Quick answer
September 12's dealt hand goes for Pairs Hands, with Winds & Dragons as the backup if the draws turn. Build around: Flower, Flower, Green Dragon, Green Dragon, Red Dragon, Red Dragon, 4 Crak, 9 Crak, 9 Crak. Strong, stay the course.
The deal
4 Crak, 4 Crak, 7 Bam, 7 Crak, 9 Crak, 9 Crak, Green Dragon, Green Dragon, Red Dragon, Red Dragon, Flower, Flower, Joker
What the coach saw
Your hand leans toward Pairs Hands (5 pairs, which jokers can't fill). Second option: Winds & Dragons.
1 joker, gold for pungs and kongs, but remember: jokers can never fill a pair, and you may not pass them in the Charleston.
Three or more pairs, consider steering toward a pairs-style line.
The strongest category here is Pairs Hands (5 pairs, which jokers can't fill). The backup direction, if the draws turn, is Winds & Dragons.
Keep and pass
Build around: Flower, Flower, Green Dragon, Green Dragon, Red Dragon, Red Dragon, 4 Crak, 9 Crak, 9 Crak.
In the Charleston, these can go, and here is why:
7 Bam: a loner, serves neither Pairs Hands nor Winds & Dragons
7 Crak: a loner, serves neither Pairs Hands nor Winds & Dragons
4 Crak: you hold two, but this hand has only two unpaired tiles to give and a joker may never be passed, so the pass has to break a pair or set, and every tile that stays does at least as much for this hand
More hands that went for Pairs Hands
The same category, dealt differently. Reading several of them side by side is how the shape starts to look obvious at the table.
November 3 (promising, needs shaping)
October 28 (promising, needs shaping)
October 22 (early, keep options open)
October 16 (promising, needs shaping)
October 10 (promising, needs shaping)
October 4 (promising, needs shaping)
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.