Daily Puzzle
Daily Mahjong Puzzle #19
Difficulty: Easy
- Seat wind: South
- Round wind: North
- 3-faan minimum
- 38 tiles left in the wall
- Your turn 11
Your handYou · South
- Flowers
- Discards
The other players
Left · East
- Discards
Across · North
- Discards
- Flowers
Right · West
- Discards
- Flowers
What would Sifu discard?
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Sifu discards
Four of Bamboo
Discard 4 Bamboo · keeps 2 waits (7 left)
Moves you to ready, waiting on 3 Characters, 6 Characters (7 left).
Sifu's reasoning
The 4 Bamboo is a spare copy: another 4 Bamboo already sits in your 2-3-4 Bamboo run. Without it you are ready: 3 complete sets, a pair of 7 Bamboo, and a two-sided 4-5 Characters, waiting on 3 Characters or 6 Characters (7 left). Only a self-draw reaches 3 faan here. Many players would throw the 2 Bamboo you just drew, but it leaves you 1 step from ready instead of ready. Before anything else, look for the discard that makes you ready.
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The discards Sifu weighed
Four of Characters, Five of Characters, One of Dots, Two of Dots, Three of Dots, Six of Dots, Seven of Dots, Eight of Dots, Two of Bamboo, Three of Bamboo, Seven of BambooWeak
Sifu's tile makes you ready; yours left you 1 step from ready.
Four of BambooBest
Moves you to ready, waiting on 3 Characters, 6 Characters (7 left).
