Changing Your Mind
Knowing a direction is dead
Spotting a hand that cannot happen any more.
Intermediate · lesson 20 of 22
There are four of every tile. If your hand needs a kong of 5 Craks and three are already discarded, that hand is over, and no amount of drawing will change it.
The same is true more quietly for pairs. If you need a pair of a tile and three are gone, you need the exact last one and there is no joker that can help.
Tip
Check your hand against the discards every few turns. Most players notice a hand is impossible several turns after it became impossible.
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