6884]

@@djYuz I replied to Mahjong Sparrow, but I also have you to thank. Now to find three people to play in my neck of the woods.

[@domeshtan1677]

I don't know if it's true but it can kinda make sense. I think I read in a book somewhere where it may have been considered a "heavenly" game. So the explanation I got was that if you were laying on your back looking up at the sky the directions make sense.

[@abbiotic777]

6:16

[@woojinkim8231]

whoooooooooooooo

[@kathylien7047]

You explained too fast , but thank you for teaching us the points.😇

[@MahjongSparrow]

Thanks for watching! There is a lot of info, and I didn't want to make the video tooooooo long, but hopefully a few replays and pauses will help make it more digestible