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- Jeremiah 14:2chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
- Isaiah 19:8chapter context similar meaning copy save
- The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
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- Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
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- For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
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- The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
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- Ezekiel 41:3chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.
- Genesis 19:6chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
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- He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.
- Genesis 19:11chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
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- But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
- Exodus 33:10chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.
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- Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
- Luke 13:25chapter context similar meaning copy save
- When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
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- The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;
- Ezekiel 41:24chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door.
- Ezekiel 41:11chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one doortoward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
- Exodus 21:6chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
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- And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.
- 1 Kings 6:34chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
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- But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
- Psalms 141:3chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
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- Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
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- And all the city was gathered together at the door.
- Job 31:9chapter context similar meaning copy save
- If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
- 1 Corinthians 16:9chapter context similar meaning copy save
- For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.
- Acts 12:13chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
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- Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
- Song of Solomon 5:4chapter context similar meaning copy save
- My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
- James 5:9chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
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- For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
- 1 Kings 6:33chapter context similar meaning copy save
- So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.
- John 10:2chapter context similar meaning copy save
- But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
- Mark 16:3chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
- Exodus 40:28chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.
- 2 Kings 4:15chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
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- Psalms 26:2chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
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- Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
- Job 12:11chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
- Jeremiah 6:27chapter context similar meaning copy save
- I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
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- Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
- Psalms 139:23chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
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- Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
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- Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
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- And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
- Jeremiah 17:10chapter context similar meaning copy save
- I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
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- Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
- Psalms 11:4chapter context similar meaning copy save
- The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
- Daniel 11:35chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
- 2 Chronicles 32:31chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to tryhim, that he might know all that was in his heart.
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- Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
- Zechariah 13:9chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
- Judges 7:4chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
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- They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
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- The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
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- 1 Samuel 17:6chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
- Numbers 21:9chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
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- And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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- Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
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- And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
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- He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
- Isaiah 60:17chapter context similar meaning copy save
- For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
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- And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these.
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- Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
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- And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
- Exodus 30:18chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
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- The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
- Job 41:27chapter context similar meaning copy save
- He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
- 1 Chronicles 29:2chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
- Exodus 36:18chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.
- 1 Chronicles 15:19chapter context similar meaning copy save
- So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
- Matthew 10:9chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
- Exodus 31:4chapter context similar meaning copy save
- To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
- Exodus 38:6chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.
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- For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
- Job 6:12chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
- 2 Chronicles 4:18chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
- 1 Corinthians 13:1chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
- Exodus 25:3chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
- Exodus 35:32chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
- 1 Kings 7:15chapter context similar meaning copy save
- For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
- Daniel 5:4chapter context similar meaning copy save
- They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
- 2 Samuel 8:8chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
- Isaiah 48:4chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
- Job 28:2chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
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- 2 Chronicles 4:9chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
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- And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.
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- And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.
- Job 3:10chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
- Matthew 24:33chapter context similar meaning copy save
- So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
- Mark 13:29chapter context similar meaning copy save
- So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
- Zechariah 11:1chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
- Psalms 78:23chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
- Proverbs 8:34chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
- Job 41:14chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
- Job 38:8chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
- Psalms 24:9chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
- Job 31:32chapter context similar meaning copy save
- The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
- Job 38:10chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
- Psalms 24:7chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
- Micah 7:5chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
- Isaiah 26:20chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
- Ezekiel 42:4chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.
- Ezekiel 41:23chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
- Acts 5:19chapter context similar meaning copy save
- But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
- Job 38:17chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
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- She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
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- Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
- 1 Kings 6:31chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.
- Acts 5:23chapter context similar meaning copy save
- Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
- 2 Chronicles 23:4chapter context similar meaning copy save
- This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;
- 2 Chronicles 29:3chapter context similar meaning copy save
- He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.
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- And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
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- Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
- John 20:26chapter context similar meaning copy save
- And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
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Pai gow
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Pai gow (/paɪ ˈɡaʊ/ py GOW; Chinese: 牌九; Jyutping: paai4 gau2 [pʰaːi˩.kɐu˧˥]) is a Chinese gambling game, played with a set of 32 Chinese dominoes. It is played in major casinos in China (including Macau); the United States (including Boston, Massachusetts; Las Vegas, Nevada; Reno, Nevada; Connecticut; Atlantic City, New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Mississippi; and cardrooms in California); Canada (including Edmonton, Alberta and Calgary, Alberta); Australia; and New Zealand. The name pai gow is sometimes used to refer to a card game called pai gow poker (or "double-hand poker"), which is loosely based on pai gow. The act of playing pai gow is also colloquially known as "eating dog meat".[1] History[edit]Pai Gow is the first documented form of dominoes, originating in China before or during the Song Dynasty.[2] It is also the ancestor of modern, western dominoes. The name literally means "make nine"[3] after the normal maximum hand, and the original game was modeled after both a Chinese creation myth, and military organization in China at that time (ranks one through nine). Rules[edit]Starting[edit]Tiles are shuffled on the table and are arranged into eight face-down stacks of four tiles each[4]: 203 in an assembly known as the woodpile. Individual stacks or tiles may then be moved in specific ways to rearrange the woodpile, after which the players place their bets. Next, each player (including the dealer) is given one stack of tiles and must use them to form two hands of two tiles each. The hand with the lower value is called the front hand, and the hand with the higher value is called the rear hand. If a player's front hand beats the dealer's front hand, and the player's rear hand beats the dealer's rear hand, then that player wins the bet and is paid off at 1:1 odds (even money). If a player's front and rear hands both lose to the dealer's respective hands, the player loses the bet. If one hand wins and the other loses, the player is said to push, and gets back only the money he or she bet.[5] Generally seven players will play, and each player's hands are compared only against the dealer's hands; comparisons are always front-front and rear-rear, never one of each. There are 35,960 possible ways to select 4 of the 32 tiles when the 32 tiles are considered distinguishable. However, there are 3,620 distinct sets of 4 tiles when the tiles of a pair are considered indistinguishable. There are 496 ways to select 2 of the 32 tiles when the 32 tiles are considered distinguishable. There are 136 distinct hands (pairs of tiles) when the tiles of a pair are considered indistinguishable. Scoring[edit]Each player groups their four tiles into two hands of two tiles each.[6] The two hands are referred to as the "high" and "low" hands, based on their score.[6] The highest-ranked hands are formed from the sixteen named pairs.[7] Otherwise, the next highest-ranked hand results from creating a Gong or Wong, which are specific combinations with the Day and Teen tiles. If the four tiles drawn for the two hands do not permit the formation of a named pair, Gong, or Wong, then the total number of pips on both tiles in a hand are added using modular arithmetic (modulo 10), equivalent to how a hand in baccarat is scored. The name "pai gow" is loosely translated as "make nine" or "card nine".[6] This reflects the fact that, with the exception of named pairs, Gong, or Wong, the maximum score for a hand of mixed tiles is nine. Named pairs[edit]
The 32 tiles in a Chinese dominoes set can be arranged into 16 named pairs. Eleven of these pairs have identical tiles, and five of these pairs are made up of two tiles that have the same total number of pips, but in different groupings. The latter group includes the Gee Joon tiles, which can score the same, whether as three or six. Any hand consisting of a pair outscores a non-pair, regardless of the pip counts. Named pairs are often thought of as being worth 12 points each, but there is a hierarchy within the named pairs. The pairs are considered to tell the story of creation:
Each subsequent pair is another step in the story...robes (Bon) for man to wear, a hatchet (Foo) to chop wood, partitions (Ping) for a house, man's seventh (Tit) and eighth (Look) children. Only the sixteen named pairs are valid. For example, if a hand contained a Yun (4-4) and a Chop Bot (3-5 or 2-6), these would not form a pair at all, despite both tiles having eight pips each. A Yun (4-4) exclusively pairs with the other Yun, and likewise only the two Chop Bot tiles can be paired together. Likewise, tiles with six pips (Look, 1-5, pairs with another Look, not the Gee Joon 2-4) and seven pips (Tit, 1-6, pairs with another Tit, not the two Chop Chit tiles 2-5 and 3-4, which pair with each other) are subject to the same pairing restrictions.[7] When the player and dealer both have a pair, the higher-ranked pair wins. Ranking pairs is determined not by the sum of the tiles' pips, but rather by aesthetics; the order must be memorized. The highest pairs are the Gee Joon tiles, the Teens, the Days, and the red eights. The lowest pairs are the mismatched nines, eights, sevens, and fives. Wongs and Gongs[edit]
The double-one tiles and double-six tiles are known as the Day and Teen tiles, respectively. The combination of a Day or Teen with a nine (Gow, 5-4 or 6-3) creates a Wong, worth 11 points, while putting either of them with an eight (either Yun, 4-4; or Bot, 5-3 or 6-2) results in a Gong, worth 10. Gongs and Wongs formed with a Teen tile are ranked higher than those formed with a Day tile.[8] However, if a Day or Teen is grouped in a single hand with any other tile, the standard scoring rules apply. The combination of a Day or Teen with a seven (Tit, 1-6; or Chit, 2-5 or 3-4) is sometimes referred to as a high nine, as the score is the maximum (nine) when added together, and the group contains a high-rank tile for potential tiebreaking purposes.[8] Modular arithmetic[edit]
When a hand is formed from two tiles that are not a named pair, Wong, or Gong, the total pips on both tiles are counted and any tens digit is dropped; the resulting ones digit (the sum of all pips modulo 10) gives the final score.[4]: 205 There is one exception. The 1-2 and the 2-4 tiles which form the Gee Joon pair together, can act as limited wild cards singly. When used as part of a hand of mixed tiles, these tiles may be scored as either 3 or 6, whichever results in a higher hand value.[8] For example, a hand of 1-2 (scored as +6 instead of the face value of +3) and 5-6 (+11) scores as seven rather than four. If the player has both the 1-2 and 2-4 tiles, those collectively form the highest-ranked named pair and should be used together to form an unbeatable rear hand. Ties[edit]When the player and dealer display hands with the same score, the one with the highest-valued tile (based on the named pair rankings described above) is the winner.[4]: 204 For example, a player's hand of 3-4 and 2-2 (Chit and Bon) and a dealer's hand of 5-6 and 5-5 (Foo and Mooy) would each score one point. However, since the dealer's 5-5 (Mooy) outranks the other three tiles, he would win the hand. If both have a bonus combination (Wong or Gong) or the scores are tied, and if the player and dealer each have an identical highest-ranking tile, then the dealer wins.[4]: 205 For example, if the player held 2-2 and 1–6 (Bon and Tit), and the dealer held 2-2 and 3–4 (Bon and Chit), the dealer would win since the scores (1 each) and the highest-ranked tiles (2-2 Bon) are the same. The lower-ranked tile in each hand is never used to break a tie. There are two exceptions to the method described above. First, although the Gee Joon tiles form the highest-ranking pair when used together, when used as single tiles in a mixed hand, for tiebreaking purposes, they fall into the mixed-number ranks according to the number of pips. That is, the 2-4 ranks sequentially below the Chop Chit tiles (3-4 and 2-5), and the 1-2 ranks sequentially last overall, below the Chop Ng tiles (3-2 and 1-4).[4]: 205 Second, any zero-zero tie is won by the dealer, regardless of the tiles in the two hands.[4]: 205 Strategy[edit]The key element of pai gow strategy is to present the optimal front and rear hands based on the tiles dealt to the player. For any four random tiles, there are three ways to arrange them into two hands, assuming that a named pair cannot be formed. However, if there is at least one pair among the tiles, there are only two distinct ways to form two hands. The player must decide which combination is most likely to give a set of front/rear hands that can beat the dealer, or at least break a tie in the player's favor. In some cases, a player with weaker tiles may deliberately attempt to attain a push so as to avoid losing the bet outright. Many players rely on superstition or tradition to choose tile pairings. In popular culture[edit]The film Premium Rush (2012) features Pai Gow play as an integral plot element.[9] See also[edit]References[edit]
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