Four triplets you drew yourself.
Sources genuinely differ: 8, 10 or 13 depending on the table’s ceiling. We score 8, the graded Hong Kong reading. The full comparison
Four pungs or kongs, every one of them concealed, plus a pair. It is eight faan.
Concealed means you formed each triplet from your own draws rather than by claiming a discard. Claiming even one pung reduces the hand to ordinary All Pungs at three.
This is the hardest ordinary pattern to build, because the whole game pushes you to claim. Every discard you want is one you must refuse.
Commit only from three concealed triplets already in hand. Below that, take the pungs on offer and settle for All Pungs.
Claiming the final pung. The moment you take a discard to complete the fourth triplet, the pattern collapses from eight faan to three. If you are one tile away, you must draw it yourself.
It contains All Pungs, and Concealed Hand scores with it as well, so the total is well above the eight alone. With Mixed One Suit it climbs further. Hands that reach this usually finish at or near the table limit.
Can I win on a discard for the pair?
Yes. The four triplets must be concealed. Completing the pair from a discard is fine.
Do concealed kongs count?
No. Declaring any kong breaks concealment in Hong Kong rules, so it costs this pattern as well. Four concealed PUNGS is what the hand needs.
What if I claim one pung?
You drop to All Pungs at three faan. The concealed requirement is all or nothing.
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