All Pungs (碰碰胡)
All Pungs — every meld is a pung or kong, no chow sequences. A scoring bonus, not a structural requirement: ordinary chow-containing hands are still valid winning hands in Sichuan.
How All Pungs (碰碰胡) works
A hand in which every set is a triplet or kong, with no sequences (runs) at all, plus a pair.
All Pungs is formed when the four sets of a winning hand are all pungs (triplets) or kongs, finished by a single pair. The absence of any run distinguishes it from an ordinary hand. It pairs naturally with kong-heavy hands and, in the extreme of four kongs, overlaps with Eighteen Arhats; all triplets are drawn from the two non-void number suits.
- •A single sequence anywhere in the hand disqualifies the pattern.
- •Kongs count as triplet-type sets, so they do not break the All Pungs requirement.
- •Tiles come only from number suits across two suits, since one suit must be voided.
All Pungs (碰碰胡) — FAQ
Do kongs count toward All Pungs?
Yes. A kong is a triplet extended to four tiles, so it satisfies the all-triplets requirement.
Can All Pungs and Seven Pairs apply to the same hand?
No. They describe incompatible structures—triplets versus pairs—so only one can score for a given hand.