Posts Tagged ‘Garthe Nelson’
Masters Results
Apr 30th, 2009
by jenn
A BIG shout-out to Garthe Nelson who took 3rd place at one of the biggest Mahjong tournaments in all of Japan!
Mahjong Masters, one of the biggest mahjong tournaments in Japan and the JPML took place over the last few weeks and finally finished off with the final yesterday.
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Tags: Garthe Nelson, JPML, mahjong, reach mahjong, Riichi
Posted in Results |
Fame and Glory at the World Series of Mahjong
Sep 27th, 2008
by garthe
Ah yes, like a Halloween weekend party binge at UCSB, I have binged at the World Series of Mahjong. And it was good.
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Tags: Garthe Nelson, mahjong, reach mahjong, Riichi
Posted in Columns, In Garthe's Hands |
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
Posted in Strategy |
In Garthe’s Hands #18: Quad Hands
Dec 23rd, 2007
by garthe
Here they are, the final two hands that haven’t been covered so far. I know you’ve been waiting with bated breath for a chance to learn how to use these very important hands. Sorry to disappoint. As with the hands in the last column, the reason these are being introduced so late is that the likelihood of ever seeing them is so very very low. It’s not that they’re very complicated, in fact, they’re exceedingly simple. It’s just that they involve kongs which are rare enough without requiring there to be more than one of them.
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Tags: Garthe Nelson, mahjong, reach mahjong, Riichi
Posted in Columns, In Garthe's Hands |
In Garthe’s Hands #16 – All Terminals & All Terminals and Honors
Nov 9th, 2007
by garthe
I return this week to more hands that it may be a while before you ever get to see in the field. You may wonder why you should even bother remembering such hands if the possibility of finishing them is really so small. Indeed, they may not get finished often, but they will still have an impact, even when they aren’t finished. The reason is that they tend to be nearly impossible to finished concealed; after a couple bumps, everyone already has a pretty good idea of where the hand is headed and will be very careful with tiles that are likely to finish the hand. I give to you All Terminals and its little brother All Terminals and Honors.
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Tags: Garthe Nelson, mahjong, reach mahjong, Riichi
Posted in Columns, In Garthe's Hands |
