tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380295952024-02-20T07:37:51.933-08:00Reach Mahjong ColumnsReach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-10475573543166207572007-12-05T20:24:00.000-08:002007-12-05T20:28:48.548-08:00New ReachMahjong WebsiteReach Mahjong has remodeled and we will no longer be posting new columns on this blog. Please check our website: Reach Mahjong: The Only Way to Play for your favorite blogs plus tons of new content! Here is the press release for the new RM:ReachMahjong.com Celebrates its First Birthday and Reopens its Doors On December 3rd, 2007, Reach Mahjong: The Only Way to Play reopened at http://Reach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-68359536679196794982007-11-08T07:26:00.000-08:002007-11-08T08:44:11.671-08:00In Garthe's Hands #16November 9, 2007In Garthe's Hands #16I return this week to more hands that it may be a while before you ever get to see in the field. You may wonder why you should even bother remembering such hands if the possibility of finishing them is really so small. Indeed, they may not get finished often, but they will still have an impact, even when they aren't finished. The reason is that they tend to beReach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-56926825600667426962007-10-26T11:49:00.000-07:002007-10-26T12:09:42.605-07:00Jenn's Corner #17: New DevelopmentsReach is becoming bigger and bigger and ReachMahjong.com is helping to lead the way! Coming up on our 1st Birthday (sometime in December), Reach Mahjong: The Only Way to Play has been part of lots of great new plans and is working on more as we speak!First, I'd like to announce the opening of MahjongMart.com: Your 'jong Experts. Andy from Yakitori Online and I have teamed together to bring you a Reach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-5959545276162196072007-10-11T21:53:00.000-07:002007-10-11T21:57:03.232-07:00Gemma's Journal #15October 11, 2007Gemma's Journal #15Teaching Week OneFinally, back in Taipei! Unfortunately my last Mahjong buddies all left me for mainland China, however, I now have a whole new group of Canadians who are more than a little keen to learn and enjoy the fantastic game which is Mahjong!So, now that my journal has taken you through the trials and tribulations of me, as a beginner, learning Mahjong, Reach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-80598566998607832212007-10-03T04:56:00.000-07:002007-10-26T12:04:31.381-07:00Jenn's Corner #16October 3, 2007Jenn's Corner #16Note: There was information that I forgot to add to the final 2 problems in Garthe's last column. I've fixed the problem, so please take a look and write your answers in the comment section.Now for MY column.I've spent a large amount of my time lately playing and watching a lot of poker. I have already mentioned how much I think learning poker has helped my mahjongReach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-21395000571023534112007-09-21T13:57:00.000-07:002007-10-03T03:35:02.425-07:00In Garthe's Hands #15September 22, 2007In Garthe's Hands #15Had a hard time deciding where to put today's column. It was originally just a response to Gemma's column, but then it was getting so long, it seemed like it might just be better to put it in with the columns. Hope I'm not stealing any of your thunder there, Gemma. So the topic of course, is the All Pairs hand. I have certainly shared Gemma's frustration Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-61217787265515824422007-09-06T00:33:00.000-07:002007-10-03T03:35:41.189-07:00Gemma's Journal #14Sept 6, 2007Gemma's Journal #14So, I'm in a bit of an in-between stage of my column. My next plan for my column is that I'll follow the progress of some new students of Mahjong to see how they fair. Hopefully we'll get their comments on the game and learning, and also your comments on my teaching method. It would be even better if I can motivate more people to spread the word as well! My new Reach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-22420923986722564792007-08-12T07:10:00.000-07:002007-08-12T07:15:20.731-07:00Jenn's Corner #15: OEMCAugust 12, 2007Jenn's Corner #15: OEMCI took my first trip to Europe, using the excuse that my sister was studying/interning in Italy and stopping in Copenhagen for the 2nd OEMC. This was the first tournament I ever attended that used the Chinese Official rules and also the first tournament I attended that offered no cash prizes for the winners. The organizers are all volunteering and this was Reach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-14654984960057474522007-08-02T21:40:00.000-07:002007-08-12T07:15:42.620-07:00In Garthe's Hands #14August 2, 2007In Garthe's Hands #14A little tired of reading about hands that you can only dream about? Well before we finish our tour of Fantasy Island (That would be the group of Limit Hands), how about if we return to a hand you'll see almost every other hand or so, Peace. There's a disturbing lack of it in the world today. But at least we can click our tiles together and make a little of it Reach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com62tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-36790351504961103232007-07-26T20:01:00.000-07:002007-08-04T02:24:05.140-07:00Gemma's Journal #13July 26, 2007Gemma's Journal #13So this will be my final scoring post - Answers to the last post! Unfortunately this has required a lot (probably too much) thinking on my part!Remember to work out the hand points first and then if it’s less than four you’ll have to work out the troublesome base points!(Also I think I’m using a slightly simplified scoring table for beginners.)Question OneSeat = Reach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-4022078057709012552007-07-11T21:51:00.000-07:002007-08-04T02:24:14.127-07:00Jenn's Corner #14: Playing in the World Series of MahjongJuly 11, 2007Jenn's Corner #14: Playing in the World Series of MahjongI went to Macau last month as a member of the press, planning to cover this inaugural event for ReachMahjong.com and ended up the only American female to play in the competition. I didn't know until the night before that I would be able to compete, so I had not learned the rules as thoroughly as I would have liked to. I had Reach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-35834624353279867202007-07-05T11:43:00.000-07:002007-08-12T07:16:11.045-07:00In Garthe's Hands #13July 6, 2007In Garthe's Hands #13Let's have some fun today. Well, dream a little anyway. I've covered nearly all the hands in Reach Mahjong at least once now and that includes the vast majority of the hands that you will ever see in your Mahjong careers even if you should decide to play 20 hours a day for the next 10 years. Limit hands are like Straight Flushes in Poker: they only happen once Reach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-3737548193930636092007-06-29T14:23:00.000-07:002007-08-04T02:25:50.612-07:00Gemma's Journal #12June 29, 2007Gemma's Journal #12After last entries disaster I am back and this time better prepared! I hope everyone forgives me!Here is the new questions:Question OneSeat = EastSelf DrawnQuestion TwoSeat = NorthWon off of someone else's discardQuestion ThreeSeat = SouthWon off of someone else's discardI hope I remembered everything this time! Also, I'd like to apologise for the delay in emailingReach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-59559923726134659252007-06-13T08:25:00.000-07:002007-06-13T08:29:34.659-07:00Jenn's Corner #13June 13, 2007Jenn's Corner #13Another pictureless, but not an imageless column.First, updates, since that is my jobRon2 translation is finished, waiting for administration to get the thing into action. I know everyone is excited and waiting for it, so I’m really trying to push them as hard as I can, but they’re tough!Next, website. I have been working really hard on the Hand List. Keep in mind Reach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-20803264241622539942007-06-02T21:46:00.000-07:002007-06-03T22:05:46.809-07:00In Garthe's Hands #12June 2, 2007In Garthe's Hands #12We have a request!! One faithful reader has expressed an interest in hands that are not "hands". Most of the hands I've covered so far involve some specific combination of triples and runs. However, some of the hands are situational, the triples and runs are not as important as what has the current situation in the game. I've covered a couple such hands so far, Reach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-59511612701099046412007-05-21T06:20:00.000-07:002007-06-03T20:55:45.256-07:00Gemma's Journal #11May 21, 2007Gemma's Journal #11Hello again! Well finally lots of exercises for you to try out your new scoring skills. I decided to take pictures this time because I fancied getting up from my desk for a while. To be honest I haven’t yet worked out the points myself yet so I shall be doing it at the same time as you. I’ll post up my answers later this week and then Jenn and Garthe can publicly Reach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-12074618853940401422007-05-12T20:31:00.000-07:002007-06-03T20:54:53.690-07:00Jenn's Corner #12May 12, 2007Jenn's Corner #12: Simple UpdateAs updates to the page have slowed down a little bit, our pace in the columns section has seemed to slow a bit too. I'm trying to stay on everyone's cases, but I suppose it is inevitable with a staff (are non-paid members still considered staff?) as small as ours that things will start to take more time. That is not to say, however, that we are all not Reach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-66756584855919953442007-05-06T22:13:00.000-07:002007-05-06T22:16:39.815-07:00In Garthe's Hands #11May 6, 2007In Garthe's Hands #11Today I think I'll write a letter to myself. We've covered a lot of hands so far. There are only about 10 or so I haven't told you about yet, and for the most part, they will probably not figure largely in your Mahjong careers. So today in light of some recent events, I thought I'd review a couple hands that are comparatively rare but will still be relevant to yourReach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-7650814354287205962007-04-30T19:49:00.000-07:002007-05-02T21:22:35.523-07:00Gemma's Journal #10April 30, 2007Gemma's Journal #10A note from Jenn: This entry was supposed to be up a few days ago, but while in Vegas I had some technical difficulties. I'm back in Tokyo again, quite possibly for good. Stay tuned for more on-time updates!Ok, so I'm hoping that everyone got what happened in the last post. I'm still not entirely sure of the whole scoring system myself so any encouragement is muchReach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-60502393434634148542007-04-14T21:54:00.000-07:002007-04-14T22:01:35.090-07:00In Garthe's Hands #10April 15, 2007In Garthe's Hands #10 Greetings from Vegas!! I'm working! And studying, compliments of Jenn, Kirk (poker buddy) and the rest of the Poker community at Bellagio and the MGM Grand. I have to say that in case any of you thought I was just out here fooling around. Unfortunately, work isn't paying so well this time around, but there are still some more work days ahead so we'll have to Reach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-45641950098251412452007-04-10T11:33:00.000-07:002007-04-10T11:45:33.922-07:00Jenn's Corner #11April 10, 2007Jenn's Corner #11Hello everyone! It's Jenn. I got tired of waiting for Garthe to write his column (he is currently in the US, working on some other stuff), so I will take his place and post his next column. I know you would rather read about me anyway (^.^)So the new Mahjong year has started and there is a lot to look forward to this month! First of all, JPML's first League session Reach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-61059461842210626852007-04-03T01:13:00.000-07:002007-04-03T01:21:39.991-07:00Gemma's Journal #9April 3, 2007Gemma's Journal #9Here it is, the first part of the series of entries on scoring that I've been putting off writing! This will probably go quite slowly for those already acquainted with the art of scoring in Japanese Mahjong. As you know, though, my entries have always been aimed for beginners by a complete beginner. I'm expecting that I'll make lots of mistakes over the next few Reach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-18424029065536481982007-03-26T21:47:00.000-07:002007-03-26T21:48:11.170-07:00Jenn's Corner #10March 26, 2007Jenn's Corner #10: Las VegasHere we are, back in Tokyo after our travels to our homeland. Since my last post, we have added a scoring section to the rules, and a report on JPML's first ever Women's League. Our next immediate goals (besides staying up to date on columns) is to get an interview with Michi Yuuki, JPML's first-ever Women's League Champion! Today, I want to let you all Reach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-65676676692555821062007-03-20T23:11:00.000-07:002007-06-03T20:55:21.954-07:00In Garthe's Hands #9March 20, 2007In Garthe's Hands #9Long time no hands!! I bet you all thought with the lack of new hands columns that I must have finally run out of new hands to throw at you. Not the case! Though it should be encouraging to know that we are at least half way through them all at this point. In fact, it should be even more encouraging to note that the 16 hands I've given you so far plus the two I'mReach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-17711529958720153262007-03-15T07:30:00.000-07:002007-03-15T07:33:29.787-07:00Gemma's Journal #8March 15, 2007Gemma's Journal #8A note from Jenn: This entry was supposed to be up a few days ago, but while in Vegas I had some technical difficulties. Stay tuned for more on-time updates!Hey everyone again. I've just come back from Japan so I'm going to postpone my entry on scoring another week to tell you my experiences of playing and watching Mahjong in Japan. (Convenient yet good excuse! I'mReach Mahjonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673noreply@blogger.com1