Daily Puzzle
Daily Mahjong Puzzle #22
Difficulty: Medium
- Seat wind: West
- Round wind: East
- 3-faan minimum
- 33 tiles left in the wall
- Your turn 13
Your handYou · West
- Melds
- Discards
The other players
Left · South
- Discards
- Flowers
Across · East
- Discards
- Flowers
Right · North
- Discards
- Flowers
What would Sifu discard?
Made your choice? Check it against Sifu.
Show Sifu's answer
Sifu discards
One of Bamboo
Discard 1 Bamboo · keeps 2 waits (7 left)
Keeps you ready on 2 Bamboo, 5 Bamboo (7 left). The next best tile left 3.
Sifu's reasoning
The 1 Bamboo you just drew is surplus: the tiles around it already have a job in a set, pair or shape. Without it you stay ready: 3 sets (1 exposed), a pair of 3 Dots, and a two-sided 3-4 Bamboo, waiting on 2 Bamboo or 5 Bamboo (7 left). Many players would throw the 4 Bamboo from your two-sided 3-4 Bamboo, but it leaves only 3 winning tiles instead of 7. Once you are ready, count the winning tiles still unseen, not the shape.
The discards Sifu weighed
Three of Dots, Four of Dots, Five of Dots, Six of Dots, Seven of Dots, Eight of Dots, Nine of Dots, Three of BambooWeak
Sifu's tile makes you ready; yours left you 1 step from ready.
One of BambooBest
Keeps you ready on 2 Bamboo, 5 Bamboo (7 left). The next best tile left 3.
Four of BambooWeak
Sifu waits on 7 tiles; yours on 3.
