Quick answer
October 17's dealt hand goes for Consecutive Numbers, with Odd Numbers (1·3·5·7·9) as the backup if the draws turn. Build around: 1 Bam, 1 Bam, 3 Bam, 5 Bam, 7 Bam. Promising, needs shaping.
The deal
1 Bam, 1 Bam, 3 Bam, 3 Dot, 4 Bam, 5 Bam, 5 Crak, 5 Crak, 6 Bam, 7 Bam, Flower, Joker, East
What the coach saw
Your hand leans toward Consecutive Numbers (5 in a row in bams). Second option: Odd Numbers (1·3·5·7·9).
1 joker, gold for pungs and kongs, but remember: jokers can never fill a pair, and you may not pass them in the Charleston.
The strongest category here is Consecutive Numbers (5 in a row in bams). The backup direction, if the draws turn, is Odd Numbers (1·3·5·7·9).
Keep and pass
Build around: 1 Bam, 1 Bam, 3 Bam, 5 Bam, 7 Bam.
In the Charleston, these can go, and here is why:
East: an unpaired East, and your direction is Consecutive Numbers
3 Dot: it backs your second option, Odd Numbers (1·3·5·7·9), but sits outside your Bam run, so it does less for Consecutive Numbers than your Bam tiles
4 Bam: the least-connected of your Consecutive Numbers tiles, something has to go
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 11 (promising, needs shaping)
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)
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.