HELP!!

[Gameer]

Hello everyone! I'm new to this forum and to mahjong and I was wondering why this hand isn't a ron hand:





Now I'm a complete newbie so any help is appreciated.

Edit: the last row is my current hand while the other three is chii's.

Thanks in advance.

[Referee]

Foremost, because the 6 is in a different suit than the 7-8. But the main problem is, even if it was a 6-sou, there's no yaku.

[Gameer]

thanks for the quick reply, this was the actual hand ( typo ) gonna edit now

Now, time to show my ignorance:
how do I see if it's a yaku and what is it?

[cavemaneca]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Mahjong_yaku

To complete a hand you have to fulfill the requirements for at least one yaku.
so, it has to be on that list.

[Gameer]

Thanks alot!

[Referee]

Yeah. It looks like Pinfu, but this one (as several others) can't be done open hand (ie, having claimed chi, pon, or kan before)

[b4k4ni04]

http://www.japanesemahjong.com/ good learning site, has nice list of Yaku at ch. 5.

Your primary error in opening this hand up, was opening it up with a terminal in one of your melds. About the only yaku you can complete with a lot of melds is Tanyao / All insides.

Best of luck in improving !

[Tom Sloper]

FAQ 25: http://www.sloperama.com/mjfaq/yaku/yaku.htm

[Shirluban]

EMA rules:
http://mahjong-europe.org/rules/downloa ... les_EN.pdf
http://mahjong-europe.org/rules/downloa ... eet_EN.pdf

Also available in French, Polish and Spanish at http://mahjong-europe.org/rules/index.html