Daily Puzzle
Daily Mahjong Puzzle #18
Difficulty: Hard
- Seat wind: South
- Round wind: South
- 3-faan minimum
- 33 tiles left in the wall
- Your turn 13
Your handYou · South
- Melds
- Flowers
- Discards
The other players
Left · East
- Discards
- Flowers
Across · North
- Discards
- Flowers
Right · West
- Discards
- Melds
What would Sifu discard?
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Sifu discards
One of Dots
Discard 1 Dots · 1 step from ready, safe vs West
Gives up a few tiles to stay on the route to All Pongs (3 faan). Safe against West too. Green Dragon +1 · All Pongs +3 = 4 faan (need 3)
Sifu's reasoning
The 1 Dots you just drew is a single that only fits a run, no use to All Pongs. It keeps you 1 step from ready with 10 useful tiles. Sifu accepts 10 useful tiles instead of 13 to keep the faan: the Green Dragon pong (+1) and All Pongs (+3), 4 faan with 3 needed. The tempting choice is the 6 Characters from your 4-5-6 Characters run, but it is dangerous against West, and nobody has thrown one yet.
The discards Sifu weighed
Four of Characters, Five of Characters, One of Bamboo, Two of BambooWeak
Sifu's tile leaves you 1 step from ready; yours left you 2.
Six of Characters, Three of DotsWeak
West looked ready. Sifu's tile was safer.
One of DotsBest
Gives up a few tiles to stay on the route to All Pongs (3 faan). Safe against West too.
