Frequency of high scores/certain yaku in 3er opposed to 4er?
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 6:02 am
I usually try to play 4 player mahjong as opposed to 3 player (since I don't think 3 player mahjong is "real" mahjong), but I've played 3 player on a certain site long enough to notice that...
1) High scoring hands are far more common (including yakuman level hands)
2) Certain yaku are much more easily to be hit (eg honitsu and nagashi mangan)
In Point 1) I use baiman as the minimum level to be "high scoring," and it seems that one cannot go two full hanchan without seeing at least one baiman+ hand scored. This is very true if the pei are used as dora (most common) instead of a set of pei being a yakuhai set (like a set of sangenpai). A yakuman level hand (including counted yakuman) happens probably at least once per 10 to 15 hanchan or thereabouts, compared to something like once per 50-100 hanchan in 4er.
In Point 2) Since the manzu suit lacks the chuncheung tiles (2 to , honitsu is most likely one of the most common yaku to be made, even over tanyao. Nagashi mangan (if that is a valid yaku) is slightly easier to make since no chi calls are allowed and now 48% of the tiles are rotouhai and the jihai compared to just 38% in 4er. And with rules regarding the pei tiles could make a difference as some rules allow nagashi mangan WITH declared pei dora.
I wonder if anyone elses observations are similar to mine here.
1) High scoring hands are far more common (including yakuman level hands)
2) Certain yaku are much more easily to be hit (eg honitsu and nagashi mangan)
In Point 1) I use baiman as the minimum level to be "high scoring," and it seems that one cannot go two full hanchan without seeing at least one baiman+ hand scored. This is very true if the pei are used as dora (most common) instead of a set of pei being a yakuhai set (like a set of sangenpai). A yakuman level hand (including counted yakuman) happens probably at least once per 10 to 15 hanchan or thereabouts, compared to something like once per 50-100 hanchan in 4er.
In Point 2) Since the manzu suit lacks the chuncheung tiles (2 to , honitsu is most likely one of the most common yaku to be made, even over tanyao. Nagashi mangan (if that is a valid yaku) is slightly easier to make since no chi calls are allowed and now 48% of the tiles are rotouhai and the jihai compared to just 38% in 4er. And with rules regarding the pei tiles could make a difference as some rules allow nagashi mangan WITH declared pei dora.
I wonder if anyone elses observations are similar to mine here.