WEEKLY MAH JONGG

American Mah Jongg (2010 NMJL card). Continuing defense by the numbers.

1. Ones and twos must be Consec., right? Only one little problem; this one doesn't fit. Call her dead.

2. Easy. Consec. #2, the perennial easiest hand on the card. Threes and fours in the other two suits are hot.

3. Consec. #5. 3D and F are hot.

4. Consec. #4. Reds and flowers are hot.

5. Has to be a quint hand, right? Wrong. Call her dead.

6. Quints #1. 3B is hot.

7. Pung and kong same number same suit? What is she thinking? Call her dead.

8. Like Nos. #2. R, 2D, and soap are hot.

9. Like Nos. #1. 2D and F are hot.

10. Um, no. No hand needs two kongs of any number in one suit.

11. There's no "like nos." hand in Quints. She's dead.

12. Consec. #2 or #3. The hot tiles are 1B, 3B, R, 4C.

13. This one no workee. She dead.

14. Consec. #4. Hot tiles are soap, F.

15. Consec. #5. Hot tiles are 1C, 4C, F.

16. Quints #3. Flowers are hot.

17. Quints #1. 1B is hot.

18. Call her dead.

19. Oh so dead.

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