Month

Hand

No.*

Hand

Name

Description

Concealed

or Exposed

Payoff**

Winner

01/05

6

Windfall

5 pairs of 1 suit plus 1 of each wind

Concealed

Limit

Marie

3/18/05

02/05

12

Dragon’s

Tail

A run of 1 suit, plus either a pung of dragons and a pair of winds, OR a pung of winds and a pair of dragons.

Concealed

Limit

Lini

2/18/05

03/05

44

Double

Numbers

2 pungs of the same numbers in 2 different suits plus a pair of winds or dragons; no terminals allowed

Exposed

Double

Limit

Nancy

3/18/05

04/05

15

Run, Pung, & Pair

1 through 9 in 1 suit plus a pung in the same suit and a pair in the same suit

Concealed

Limit

Simona

7/1/05

05/05

10

Crochet

4 sets of tiles and a pair – each set of three must have one of the same numbered tile in each suit; the pair must be a knitted pair.

Concealed

Half

Limit

retired

3/3/06

06/05

2

Clean Pairs

7 pairs in one suit with pairs of winds or dragons

Concealed

Limit

Zyta

6/17/05

07/05

26

Heads & Tails

Pungs or kongs of 1’s and 9’s in any suit plus a pair of either 1’s or 9’s – no winds or dragons

Exposed

Limit

retired 3/3/06

09/05

30

Four Blessings

Pungs or kongs of the four winds plus a pair of anything

Exposed

Double

Limit

10/05

1

Dirty Pairs

Seven pairs of anything

Concealed

Half Limit

11/05

11

News Hand

1 through 9 in one suit plus one of each wind, with one of these winds or terminals paired

Concealed

Limit

12/05

14

Five Odd Honors

1 through 9 in one suit plus five odd winds and dragons. This hand does not contain a pair.

Concealed

Limit

Gen

12/2/05

1/06

3

Heavenly

Twins

Seven pairs in one suit only—no winds or dragons

Concealed

Limit

2/06

--

no hand

3/06

5

Knitting

Combination of seven pairs in any two matched suits

Concealed

Limit

Maxine

6/2/06

4/06

4

Honor Pairs

Seven pairs of terminals (1s and 9s) and/or honors

Concealed

Limit

5/06

7

Dragon’s Breath

Five pairs of one suit, and one of each dragon, with one dragon paired

Concealed

Limit

6/06

8

Dragonet

Three pairs of one suit plus any honor paired, and 6 odd honors.  No terminals.

Concealed

Limit