вЂњFour pungs and two singlesвЂќ is actually a little easier, but itвЂ™s basically the same as four pungs and a pair.ДonвЂ™t be intimidated these Concealed hands are actually not too difficult to make.ДЄs usual, we have the biannual вЂњpung-kong, pung-kongвЂќ shape for Evens #2,В Consec #2, Odds #2, and 369 #2. вЂњFour pungs and a pairвЂќ is the easiest pattern to make in American mah-jongg. I also look for вЂњfour pungs and a pairвЂќ hands, as Concealed hands at the bottom of card sections.

Not many clues needed to figure out what sheвЂ™s doing. If someone exposes a flower pung, you know sheвЂ™s making one of only three hands. If her second exposure is a pung of sixes, you know sheвЂ™s making 369 #3.ДЇlower pungs are easy to make, and this is the second year of pungalicious flowers. If instead her additional exposure is a number kong, she is making 369 #3 or Consec #5. If she shows a flower pung in addition to the dragon pung, she is making Consec #5 or W-D #6. If someone exposes a dragon pung, you know she can be making one of only three hands. Four of the seven were eXposable last year, and this year just three are. The 2018 card (last yearвЂ™s) contained seven dragon pung hands, while the 2019 card contains six. On several past cards, dragon pungs have been вЂњdead giveaways,вЂќ because they were used only in Concealed hands. At some point, the League will post the answer in writing on its own FAQs page.ДЄmerican Mah Jongg (2019 NMJL card).В When I look at a new NMJL card, I look for certain things: dragon pungs, and (these days) flower pungs, and recurring patterns. Someone emailed me and told me that several people had called the League and were told that it is indeed an oversight вЂ“ the hand is supposed to be вЂњ Any 2 Consec. вЂњД«ased on an understanding of tradition, though, one would assume there was a mistake that the omission of the phrase вЂњ Any 2 Consec. Nos.вЂќ prompted a bunch of emails asking, вЂњdoes it have to be ones and twos only?вЂќД«ased on an understanding of the вЂњrulesвЂќ regarding how the card is to be read, one would assume that the hand must be the numbers shown only (FAQ 19-AJ). Nos.вЂќ This year the absence of the phrase вЂњ Any 2 Consec.

Every previous time this hand has appeared, the parenthetical has always said вЂњ Any 1 Suit, Any 2 Consec. The problem is that the parenthetical is much shorter than it was on the same hand in previous cards (last year, for instance). And that is Consec #5 (the 5th hand in Consecutive Runs): FFF 1111 2222 DDD(Any 1 Suit) x25 This year there was an omission that resulted in such a flood, beginning before I had received the card myself. It often happens that a new card has something on it that raises a question, resulting in a flood of emails to me, and phone calls to the League. There are 53 hands on the card 9* are repeats from last year 20 are repeats from a previous year 13* are variations on previous hands 5 are biannual alternating versions, and 6* hands are new (not seen on any card as far back as 2000, which is as far as I checked). Reprinted with permission from the author.ДЄmerican Mah Jongg (2019 NMJL card).The 2019 card is now among us.

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