Category Archives: M-League 2022-23

We’re just past the halfway point of the season and the fight for the top is getting hot! Today, we’ll look at the progress of each team and what they need to do going forward to succeed.

Through the holiday season, people are filled with hope. M-Leaguers are no exception. In the 12th week of M-League 2022-23, M-Leaguers took their chances and had hope that they would triumph. Players passed rons hoping that they would tsumo their winning tile. Players taking wins and hoping for uradora. Teams winning games and being hopefulContinue reading “M-League 2022-23 Week 12: Hope”

There is always room for improvement, whether short-term or long-term. In the short-term, it is sometimes better to wait dama to try to improve your hand’s value. It is sometimes better to reject tenpai to improve your hand’s shape. In the long-term, a change in strategy could bring your team from the bottom and intoContinue reading “M-League 2022-23 Week 11: Improvement”

Things can change drastically near the end. Near the end of a hand, players can have the opportunity to get to tenpai and win on haitei or houtei. Near the end of the game, a fortuitous win can put one into 1st place. Even a simple noten declaration at an exhaustive draw could have bigContinue reading “M-League 2022-23 Week 10: Last Minute Opportunity”

Timing is very important in riichi mahjong. When you call riichi could be the difference between not winning and getting a haneman. How you discard a block could be the difference between dealing in and getting to tenpai. In the 9th week M-League 2022-23, players showed us what perfect timing looks like. An ippatsu tsumoContinue reading “M-League 2022-23 Week 9: Timing”

Challenge, in all senses of the word, is prevalent in riichi mahjong. Players overcome difficult scenarios to come out on top. Players confront those who get in their path to win. Players going against the textbook and do plays that work out in the end. In the 8th week of M-League 2022-23, all of thatContinue reading “M-League 2022-23 Week 8: Challenge”

No lead is insurmountable. No deficit is too big to overcome. When you think that a team is out of the running, they surprise everyone and make a comeback. In the 7th week of the M-League 2022-23 season, these comebacks and reversals were plentiful. Players that were 10,000, 20,000, 30,000 behind 1st place were ableContinue reading “M-League 2022-23 Week 7: Reversal”

Records are usually few and far between. They come maybe once a season and then everything goes back to normal. But what if I told you that 7 different records were either tied or broken in a single game? In the 6th week of M-League 2022-23, that’s exactly what happened. In one game, M-League changedContinue reading “M-League 2022-23 Week 6: Records”

Sometimes this game is filled with madness. The unexpected is expected. The worse wait always wins. This is the craziness of this game we love. In the 5th week of the M-League 2022-23 season, this craziness was on full display. This week we saw a huge sanbaiman, a yakuman chance and an big call toContinue reading “M-League 2022-23 Week 5: Craziness”

Riichi mahjong requires a lot of skill. But sometimes, the wheel of chance takes control. In the 4th week of M-League 2022-23, we saw a lot of luck and chance. From riichi roulettes to ura bombs to a yakuman chance, anticipation and suspense filled the air, waiting to see who would win and with howContinue reading “M-League 2022-23 Week 4: Chance”