Quick answer
October 11's dealt hand goes for Consecutive Numbers, with Like Numbers as the backup if the draws turn. Worth holding: 1 Dot, 2 Dot, 3 Dot, 4 Dot, 7 Dot. Promising, needs shaping.
The deal
1 Crak, 1 Crak, 1 Dot, 2 Dot, 3 Crak, 3 Dot, 4 Crak, 4 Dot, 7 Dot, Red Dragon, Soap (White), Soap (White), South
What the coach saw
Your hand leans toward Consecutive Numbers (4 in a row in dots). Second option: Like Numbers.
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
Worth holding: 1 Dot, 2 Dot, 3 Dot, 4 Dot, 7 Dot.
In the Charleston, these can go, and here is why:
Red Dragon: an unpaired Red Dragon, and your direction is Consecutive Numbers
South: an unpaired South, and your direction is Consecutive Numbers
3 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
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.
October 5 (early, keep options open)
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)
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.