PML Riichi Team Tournament 2023

The PML Riichi Mahjong Team Tournament 2023 will be held on August 5th and 6th, 2023. Join us in Fremont, California for an amazing tournament and to celebrate International Riichi Mahjong Day! Sponsored by Riichi Mahjong Central!

Saki-style team tournament
32 players
Amos REXX tables only!
Our amazing new venue in the heart of Fremont
Live scores and personalized player stats for all games

Registration

At exactly noon pacific on March 18th, the form will be posted here. It will be first-come-first-serve for the first 7 teams in a unique club/geographical region.

https://forms.gle/8ojfKhxE8seHB8Kx5 <--- Register here! This form will open at noon on Saturday 3/18/23.

Please designate a team leader to fill out the form. Alternatively, club leaders may put "Player 1" etc if they know for sure they are sending a team but do not know who yet. Priority will go to the first 7 other non-PML teams from unique geographic regions. If there are fewer than 7 other teams from unique geographic regions, then more teams from each geographic region will be allowed. Teams may be made from any club or no club; no club affiliation is required to enter. If there are fewer than 7 other teams, PML will fill the remaining teams. (PML will be the 8th team - we will do qualifiers at some point. stay tuned on this).

$320 Per Team ($80 per person including tax)

After filling out the form, you will receive a link to pay. Your entry will be held for two weeks. Afterwards, if there are other teams waiting, they will get the chance to confirm. Once payment happens, your team will be officially registered. Tickets are non-refundable. You may adjust your roster up to two weeks before the event starts. You may use a last-minute substitute only with tournament director approval (usually things like travel problems or illness are fine, etc. Please give us a heads up). If your entire team needs to withdraw, please notify the tournament director asap.

Format

Saki-Style Rules (no uma, 4 red 5s, but no busting - see below for specifics)
Day 1: 5 hanchan scramble. Each hanchan will have 75 minutes to complete. A hand is started as soon as ron/tsumo/tenpai/noten/chombo is called from the previous hand. When time is up, finish the current hand. Each table should keep track of their own time.
After day 1: total scores of each team will be added up. The top 4 teams will play a finals for 1st-4th place, and the bottom 4 teams will play a finals for 5th-8th place. Team leaders will secretly message the tournament director their player order.
Day 2: For the sake of time, players will play the first 3 rounds simultaneously starting at 10 am. Each player plays 2 hanchan with the specified players from each team captain. These hanchan are untimed. The tournament director reserves the right to end a table if that table has exceeded 2 hours.
Afterwards, scores are tabulated and there will be some time for a team strategy meeting. Then, the 4th player of each team will play their 2 untimed hanchan. The tournament director reserves the right to end a table if that table has exceeded 2 hours.
While there is no uma, all the tables still are set to start at 25000. Players add and subtract points to their team's score with the difference from 25000. If a team goes below 0 points, they still continue to play as normal (a small change from Saki).

Saki-Style rules

Table has 25000 start, 25000 return, 0 uma. Your team starts with 100000 points. The difference from 25000 is added to your team's score. going below 0 in a hanchan and as a team is okay.
Ties are broken by first dealership (closest to east). This only really matters in the last hanchan should a team tie in the finals match. In the scramble, ties are broken by best average team placement.
Leftover riichi sticks disappear.
Open tanyao - Yes
Atozuke - Yes
Kuikae (swap calling) - No
Ippatsu - Yes
Ura dora - Yes
Kan dora - Yes
Aka dora - 4; 1 red 5 bamboo, 1 red 5 character, and 2 red 5 dot
Riichi with no remaining draws - No
Furiten riichi - Allowed
Riichi with no live waits - Allowed
Noten riichi - Chombo at exhaustive draw
Noten penalty - 3000 (standard splits)
honba - 300 each
Kiriage mangan - No (4/30 and 3/60 is 7700 ron and 11600 dealer ron; 2000/3900 tsumo and 3900 all dealer tsumo)
Multiple Ron - No. The next player that can win from the discarder wins (atamahane)
Bonus round after dealer win or tenpai - Yes
Agariyame/Tenpaiyame (Dealer being able to end the hanchan after winning / being tenpai) - Yes in all circumstances, even when you or your team is not the leader at your table or overall. This is generally a bad idea to do unless you're securing 1st in all-last of the last game, but you're welcome to do it).
Tenhou / Chiihou / Renhou - yakuman / yakuman / mangan
Double riichi - 2 han
Nagashi Mangan - Yes
Abortive draws - Yes for 9 unique terminals and honors, 4 riichi, and 4 winds, and 4 kans made by 2 or more players (after discard)
Pao - 3rd dragon in Daisangen, 4th wind in Daisuushi, 4th kan in Suukantsu, and daiminkan discarder into rinshan
Kazoe yakuman - Yes
Multiple Yakuman - No
Stacking yakuman - No - Maximum amount of points awarded is a single yakuman even if multiple yakuman are made
Double wind pair - 4 fu
Kan after riichi - allowed if it does not change shape
Ankan chankan for kokushi - Yes
Dora flip timing for kan - ankan: immediately. Daiminkan & shouminkan: after the discard. if rinshan, no additional dora for daiminkan & shouminkan.
Chombo penalty - 20000 from your team's total score

Schedule

Saturday
9:00 AM		Registration
10:00 AM		Hanchan 1
11:30 AM		Hanchan 2
12:45 PM		Lunch
2:00 PM		Hanchan 3
3:30 PM		Hanchan 4
5:00 PM		Hanchan 5
6:30 PM		Free Play Starts
11:00 PM		Free Play Ends
Sunday
10:00 AM		Finals hanchan 1 & 2 for first 3 players of every team
12:00 PM - 2:30 PM		Lunch can be whenever after you're done with your 2 hanchan. Please be back by 2:30 PM
2:30 PM		Finals hanchan 1 & 2 for last player of every team
15 minutes		Break between Hanchan 1 and 2 (likely around 4 PM but hard to tell due to games being untimed)
6:00 PM		Awards Ceremony (approximate) + free play
11:00 PM		Free play ends

Confirmed Teams	Region/Club
[Name not confirmed]	San Francisco, CA / Pacific Mahjong league
Ryui Sanzou	Various
Seattle Riichi Mahjong Club	Seattle, WA / Seattle Riichi Mahjong Club

Pending Teams	Region/Club

OC Mahjong	Orange County, CA / OC Mahjong

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