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“What should I do with this rack?”

You have learned the tiles. You have your card in front of you. You can spot a few possible hands. Then comes the harder part: choosing which one to pursue.

That question is at the heart of My Mahjong Coach.

A suggestion becomes more useful when you understand the reasoning behind it. Which tiles are doing the most work? What would you still need? Does a backup preserve a useful option, or leave you trying to build two different hands at once?

We want to make those questions easier to explore.

A place to pause and compare

At the table, the game keeps moving. Practice gives you room to stop, look at another possibility, and think through what changes.

Try choosing a target before checking a recommendation. Explain why you like it. Then compare the alternatives. Even when you keep your original choice, noticing a tradeoff can make the exercise worthwhile.

Learning from disagreement

A recommendation should invite thought. If the app favors a different hand or pass, the useful question is why. It may be giving more weight to natural tiles, flexibility, or a compatible backup.

The app’s suggestions are coaching estimates. They are not guarantees, and they should leave room for your judgment and information the app does not have.

Growing one useful exercise at a time

You can now analyze racks, practice targets and Charleston passes, record a real game with the Live Game Coach, watch four coaches play, and run simulation batches. Each mode offers a different way to explore a decision. Interactive solo play and additional focused exercises remain future directions.

The aim throughout is simple: help the thinking you do in practice become something you can use at your next game.

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