Suuankou
Suuankou 「四暗刻」 is one of the standard yakuman hands. This hand consists of four concealed triplets and a pair, i.e. none of the triplets must have been claimed from other players' discards. If the hand is on a shanpon wait, the winning tile must be a tsumo and not as a discard of another player. A win by discard may render the fourth triplet as an "open" triplet. Thus, the condition for the yakuman would not be met.
| Type | Yakuman |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 四暗刻 or 四暗刻単騎 |
| English | Four concealed triplets |
| Value | Yakuman |
| Speed | Slow |
| Difficulty | Hard |
Then there is suuankou tanki 「四暗刻単騎」, which features the hand with a tanki wait, the winning tile may come from another player's discard. In this case, all four triples are present in the hand. This hand is closed only.
Tile diagram
Winning tile: or .
Tanki
Winning tile:
- Note: This wait is sometimes considered to be worth double yakuman. Nevertheless, yakuman is guaranteed with the winning tile.
Value
This hand is a yakuman hand which automatically awards 32000 points to a non-dealer winner, or 48000 points to a dealer winner.
Formation
All four of the triplets must be concealed for this hand to be counted as a yakuman. Tile calls of closed kans are acceptable, as the closed kan also counts as a closed triplet. The difficulty of this yakuman stems from the need to draw at least 3 out of 4 of a single tile type, for four different tile types. Discard calling to attain tiles immediately removes any chance of forming this yakuman.
With a shanpon wait, one of the pairs is upgraded into a triplet. If this method of completion is done by discard, then that fourth triplet is considered to be "open". So instead of yakuman, the hand would instead be counted as a combination of toitoi and sanankou, at least.
External links
- Suuankou in Japanese Wikipedia