OC Invitational

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Registration Fee: $399

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While the State of California no longer requires the use of a mask in indoor settings, wearing one in public indoor settings is still strongly recommended and everyone is required to be fully vaccinated to enter the venue. If you sit at a table with a player who requests you wear a mask, we will have disposable masks available if you do not have your own. All COVID guidance is subject to change in accordance with local, state, and federal mandates.

Game Format

• Saikouisen Ruleset (Aka-nashi, 30/10)

  • Game Settings

  • OC Mahjong Rules and Manners

• All games will be untimed.

Tournament Format

• Sets of five hanchans (cumulative score with the same players), one set per day.

  • In the event of a tie in terms of cumulative score, the player with the previous higher standing will place higher.

• Top 2 of each table will advance.

• Finalists (final 4) compete for 1st as their sole objective.

Etiquette

1. Clearly indicate tsumogiri and tedashi by not putting the drawn tile in your hand before discarding.

2. No gambling, alcohol, or drugs in the competition space.

3. Correctly score your own hands and verify the scores of others' hands.

4. Display good attitude and sportsmanship.

5. Refrain from casual conversation during a game.

6. Make calls in a timely manner. Excessively late pons will not have priority over chi.

7. Make calls verbally before revealing tiles.

8. Take called tiles before discarding.

9. Dealer is responsible for operating the table and splitting the wall.

10. Put the rinshan tile down before flipping the dora indicator.

11. Do not separate the dead wall.

12. Minimize total point stick exchange.

Penalties

1. Having too many or too few tiles is a dead hand.

   1. Drawing and flipping up sixteen tiles at the beginning of the hand is also a dead hand.

2. Placing the drawn tile into the hand or on your non-dominant hand side before discarding results in a warning. Starting from third occurrence in a hanchan, each time tsumogiri and tedashi is obfuscated will result in a dead hand.

3. All false or invalid calls (pon, kan, chi, riichi, tsumo, ron) result in a dead hand. Corrections cannot be made.

4. Displaying wrong tile(s) while making a call results in a dead hand unless the player can correct the call by showing the correct tiles. An invalid call will not carry through and the player must draw from the wall.

5. While drawing starting hands, if a player were to take the previous player’s tiles, the offending player will receive a dead hand for the round. Restore the original order.

6. Before discarding their first tile, the dealer is responsible for enforcing that all other players have drawn their 13th tile and the dora indicator is flipped over. Failure to do so will result in a dead hand.

7. Drawing out of turn results in a dead hand.

8. Discarding out of turn is a dead hand. The tile is taken back.

9. Illegal discard after calling a tile (swap calling) results in a dead hand. The discard will carry through and play will continue.

10. Revealing a non-winning hand before ryuukyoku is a chombo.

11. Calling with a dead hand is a chombo. The kyoku will not reset.

12. Declaring a riichi without being in tenpai is a chombo at ryuukyoku.

13. Declaring a false tenpai, including showing tenpai with a dead hand, at ryuukyoku results in a chombo. The kyoku will not reset. Tenpai payments will still be exchanged as if the player is not tenpai.

14. Knocking over five or more tiles from the wall after the dealer’s dice roll is a chombo.

15. Causing irreparable damage to the wall is a chombo.

16. Players who leave the table or use their phones during an active kyoku will receive a chombo. This is to ensure the integrity of the game. If you need to leave the table for a few minutes (e.g. to use the restroom), please do so between kyoku and after asking the other players to be excused.

17. Illegal post-riichi kan is a chombo when the hand is revealed. Even if this is revealed during ryuukyoku, the kyoku will still reset.

    1. It is considered breaking the rules when a player declares a kan after riichi if the kan will remove a possible interpretation of their hand. This is different from Tenhou, as Tenhou only checks if a player has changed their wait.

    2. (See image below) This applies regardless of yaku or fu considerations. For example, if a player declares riichi with 111p22233444s11m, they cannot declare a kan on 2s or 4s. Although in all situations under which this hand will be scored, the 2s and 4s will be considered triplets, kanning the 2s will remove the possible interpretation of winning on 3s as a kanchan.

Aaron L.
OC Mahjong
CRMA 2022 Semifinalist

Alex W.
Pacific Mahjong League
Whale Cup 2022 Finalist
2-time CRMA Qualifier

Austin T.
Pacific Mahjong League
Emerald Cup Champion

Bichen W.
Pacific Mahjong League

Bryant L.
OC Mahjong
2x MJS Offical Event Winner
Multi time LAPOM/OC League winner

Crow S.
Riichi Mahjong Columbus
Commentator
Jinja Cup 2nd place Team/Top 30 individual 2020

Kenji B.
Riichi Mahjong Central

Luce C.
Seattle Riichi Mahjong Club

Nicky S.
OC Mahjong
3x OC Mahjong League Winner

Nima H.
OC Mahjong
First American Player to Become a LAPOM League Champion / 2018 LAPOM 1st League Champion
Current Jansei-i / 2019 Jansei-sen Champion
Saikouisen Tournament in LA 2019 Semifinalist
Received Special Invitation to 28th Ryuuou-sen
Technical Commentator for 1st Kizuna Cup
OC 4th League Finalist
CRMA 2021 Finalist
OC 5th League Champion

Oliver N.
Pacific Mahjong League

Patrick N.
Seattle Riichi Mahjong Club

Rachel H.
Pacific Mahjong League
Seattle Riichi Mahjong Open winner 2018 and 2020

Simon Y.
OC Mahjong
CRMA 2021 Champion

Zach S.
Norfolk, MA

Zemin M.
OC Mahjong
CRMA 2022 Finalist