Scoring Overview



Section VI: Calculating Final Score

The next few pages explains one of the more complicated aspects of the game: scoring.

When a player goes out, he receives an amount that is determined by three factors:

      1. Whether the player is Dealer or not
      2. The number of Han (covered in the last section)
      3. The number of points
First, let's take a close look at the difference between payment for Dealer (the player sitting at East) and Non-Dealer (the other three players).

Simply put, the Dealer receives 150% the payout of other players. But the Dealer also has a disadvantage: When a Non-dealing player goes out Tsumo, the Dealer pays half.

You may find it easiest to think of the Dealer/Player difference in the following manner.

First, consider the payments to Dealer and Non-dealer like so:

    1. Non-dealer receives 4 units.

    2. Dealer receives 6 units.
For example, a 5-Han hand is worth 8,000 points for Non-dealer (4x2000=8000), and 12,000 points for Dealer (6x2000).

Using the 4 unit/6 unit system, we can analyze payouts in the following manner:

Ron

    1. Non-Dealer receives all 4 units from the Player who discarded finishing tile.

    2. Dealer receives all 6 units from the Player who discarded finishing tile.
Tsumo

    1. Non-Dealer receives 2 units from the Dealer, and 1 unit each from the Non-dealers (totaling 4 units).

    2. Dealer receives 2 units from each Player (totaling 6 units).
Next step: Learn to calculate points in order to determine the final value of a hand.



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