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Category - Order of Play
After the completion of the first game, East becomes the player to the right. This is continued until you get back to the original East.
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One might think that a player's turn begins when the previous player discards a tile but that is not the case. The reason for this is that turns can be interrupted when another player claims the discard to make an exposure. Therefore, a player's turn officially begins when they either pick a tile from the wall or call a discard.
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We often hear players refer to the letter "c" displayed to the right of a hand on the NMJL card as a "closed" hand. The proper term is a "concealed" hand. Incidentally, some players refer to the "x" hands as "open" hand . The property term for this type of hand is "exposed". It is acceptable to use closed for concealed and open for exposed with no penalty incurred.
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