Quick answer
July 20's dealt hand goes for Consecutive Numbers, with Like Numbers as the backup if the draws turn. Build around: 2 Dot, 3 Dot, 4 Dot, 5 Dot, 8 Crak, 8 Crak. Promising, needs shaping.
The deal
2 Dot, 3 Dot, 4 Bam, 4 Dot, 5 Crak, 5 Dot, 7 Dot, 8 Bam, 8 Crak, 8 Crak, Joker, South, South
What the coach saw
Your hand leans toward Consecutive Numbers (4 in a row in dots). Second option: Like Numbers.
1 joker, gold for pungs and kongs, but remember: jokers can never fill a pair, and you may not pass them in the Charleston.
A 4-tile run in dots is a real spine, protect it.
The strongest category here is Consecutive Numbers (4 in a row in dots). The backup direction, if the draws turn, is Like Numbers.
Keep and pass
Build around: 2 Dot, 3 Dot, 4 Dot, 5 Dot, 8 Crak, 8 Crak.
In the Charleston, these can go, and here is why:
4 Bam: it sits outside your Dot run, so it does less for Consecutive Numbers than your Dot tiles, and it does nothing for Like Numbers
5 Crak: it sits outside your Dot run, so it does less for Consecutive Numbers than your Dot tiles, and it does nothing for Like Numbers
7 Dot: it is not part of your 2-3-4-5 Dot run, so it does less for Consecutive Numbers than the tiles in that run, and it does nothing for Like Numbers
More hands that went for Consecutive Numbers
The same category, dealt differently. Reading several of them side by side is how the shape starts to look obvious at the table.
November 4 (early, keep options open)
October 29 (promising, needs shaping)
October 23 (promising, needs shaping)
October 17 (promising, needs shaping)
October 11 (promising, needs shaping)
October 5 (early, keep options open)
A new hand like this one goes live every morning, read tile by tile by the coach. Play today’s hand free, or get the coach on your own tiles, any time, in the Club.
Everyone gets the same tiles. Let them argue before they open the read.