Quick answer
October 5's dealt hand goes for Consecutive Numbers, with Odd Numbers (1·3·5·7·9) as the backup if the draws turn. Worth holding: 5 Bam, 1 Bam, 4 Bam, 6 Bam, 3 Crak. Early, keep options open.
The deal
1 Bam, 2 Crak, 3 Crak, 4 Bam, 5 Bam, 5 Crak, 6 Bam, 6 Crak, 9 Dot, Soap (White), Flower, East, East
What the coach saw
Your hand leans toward Consecutive Numbers (3 in a row in bams). Second option: Odd Numbers (1·3·5·7·9).
Scattered hands are normal before the Charleston, pass boldly and re-read.
The strongest category here is Consecutive Numbers (3 in a row in bams). The backup direction, if the draws turn, is Odd Numbers (1·3·5·7·9).
Keep and pass
Worth holding: 5 Bam, 1 Bam, 4 Bam, 6 Bam, 3 Crak.
In the Charleston, these can go, and here is why:
Soap (White): an unpaired Soap (White), and your direction is Consecutive Numbers
2 Crak: it sits outside your Bam run, so it does less for Consecutive Numbers than your Bam tiles, and it does nothing for Odd Numbers (1·3·5·7·9)
6 Crak: it sits outside your Bam run, so it does less for Consecutive Numbers than your Bam tiles, and it does nothing for Odd Numbers (1·3·5·7·9)
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.
September 29 (promising, needs shaping)
September 23 (promising, needs shaping)
September 10 (early, keep options open)
September 3 (promising, needs shaping)
August 11 (early, keep options open)
August 6 (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.