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 !
Nice animation (source wikipedia), showing the nine different valid hand patterns with each of the 9 different suit tiles.
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)
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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source: Mahjong Greenbook MCR Rules 2014 (pdf)