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Why you need a Pair

Four Groups are not a win until a Pair joins them.

What this lesson teaches

Four Groups are not a win until a Pair joins them.

  • A Group is a Run or a Set.

Takeaway: 4 Groups need 1 Pair to win.

Transcript

In Mahjong Island, four Groups aren't enough on their own. A winning hand also needs one Pair.

Here, the 9 Dots and the Soap don't match, so there's no Pair yet.

A second 9 Dots makes the Pair, and now the hand wins.

So keep a Pair in mind from the start. It's the piece new players forget.

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