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Friday 9th March: Noda off the Bottom!

March 11, 2007 David Hurley 1

Noda was back with his bottle tonight so he and David polished off the remaining half of the contents during the first two games. Both those games were notable for the number of times the Oya was retained through to Rianshi and so each one lasted a long time, which [Read more…]

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February Update!

March 2, 2007 David Hurley 0

A couple of games were played in February, neither of which I was able to attend. The first was played on Friday 2nd and I gather that Kenyon was the big winner and Hide the biggest loser. More than that I cannot say. Here is the reckoning: Kenyon +54, -2, [Read more…]

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Friday 19th January: Fortune Changes on Two Tables

January 22, 2007 David Hurley 0

I think it would be fair to say that the Hiroshima Cockseye Mahjong club held two separate games tonight. The first game, between the Old Guard (Noda, David and Jaime) commenced around 8pm and finished at about midnight. The second game, between Kenyon, Hide and Hide’s friend Tsuyoshi who joined [Read more…]

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Friday 22nd December – Back to Koyo Jansou

December 27, 2006 David Hurley 0

With Noda absent tonight the foreign contingent elected to head back to Koyo Jansou, the cosy place in Tatemachi with the cheerful Mama-san and the old play-worn tiles. Tonight’s result didn’t bring a change in the rankings. Kenyon progressed, Jaime’s recovery stalled and David managed to change direction from down [Read more…]

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Friday 15th December: The Noda Wait

December 17, 2006 David Hurley 0

I was attending a birthday party tonight so did not play mahjong. Tonight’s “zero” score was a marked improvement on my recent form. I leave it to Jaime to file the report: “When I first started playing mahjong in 2000 I cobbled together a strategy of how to simplify the [Read more…]