Daily Puzzle
Daily Mahjong Puzzle #30
Difficulty: Medium
- Seat wind: West
- Round wind: East
- 3-faan minimum
- 63 tiles left in the wall
- Your turn 6
Your handYou · West
- Discards
The other players
Left · South
- Discards
- Flowers
Across · East
- Discards
- Flowers
Right · North
- Discards
- Melds
What would Sifu discard?
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Show Sifu's answer
Sifu discards
Eight of Dots
Discard 8 Dots · keeps 3 waits (8 left)
Keeps 3 waits (8 left). The next best tile left 3.
Sifu's reasoning
The 8 Dots is surplus: the tiles around it already have a job in a set, pair or shape. Without it you stay ready on 3 kinds of tile: 1 Dots, 4 Dots or 7 Dots (8 left). A win off a discard is worth 3 faan (concealed hand +1, no bonus tiles +1, all chows +1). The tempting choice is the 5 Dots you just drew, but it leaves only 3 winning tiles instead of 8. Once you are ready, count the winning tiles still unseen, not the shape.
The discards Sifu weighed
Five of Characters, Six of Characters, Seven of Characters, Three of Dots, Four of Dots, Six of Dots, Nine of Dots, Three of Bamboo, Four of Bamboo, Five of BambooWeak
Sifu's tile makes you ready; yours left you 1 step from ready.
Two of Dots, Five of DotsWeak
Sifu waits on 8 tiles; yours on 3.
Eight of DotsBest
Keeps 3 waits (8 left). The next best tile left 3.
