Advanced Strategy Book - Balance Your Game (Yoshihiro Matsumoto)
There is no single correct way to play mahjong. The strongest players know how to find the right balance. Yoshihiro Matsumoto is known as The Hitman in the professional mahjong industry and in Balance Your Game, he reveals the adaptable style that has defined his career at the highest levels of competitive riichi mahjong, and the path he took to reach the highest forum of the game: M.LEAGUE. Through practical examples and detailed explanations, Matsumoto explores how your decisions should change according to your hand, your opponents and the wider match situation. Matsumoto does not present his methods as rigid rules to be followed without question. Instead, he offers the reasoning behind his decisions and encourages readers to use those ideas to develop a style of their own. Accessible to developing players while offering rich insight for experienced competitors, Balance Your Game is a guide to thinking beyond isolated tile choices and understanding mahjong as a dynamic four-player contest. Learn to attack, defend, read the table and adapt...without allowing any one part of your game to fall out of balance. Translated from the original Japanese. 226 pages, paperback.