Tenbou and Ranking - Riichi Mahjong Guide

In this episode of Riichi Mahjong Guide, we go over the different kinds of tenbou, or point sticks, that are used to keep track of scores in riichi mahjong. I also discuss some miscellaneous rules that have to do with rankings.

Feel free to leave comments or questions below.

[percoid]

So how many of each stick value do you start with exactly? It's 25, 000 points total, but I doubt everyone gets two 10k sticks and one 5k stick to start right? You need smaller sticks to pay for smaller hands.

[TUWANN]

in terms of point exchange, what if you end up in a situation where you have no 1k point sticks? is it acceptable to ask someone "hey can i give you a 5k stick for 5 1k point sticks in case i want to declare riichi?"

[enecofan]

Potentially complicated question about the ranking:
Arcturus says this about the West Round:
The instant a player scores above the target points with a winning hand, then the game ends immediately; and the same player wins the game. However,  ryuukyoku cannot end the game. For a regular hanchan game, this extra round is indicated as the West round. 

Okay, so ryuukyoku cannot end the game. So what happens if someone is at 29k and the only one in tenpai, now they have 32k but the game doesn't end. Now someone with say 28100 wins a 2k points hand from someone. Now this player won a hand and is above 30 k. But they're still behind the player with 32k. So what happens? 32k player wins? 30100 player wins because they scored "above the target points with a winning hand, then the game ends immediately" and 32k is 2nd place? Or game goes on maybe?

[klausious]

Can you lemme know where I can find the colored point sticks?