Archive for the ‘Columns’ Category
Teaching Mahjong – Again
Oct 14th, 2011
by Gemma
It’s been a long time since I taught Mahjong. First time was in Taiwan when I was still a student. Second time was when I was back in the UK. Third time was last year in Frankfurt. I’ve had mixed successes and failures but I think overall people have enjoyed themselves (or at least they still return my calls…).
After hauling my Mahjong table up to the fourth floor where my new apartment is, I thought it was finally time to get playing on it. Not having any mahjong-playing friends close, my only option was to make some.
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HP (Yaku) Explanation – Flushes (2)
Oct 7th, 2011
by xKime
From: http://blog.jpmahjong.net/read.php/529.htm
In this section we’ll focus on the important points when calling tiles at the time of going for a flush hand (one suit hand/somete).
Flush hands can be pretty confusing because all tiles are concentrated and the shape is complex, so it takes some effort when we have to call tiles. Calling tiles should make it faster for us to win the hand, but with inferior calling skills it will only make it more difficult. I will now introduce the basic principles for calling tiles.
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Yuki Michi’s blog
Sep 16th, 2011
by xKime
From: http://ameblo.jp/yukimichi/entry-10977133544.html
Good morning!
Today is the fifth session for the C1 league.
It means that it’s the last session for this season.
The top five people will move to the next league, and I’m number 13 right now. At the moment I have a difference of 100 points with the person on 5th place, so it will be very hard to move up, but I’ll do my best, with all my might!
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HP (Yaku) Explanation – Flushes (1)
Aug 19th, 2011
by xKime
From: http://blog.jpmahjong.net/read.php/527.htm
In the last articles we discussed the conditions to make a flush hand, these following two articles will try to explain the vital points when making those hands.
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A pro’s awareness
Aug 5th, 2011
by xKime
Starting in August ReachMahjong.com will host a new series of Professional Blogs. These will be translated blog entries from the top pro players in Japan. This column will continue biweekly, being published on Fridays. Thanks to xKime who is translating these entries. If you’d like to see a certain pro’s thoughts don’t hesitate to contact us and we’ll do our best to get you one of their blogs. This first entry is from Takeo Kojima, Mr. Mahjong himself as he wrote last year on the Mahjong Fight Blog.
Source: http://mp.i-revo.jp/user.php/kojima-pro/entry/141.html
I don’t play just to win without thinking about anything, and I don’t want to play like that. Why? That’s because I’m a professional player. If you’re an amateur player, then it doesn’t matter how you play. I think it’s okay if you play just to win, or even if you play only to complete hands.
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Pair Theory (Part 2)
Jul 29th, 2011
by xKime
We continue this week with xKime’s translation of Puyo’s blogs. We also have professional input from JPML’s Garthe Nelson, adding to the depth of the conversation. Hopefully some of these issues will bring some good conversation to the forums as well.From: http://blog.jpmahjong.net/read.php/517.htm
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In Garthe’s League
Jul 11th, 2011
by garthe
Well, it was another long night of happiness on Saturday leading straight into league play on Sunday.
I played tight and smart to win the first game and decided to switch it up at the beginning of the second game. My first hand, dealer, I won with this hand:
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Winning a Hand
Jul 1st, 2011
by garthe
We continue this week with xKime’s translation of Puyo’s blogs. We also have professional input from JPML’s Garthe Nelson, adding to the depth of the conversation. Hopefully some of these issues will bring some good conversation to the forums as well.From: http://blog.jpmahjong.net/read.php/513.htm
Let’s go over the requirements to win a hand of mahjong:
4 groups + 1 pair + 1 HP (yaku)
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In Garthe’s Hands:
Jun 20th, 2011
by garthe
I won my first game of the study session last night. And then lost the last 3. It was perfectly representative of why my results have been so haphazard lately.
In the first game I played pretty tight, giving up many hands early because they just didn’t seem likely to win, and not reaching with my semi-expensive tenpai hands. For example, the last hand of the East round, Setokuma was dealer and I was in the East seat with this Ready hand (tenpai):
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Half Flushes, Part 2
Jun 18th, 2011
by admin
We continue this week with xKime’s translation of Puyo’s blogs. We also have professional input from JPML’s Garthe Nelson, adding to the depth of the conversation. Hopefully some of these issues will bring some good conversation to the forums as well.
From: http://blog.jpmahjong.net/read.php/525.htm
Last time we talked about situations where you mustn’t aim for a flush hand, so in what situations can we aim for a half flush? Naturally, one of the factors is the amount of tiles in a suit, but there are many other factors we must keep in mind as well:
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