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10-04-2009 , 04:02 PM

jogden139

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I think this game has potential to be the next worldwide gambling "poker boom".

does anybody know where i could research the following:
for the hong kong mahjong variety, is there a big skill edge?
is it possible to sustain a decent hourly winrate without a massive roll?

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10-04-2009 , 04:13 PM

steel108

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I play a bit and it has a ton to do with luck, but there is skill involved. The variance is sick

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10-04-2009 , 04:17 PM

seefut22

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prob couple problems would be that since only 4 players and 1 wins per round...would be very easy to collude...

also I would guess that the edge may be more than you think....I play probably less than once a year but when I do it is just for kicks with some regs....and believe me they never lose...

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10-04-2009 , 07:57 PM

jogden139

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do ppl understand that ~1/2 billion ppl gamble at mahjong, even online?

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10-04-2009 , 08:13 PM

VP$IP

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Poker gear > Mahjong gear

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10-04-2009 , 08:17 PM

Goofy Girl

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Big on the jewish Cougar circuit. Let me know, I can direct you to a bunch of games where my old friends play and have their strollers and crying kids in the other room.

GG

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10-04-2009 , 08:21 PM

iopq

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I'm already getting into it, I bought a set and trying to play with some friends

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10-04-2009 , 09:16 PM

VP$IP

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Originally Posted by jogden139

do ppl understand that ~1/2 billion ppl gamble at mahjong, even online?

Then we need a transitional game to draw them in.

Perhaps Texas No-Limit Mahjong, complete with community tiles and blinds.

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10-04-2009 , 10:38 PM

jukofyork

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Originally Posted by jogden139

do ppl understand that ~1/2 billion ppl gamble at mahjong, even online?

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Then we need a transitional game to draw them in.

Perhaps Texas No-Limit Mahjong, complete with community tiles and blinds.

Please let there be a "UIMEA" act then - *drools* - fabled "Asian poker boom" might at last be here!

Juk

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10-04-2009 , 10:52 PM

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Or PS and FTP could open online Mahjong sites, with links and deposit bonuses to the exotic and decadent "imperialist running dog" poker sites.

And free English lessons, imo.

A-always, B-be, C-closing. Always be closing! Always be closing!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-AXTx4PcKI

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10-05-2009 , 01:16 AM

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ihatewells

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10-05-2009 , 04:53 AM

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10-05-2009 , 06:47 AM

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DoubleFly

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Originally Posted by seefut22

prob couple problems would be that since only 4 players and 1 wins per round...would be very easy to collude...

This. It's a 4 player game and 2 colluders would see half the tiles. It is also a game where you can pick up other people's discards. You would need some sort of identity masking system and other safeguards for this to work, so you basically would have no prior reads on anyone.

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10-05-2009 , 07:57 AM

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TB303

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I always thought mahjong was a one player game where you must bear off tiles in pairs? How does it work ina multiplayer setup?

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10-05-2009 , 10:06 AM

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Tehsauce

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fulltiltmahjong.com and mahjongstars.com reserved for making the moniez later.

thanks op.

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10-05-2009 , 11:12 AM

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I always thought mahjong was a one player game where you must bear off tiles in pairs? How does it work ina multiplayer setup?

that's not mahjong, that's mahjong solitaire
real mahjong is played to make a fourteen card hand composed of a pair, and four three card combinations that are either straight flushes or trips (4x3 + 2 = 14)

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10-05-2009 , 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ihatewells

[ ] Mahjong

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I always thought mahjong was a one player game where you must bear off tiles in pairs? How does it work ina multiplayer setup?

LOL, this is the result of hundreds of software companies producing different versions of a solitaire game and incorrectly calling it Mahjong.

Sort of like book publishers making people believe Sudokus and Kakuros are some kind of new Japanese puzzle craze.

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10-05-2009 , 01:02 PM

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Is nothing sacred?

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10-05-2009 , 01:28 PM

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Sort of like book publishers making people believe Sudokus and Kakuros are some kind of new Japanese puzzle craze.

while they're not new puzzles, they are actually published by a Japanese company

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10-06-2009 , 04:03 AM

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while they're not new puzzles, they are actually published by a Japanese company

An American is credited with the creation of Sudokus, and they were first published by Dell Magazines; Kakuros are also said to have first been published by Dell. I've been doing these puzzles under their original names of Number Places and Cross Sums for probably 20+ years.

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10-06-2009 , 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by jogden139

Won't work online for meaningfull stakes as colluding is too effective. Same problme with bridge and may other games.

Colluding is relativly indeffectivly in online holdem which makes such a good online game and likely to stay the course.

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10-06-2009 , 09:17 AM

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Colluding is relativly indeffectivly in online holdem which makes such a good online game and likely to stay the course.

Define.

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10-06-2009 , 09:20 AM

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must mean "ineffective without defect"

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