Mahjong Winds

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Kong Replacement 槓上開花

You won on the tile drawn to replace a kong.

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How it works

You declare a kong, draw the replacement tile from the back of the wall, and that tile completes your hand. It is one faan, and the name in Chinese means a flower blooming on top of a kong. The replacement is a genuine draw, so this also counts as a self-draw.

How to build it

Any kong gives you an extra tile from the wall, which is a free look you would not otherwise get. When a kong does not damage your shape, declaring it is usually correct. When you are one tile from winning, that extra draw is a real chance rather than a formality.

Common mistake

Declaring a kong that wrecks your wait. Turning a pung into a kong removes a tile that may have been part of a better shape, and it exposes information. The extra draw is worth one faan only if it does not cost you the hand.

What it combines with

It scores alongside Self Draw, because the replacement is drawn rather than claimed, so those two alone are two faan. It also stacks with whatever your hand was already worth, and with All Kongs, where four kongs is a limit hand in its own right.

Questions people ask

Does it count if the replacement completes a second kong?

You draw again. The row applies to the tile that finally completes your hand.

Does it work after a concealed kong?

Yes. Concealed and exposed kongs both give a replacement draw and both can score this.

Does it stack with Self Draw?

Yes. The replacement is a draw, so both rows count, for two faan.

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