Mahjong Strategy

If you’ve been playing Mahjong for a while, you’ve had this debate with yourself mid-round: should I build the Chow or go for the Pung? Most players make this decision on instinct. The best players make it on math. And once you understand the real Chow vs Pung math behind each choice, your entire decision-making…

What Is the Discard River in Mahjong? Learning how to read mahjong discards is one of the highest-leverage skills you can develop as a player. The discard river — also called the discard pool — is the arrangement of tiles each player has thrown away during a game. Every player’s discards are laid out in front of…