American Mahjong

Lessons

Advanced Strategy

For players who know the rules and want to win more.

You read the table, switch hands on time, redeem jokers, stop feeding other players, and play the endgame well.

Lessons in this topic

  1. Reading the discards: What players throw and call tells you what they are building (6 min)
  2. When to pivot off a target: Sticking with a dead hand costs more than switching (5 min)
  3. Joker economics: When to hold a joker, spend it, or redeem one (5 min)
  4. Defensive discarding: Don't throw the tile that wins someone else the hand (5 min)
  5. Reading exposures: What an opponent's calls tell you about their hand (5 min)
  6. Charleston strategy: What to pass, and what the passes tell you (5 min)
  7. Section economics on the 2026 card: Some sections are easier to finish. Choose with that in mind (5 min)
  8. Dead-hand traps: How hands die mid-round, and how to keep yours alive (4 min)
  9. Late-round endgame: How to play the last fifteen or so tiles in the wall (5 min)
  10. Joker chains: Redeem other players' jokers, one turn at a time (5 min)