Practice setting four tiles

How your choice is judged

First, the trainer checks that your selected low hand does not outrank the other two tiles. If it does, the arrangement is foul. A legal choice is then compared with the split that protects the strongest low hand; if low hands tie, the stronger high hand decides the study match.

This is a transparent balancing exercise, not a claim that every casino would set the hand the same way.

What the scorer recognizes

• All 16 pairs in exact rank order
• Teen and Day Wongs, Gongs and High Nines
• Gee Joon counted as three or six
• Point totals and single-tile tie-break rank
• Foul low/high arrangements

Fair scoring

When two splits are equal

In 2,872 of the 35,960 possible deals (7.99%), two different splits are exactly equal: the same low hand and the same high hand, tie-break included. The trainer counts either one as a balanced match.

To check a hand from a real table, enter it in the hand calculator. It shows every split side by side.

Play at home

Practise with a physical set

The trainer deals from a complete 32-tile set. To practise the same way at a kitchen table, you need the full set, not a partial domino pack.