Daily Puzzle
Daily Mahjong Puzzle #34
Difficulty: Easy
- Seat wind: South
- Round wind: East
- 3-faan minimum
- 52 tiles left in the wall
- Your turn 9
Your handYou · South
- Flowers
- Discards
The other players
Left · East
- Discards
- Flowers
Across · North
- Discards
- Melds
- Flowers
Right · West
- Discards
What would Sifu discard?
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Sifu discards
Three of Bamboo
Discard 3 Bamboo · keeps 2 waits (8 left), risky vs North
Moves you to ready, waiting on 5 Bamboo, 8 Bamboo (8 left).
Sifu's reasoning
The 3 Bamboo is a spare copy: another 3 Bamboo already sits in your 2-3-4 Bamboo run. Without it you are ready: 3 complete sets, a pair of White Dragons, and a two-sided 6-7 Bamboo, waiting on 5 Bamboo or 8 Bamboo (8 left). Only a self-draw reaches 3 faan here. Many players would throw the 4 Bamboo you just drew, but it leaves you 1 step from ready instead of ready. Count steps before shapes: the tile that gets you ready comes first.
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The discards Sifu weighed
Two of Characters, Three of Characters, Four of Characters, Seven of Dots, Eight of Dots, Nine of Dots, Two of Bamboo, Four of Bamboo, Six of Bamboo, Seven of Bamboo, White DragonWeak
Sifu's tile makes you ready; yours left you 1 step from ready.
Three of BambooBest
Moves you to ready, waiting on 5 Bamboo, 8 Bamboo (8 left).
