American Mah Jongg Lesson Fundamentals 8 Shuffle Up and Deal (mock card)

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The mock American Mah Jongg card is timeless and generic. This way, no matter when someone new to the game watches the video, they will have a stable reference as they learn how to play the game. To open or download the mock-American Mah Jongg card, look for a link in the video description by clicking "show more" above.

[@PaulaBrahanCan]

YOU ARE MY HERO. Best explanation of the setup ever. Love knowing the explanation behind the steps. The 1 & 3 explanation was super helpful.

[@MAHJLIFE]

Aww, thank you! I'm glad you found it helpful :)

[@karenann17]

You are an exceptional instructor. I have also purchased your wonderful book. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@MAHJLIFE]

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[@ColMary95]

I am just starting l learn American Maj Jong. Your explanations are really helpful. Now I understand 1 and 3. Thanks.

[@MAHJLIFE]

My pleasure :)

[@sallystirnkorb10]

Thank you for your fantastic videos! I'm taking my second in-person lesson tomorrow and these videos give me a good start.

[@MAHJLIFE]

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[@mariannebecker5132]

I am just learning how to play Mahjong, and I think you are a fantastic teacher. Thank you for the detailed explaining.

[@MAHJLIFE]

Welcome to the game and thank you for the encouragement :)

[@courtneyschomburg552]

Love your videos. Very easy to follow for a beginner.

[@MAHJLIFE]

Welcome to the game and thanks for the feedback!

[@billgibson4654]

Thanks for your videos, I'm just learning and your videos are very helpful.

[@MAHJLIFE]

Thank you, Bill! How's it coming for you?

[@narges46]

Thanks. You teach very well. I'm new for learning how to play Mahjong. It is a bit confusing. But I try to learn. Thanks again

[@robinm5741]

Really enjoying the videos. Very helpful and clear.

[@MAHJLIFE]

Thank you and welcome to the game!

[@staceymacaluso4289]

This was great. thank you.

[@patriciamurphy2803]

Much Appreciated / Clear steps / nicely done / just starting / Thanks

[@MAHJLIFE]

Welcome to the game!

[@renoirmedical6412]

Your videos are terrific. They are the only ones, as a Beginner, I can understand. It seemed like you did not break the wall for the player across from you, or did I miss that? It seemed like that player still had the 19 tiles in his wall plus the 12. Thank you, and thank you for speaking clearly and loudly and taking things step-by-step.

[@MAHJLIFE]

My pleasure and thank you for the feedback!

[@zhengyunli800]

"I am repairing the great wall at home", in China this means I am playing mahjong with friends.

[@jose1phine]

I am confused abut the number of tiles each player gets initally. There are 144 tiles - do you distribut them all. I thought I saw two rows of double tiles 17 across which total 134. In the game I have more tiles than that 144 tiles?

[@MAHJLIFE]

@@jose1phine It depends on the version you are playing. For American mah jongg, it’s 152 tiles and each player builds a wall 19 wide, 2 high. For most Asian versions it’s 144 and each player builds a wall 18 wide, 2 high - this must be what you have. This symbolizes the Great Wall of China.

[@10hirschy]

Hi Michele, thanks for your great instructional vids. Just confused about directionality. At 8:10 on this video, you say that the direction for "picking and discarding" (play direction) is clockwise and then at 11:20 you say that "pushing out the wall" (during the dealing section of the game) is clockwise. For each of these, you mention that this is the only thing in the game that goes clockwise. Please help. Thanks

[@MAHJLIFE]

Pushing out the wall and the order of the walls being picked from is in clockwise order. Players take turns in counterclockwise order.

[@dianaferguson9148]

Michele - at the end of distributing the tiles, can East pick up the 1 & 3 at the same time, or must they do it separately? Thank you.

[@MAHJLIFE]

After everyone has taken three sets of two stacks (4 tiles), East takes the top first and third tiles at the same time. It is illustrated in Mah Jongg Made Easy on page 11.

[@jdamndoe]

If I am going for a Winds and Dragon hand that is FF EE 2222 2222 WW where the two Kong’s of 2s are different suits and any like even numbers and I don’t draw any Easts but get two extra jokers, can the jokers fill in for that pair of EE? Thank you SO much!

[@MAHJLIFE]

A block of two identical tiles (pair) have to be natural tiles, no jokers. Any block of three or more identical tiles can use any number of jokers.

[@jdamndoe]

Michele Frizzell thank you! I finally understand. ❤️❤️❤️

[@lauraaomalley]

I am confused about the "one over" concept in building my wall. If I have each player stack their tiles to build a wall 19 deep, my set still has eight tiles left over. Do I then deal "one over" meaning a 20 tile wall instead of 19 tile wall?

[@MAHJLIFE]

The "one over" depends on the type of rack and size of the tiles but it's always 19 stacks long kzbin.info/www/bejne/jarLZYiklK1mi9U

[@5c.x]

Breaking the wall

[@MMeehan-dg8po]

At 11:38 you curtsy the second wall but the first person you take tiles for on that wall is the player across from that wall. Why didn't you take tiles first for the person to the right of the wall (which in this case would be you)?

[@MAHJLIFE]

Player 2 was next to take tiles because East (i.e., dealer, player 1) got their second group of four at 10:35.

[@chathammkm]

Ok great thank you. That clarifies it. Thanks so much for these videos. You're a great teacher!!

[@nancypost6722]

Thank you for this video. Has anyone ever told you that you sound exactly like Candace Cameron Bure? 😁

[@lindajimmerson4807]

Is there a list of what order to watch video lessons? I have to search for the next lesson

[@MAHJLIFE]

There is a list in the video description. Also, at the end of the video, the previous and next videos should appear.

[@almacohen7952]

Michelle, when I set up the mock table with racks and every rack had an double stack of 19 tiles I still had 8 tiles left over. Was I using tiles that should not have been included?

[@MAHJLIFE]

Hi Alma. It sounds like you included extra tiles that came with your mah jongg set. There should be four each of suited tiles (Dots, Bams, Cracks numbered 1-9,), Winds (North East, West, South), Dragons (Red, White, Green). There should be eight Flowers and eight Jokers.

[@TubeTorte]

If the videos aren't numbered how do we know which preceded it?

[@MAHJLIFE]

I just numbered them but they were ordered manually in the playlist one after the other.

[@241paulette]

Michelle, I was wondering, what type of table cloth you were using?

[@MAHJLIFE]

I use Mahjtops mahjtops.com/

[@hypatiachristag.3050]

I am having difficulty getting Mad Jong Time Epoch to open on my computer as it says the absence of malware cannot be verified. What can I do?

[@MAHJLIFE]

For a PC laptop or desktop, download www.mahjongtime.com/downloads/install/#download For a MAC, go to the security settings to allow downloads from App Store. Here are download instructions bit.ly/3duP6gG and here is a video demonstration bit.ly/2QMJh4i . If you need assistance, please contact Mahjong Time Support ([e-mail]).

[@writemillers]

Question: Do you take your 1 and 3 at the same time or wait until everyone has taken a tile and then take your third?

[@MaLizGa]

Take 1 and 3 at the same time. 🀄

[@almacohen7952]

The racks included all flowers, jokers and seasons , Is this correct?

[@MAHJLIFE]

There should be eight jokers and eight Flowers . The numbers and letters on the Flowers don't matter for American mah jongg.

[@karenthompson3833]

Why do we have leftover tiles after building 4 walls?

[@MAHJLIFE]

The size of the tiles and the size of the racks are not always a fit. All you need to know is that each wall should be 19 tiles across. If you have left-overs, you may be playing with too many jokers or Flowers - there should be eight of each.

[@miriamnewbury1044]

It's called tge Kong wall. Used for picking up extra tiles when you declare a kong

[@caroladiletto6240]

Thannks

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