Tournament Rules
Full tournament rules will be posted no later than the registration begins.
Main conventions:
- Kuitan – ari – open tanyao is allowed.
- Aka – nashi – no red fives are used.
- Kuikae – ari – switching chi is allowed, but you can not discard the same tile you’ve opened on
- Atodzuke – ari
- Double yakumans – nashi – no double yakumans.
- Pao – ari – the player who discarded the tile in the last set of daisangen/daisushi/suukantsu is responsible for the whole payment, if the yakuman was made by tsumo, and for the half of the payment, if the yakuman was made by ron.
- Open riichi – nashi – open riichi is not allowed.
Schedule:
The 1st day
9:30 – 10:15 – arrival and registration of participants
10:15 – 10:45 – opening ceremony
10:45 – 12:15 – 1st playing session
12:15 – 12:30 – break
12:30 – 14:00 – 2nd playing session
14:00 – 15:45 – break
15:45 – 17:15 – 3rd playing session
17:15 – 17:30 – break
17:30 – 19:00 – 4th playing session
19:00 – 19:15 – preliminary results processing
The 2nd day
9:00 – 9:30 – arrival of participants
9:45 – 11:15 – 1st playing session
11:15 – 11:30 – break
11:30 – 13:00 – 2nd playing session
13:00 – 14:45 – break
14:45 – 16:15 – 3rd playing session
16:15 – 16:30 – break
16:30 – 18:00 – 4th playing session
18:00 – 18:30 – final results processing
18:30 – 19:00 – award ceremony
Prizes:
- Guaranteed valuable prize for the winner,
- prizes in other nominantions.