Archive for the ‘Strategy’ Category
Pro Sets are Back
Nov 30th, 2009
by jenn
MahjongMart.com products are so popular that we have to restock regularly, and we have. (Beware, this almost definitely sounds like an advertisement)
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Tags: mahjong, Mahjong Products, Mahjong Tiles, reach mahjong, Riichi
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2010 JPML Calendar
Nov 24th, 2009
by admin
The girls are back and this year there are 16 pro’s to guide you through from January to March, Aki Nikaido to Rumi Nikaido.
The Japan Professional Mahjong League released its 2010 girl’s calendar in October after the success of the 2009 calendar last year.
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Nani wo Kiru?! (What Would You Discard?!)
Nov 20th, 2009
by jamie
If Kindai Mahjong sounds familiar, it’s because they are the same company that put out the bi-monthly manga magazine that I reviewed last time. Like some of their other publications, this is actually a series, and all though fairly old, book one being from 1990, it’s still pretty easy to find. The best part is, it’s dirt cheap to pick up a copy of this publication. I got mine off of Amazon Japan for 100 yen! That’s 1 dollar! That’s less than the price of a coffee! I believe there are around 5 books in this particular series.
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Posted in Mahjong Books, Strategy |
Open Your Hands
Nov 3rd, 2009
by WorTeX
| Last month there was a request on the forums for a column about opening your hand. It’s taken me a few weeks to decide exactly what to write because this subject is completely debatable even between seasoned pros. Even after tournament hands, veterans will discuss over a few beers which tiles they should have called and perhaps which ones they shouldn’t have. So today I’ll take a stab at the subject, but we’ll certainly only be scratching the surface. (more…) |
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Kindai Mahjong (Takeshobo)
Nov 1st, 2009
by jamie
This month I have a publication that I really a mixed bag. I walked into a Lawson (convenient store) and happened to see this sitting on the shelf. Never knowing if it’s existence before then, I was very excited to pick it up. Thinking there may be people like me that don’t know of it’s existence, I wanted to review it asap to make it known to the world.
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Tags: book reviews, kindai mahjong, mahjong, Mahjong Books
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Mahjong Nyumon (Yousuke Ide)
Sep 25th, 2009
by jamie
Posted in Mahjong Books, Strategy |
A Game of Mistakes: My lesson from Masters (part 2)
Jun 13th, 2009
by garthe
Last week we started Garthe’s story of his first JPML Final table at the celebrated Masters tournament. Now the conclusion. You can read last week’s story here.
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A Game of Mistakes: My lesson from Masters (part 1)
Jun 3rd, 2009
by garthe
It’s sometimes said of poker and I think it’s true of Mahjong too: it’s a game of minimizing your mistakes. And from that it follows also, that you want to capitalize on your opponents’ mistakes. Well sure, that seems pretty obvious, so how to really make use of this idea? The key I think is in the second part, other people’s mistakes.
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JPML Girls Count the Days
Oct 24th, 2008
by jenn
At the start of October, 12 girls from the Japan Professional Mahjong League got together for a day of costume changes and poses. The photo shoot was for the JPML 2009 Calendar and you can get yours at MahjongMart.com. (more…)
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Just not in the cards, er, tiles
Sep 19th, 2008
by garthe
EEK!! I (Jenn) posted this article, but actually it was GARTHE that wrote it!! My article is coming later today, after I put up my PokerStars Japanese blog, get a swim and get into the APPT Seoul room. So please read this article again, but knowing that it is GARTHE that is talking, not JENN! Welcome to the World Series of Mahjong! It was an exciting first day as the first day was given over entirely to WSOM’s first ever Reach circuit event. This year saw 12 brave souls testing the water so what a chance for that group of entrants to snag a WSOM title.
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Tags: Garthe Nelson, mahjong, reach mahjong, Riichi, World Series of Mahjong
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