10 ADVANCED MAHJONG STRATEGIES FOR THE ADVANCED PLAYER
February 13th, 2010 by TACOS1. Always attack, unless you should be defending.
2. Always defend, unless you should be attacking.
3. If you are an expert like me, you can even try attacking and defending at the same time.
4. Only deal tiles that other players cannot use, or you will be helping them form their hands.
5. When other players are in tenpai, it is important that you do not deal into their hands.
6. Make other players deal into your hand by waiting on unexpected tiles.
7. Always score as many points as possible.
8. Win as many hands as you can.
9. It is silly to call tiles when you can always draw it yourself anyway.
10. Do not discard tiles nobody has discarded, or that anybody has discarded early, mid, or late game. If possible you can consider not discarding at all. But it's a double-edged sword. I can't recommend this to amateurs.
11. Always remember what your tiles look like, in case of sudden blindness.
If you are an expert player you are welcome to leave any of your own tips.
February 13th, 2010 at 5:43 am
If, while executing your strategy, you happen to find any legal winning hand whatsoever, declare "Ron" or "Tsumo" instantly, NO EXCEPTIONS
February 13th, 2010 at 8:21 am
when in doubt, hit the kan button.
February 13th, 2010 at 9:25 am
I think you stole these strategies from Akagi.
February 13th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
These tips are way too advanced for me. I will stick to cutting 3p for a while.
Only go for quick hands when you are the oya, so you can retain the dealership. The only exception is when you are the ko, in which hase, you must only go for quick hands, so you can get your turn as oya faster.
February 14th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
If you have 356p, cut 3p.
February 14th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Go for Yakuhai. Always.
February 14th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
If I'm worrying about all this stuff how do I "KAN" "PON" "CHI" all tile
February 15th, 2010 at 12:19 am
If you plan to win a hand, don't call any tiles and instead wait to draw them yourself. If you don't plan to win a hand, call every tile possible so you can be Tenpai faster.
February 15th, 2010 at 6:19 am
Open tanyao is always the best non-yakuman choice.
February 15th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
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The bad spelling is purposeful.
February 15th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
Always hane at the head of two stones.
If someone has four corners, black should resign.
Shit.. wrong game?
February 15th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Check mate the other dude's king.
February 15th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
This is just like Kaiji's protip:
Never choose scissors, unless the other guy chooses paper.
February 15th, 2010 at 6:17 pm
@enntwo
but some do work... Like "Never go fishing when your house is on fire."
February 16th, 2010 at 9:48 am
You people play online too much. You forgot the best tip:
--During the deal, take an extra block of four tiles and put it in your lap. Go for 7 pairs.
You would be surprised at how well this works.
February 16th, 2010 at 9:54 am
Once you see a glowing hand you should call a tile quickly. Glowing hands = they're about to tsumo.
February 16th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
@Moku
They say don't fish while your house is on fire, as your house will burn down and you will have no where to cook your fish. I say, fish for the biggest fish you can when your house is on fire, since you will have a fire big enough to cook a whale.
Also oddly applicible proverbs:
Don't throw an egg at a wall
Big dragons never die DAISANGEN
Proverbs only apply to Kyu players
February 16th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Fukuchi's best Mahjong advice is: Don't play Mahjong. Ever. As it will ruin whatsoever is left of your life.
And it's probably the best mahjong advice out there. Ever.
February 16th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Big dragons never DAISANGEN!
I have heard the one about cooking the fish on the house many times before.
February 19th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
If you're in Kokushi Musou tenpai, and you're missing the haku because it's dead, just draw any tile and erase its contents with your thumb. Declare tsumo. This requires epic strenght.
February 25th, 2010 at 9:13 am
alternatively, erase every tiles contents with your thumb. Declare tsumo. If you did it right, you get a dora72 in addition to your tsuuiisou,suuankou.
March 1st, 2010 at 11:42 pm
Always go for all terminal discards, always.
March 12th, 2010 at 11:22 am
1. Japanese mahjong is not a kang mahjong. this is speically appliable for 3 man mahjong. Pung more, but kang less, unless you are having a huge point gap.
2. mentally winning the other players and you are physically winning the other players.
3. plan ahead before you are going to attack or even defense. Avoiding gambling with tiles.
March 28th, 2010 at 3:29 am
Before you cheat, make sure to take into account how many people are in the room, who has guns, who has knives, etc.
March 29th, 2010 at 1:11 am
ALWAYS declare riichi. Sometimes even if you aren't tenpai. The whole table will respect you more, and you'll show you have the bigger balls.
April 4th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
Tim Kish Says:
February 13th, 2010 at 5:43 am
If, while executing your strategy, you happen to find any legal winning hand whatsoever, declare "Ron" or "Tsumo" instantly, NO EXCEPTIONS
Nop, I disagree with this. I didn't declare a ron from a player because I was in second place but if I took the ron from him I would have still taken second place as the player would have gone into the negatives thereby ending the game. In the end I had to either tsumo (which I did and didn't put him into the negatives), or take it from any other player.
April 6th, 2010 at 3:33 am
So you agree with all the other tips?
April 6th, 2010 at 5:17 am
@Anonymous
All I read was "blah blah blah I do this and I'm so awesome."
@Coolfaccia
>So you agree with all the other tips?
He obviously doesn't really get it. But you have to admit most of the tips are pretty much convincing, especially "If you have 356p, cut 3p." Pro stuff.
May 12th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
Declare "richii"... then get the hell out of the room!!!
May 22nd, 2010 at 12:46 am
Vocal exercises will allow your cries of "TSUMO!!!" to be heard from a much greater distance. This will win you much respect.
July 14th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
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