The game of Mah Jongg is fun.  Whether you win or not is based on your own skills but also there is a factor of luck. It is based on who you play with and it is all about making the right decisions at the right time. Will the tiles you need come your way at the right time or will players at the table keep the tiles you need for their own hands?

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I have decided that I am a nice person and I play nice.  I have played numerous styles of MJ and yes I love to win but I like to be fair and give the benefit of the doubt sometimes so everyone has a good time. I play in a regular weekly game and I have played in other weekly local games. I have also played in numerous ...

It is now the middle of March and if you follow the blogs and the Face Book pages there is indeed an excitement and an anticipation of the release of the new card.  I guess it is our own version of March Madness! The March newsletter from MahJonggMentor.com featured an article about anticipating the new card and some speculation on the ...

I had written a blog the other day and was about to fine tune the message when another subject quickly arose and that seems to be more important. There has been talk in the FaceBook groups and we have received some questions on what do you do when you have someone at your table that you do not want to play with? What do you do when someone at your weekly game is constantly slow, constantly holding up the game ...

Last week was a lot of fun at our weekly Mah Jongg game night.  Well it was a lot of fun for me but I am not so sure it was for the rest of the ladies. I play in a regular group and we are all fast and thoughtful players.  We also tend to play defensively when necessary ...

Most of us play with a regular weekly game and at this point of the year the habits of the players at your table become obvious to you. What does it mean when they shuffle their tiles or count them? Do they harumph and moan and groan? Which player at your table can you always count on to collect the ...

So I have talked about how I feel when I am the bettor and how I feel when I am a player being bet on.  Now I will discuss the aftermath of betting.

Too often the game ends and there is the question “who did you bet on?” Of course in order to claim your winnings or to pay out you must reveal ...

With my last blog a couple of weeks ago, I shared my opinion about betting from the position of the bettor and what I went through when that was my role. But what about when you are the player and someone else is the bettor and they are examining your hands and your play?

I do feel that when you are using a bettor it does change how you may play a hand ...