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New here? Welcome — I’m so glad you found me! 🀄I’m Lara, and I help mahjong players and teachers find their confidence at the table.Here’s what you’ll find at Lara’s Mahjong Edit: → Strategy tips that actually make sense → Digital guides and cheat sheets → Live classes (beginner to strategy) → The Confidence Club — a membership for players who want moreWhether you just learned and feel lost, you’ve been playing but still second-guess yourself, or you teach and want a confidence boost — you’re in the right place.Save this post and comment below to get started: ✦ LEARN → Zoom classes & lessons ✦ NEWSLETTER → Weekly tips & strategy ✦ FAVORITES → Products I swear by ✦ BIO → All my resources ✦ CONFIDENT → Join the Confidence ClubSee you at the table! 💕#americanmahjong #mahjong #mahjongg #mahjongtiles #mahjongteacher by @larasmahjongedit

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Most people scroll right past 369 on the card. It looks fussy, the hands feel similar, and it’s easy to tell yourself you’ll learn it later.I wanted to share my two favorite go to hands in 369 so maybe next time your tiles point that way, you’ll give them a shot!#mahjong #americanmahjong #nmjl #2026card #mahjongstrategy by @larasmahjongedit

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GIVEAWAY TIME!You know I love playing solitaire:i (almost always) winit’s quiet and available any timeit’s how i get to know the Card so wellThat’s the whole idea behind my Four-Hand Solitaire Practice System.And I’m turning it into a summer challenge!100 Hands of Summer starts next Mon, June 15: play American Mahjong solo all season, color in a tile on my free tracker for every rack you play out, and reach 100 by Labor Day. A @solomahj board’s worth 1 tile, two-hands on the method Jillian and I developed with Lara are worth 2, four-hands worth 4.The 4 hand method is your fastest way to fill the tracker - 25 four-hand games and your whole tracker’s full.Here’s the part with a clock on it ⏰: grab the Practice System by Sun, June 14 and you start a full week early — plus bonus entries in the giveaway.🎁 THE GIVEAWAY — stocked by some of my favorite people: 🟢 a mat from @mahj_mood 🟢 accessories from @colorandpour 🟢 a strategy session with Jillian @mahjeltov 🟢 a SoloMahj board from Lara @larasmahjongedit How to enter: ✦ Follow@mrsmahj @mahjeltov @mahj_mood @colorandpour @larasmahjongedit ✦ Comment below tagging your friends you’re challenging to enter✦ Bonus: share your progress all summer with #100handsofsummer — as often as you like, every post is another entry → mrsmahj.myflodesk.com/practicesystemAnd link in in bio #100handsofsummer by @larasmahjongedit

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You sit down, the tiles come out, and your brain jumps straight to “which hand?” Then you freeze, because you can’t know that yet.You’re not picking a hand at the deal. You’re finding your starting direction.Sort your tiles. Whatever you have the most of is already pointing you somewhere. Mostly evens? Look at 2468. Mostly odds? 13579. A pile of winds and dragons? That’s a whole section, not junk.A starting direction isn’t a commitment. It’s just where you look first. The Charleston is where you pivot.Still freeze the second you pick up the card? Comment CARD and I’ll send you the free 2026 Card Quick Start. Reads the card section by section, no memorizing.Save this for your next game.#mahjong #americanmahjong #nmjl #2026card #mahjongstrategy by @larasmahjongedit

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The Charleston isn’t about matching tiles to lines yet. It’s about collecting raw material.Keep your card closed. Find your section — odds, evens, 3-6-9, or consecutive run. Sort your tiles into three piles: keep, maybe, pass. Let the hand come to you.That’s it. The card will still be there when you need it. Your tiles won’t wait.Comment CHARLESTON and I’ll send you the full guide.#mahjong #americanmahjong #mahjongtips #mahjongstrategy #mahjongbeginner by @larasmahjongedit

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so you’ve played Siamese, but have you ever played Imperial? 🀄don’t miss the chance to have @mahjeltov teach you all the fun ways to play Siamese Mah Jongg tonight! comment SIAMESE and I’ll send you the link to join us.which sounds more fun to you: Siamese or Imperial?—Imperial Mah Jongg is a variation of Siamese Mah Jongg by Gladys Gradtiles: @two.sparrows.mahjong | racks: @myfairmahjong by @larasmahjongedit

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When I posted that story about 2468 feeling impossible this year, the responses came flooding in — and I realized this needed a full breakdown. The Evens section on this year’s card is genuinely tricky, and there’s a real reason why. Swipe through.#mahjong #americanmahjong #mahjongg #mahjongg2026 #nmjl by @larasmahjongedit

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Three Mahjong tips I wish someone had told me sooner.Stop locking into one hand too early. The best players stay flexible and let the tiles tell them where to go.Watch what your table is passing and picking up. The discards are a roadmap to what everyone is building.Protect your jokers like gold. Knowing when to hold versus when to use them is what separates good players from great ones.Small shifts, big difference at the table.Save this so you have it for your next game, and tag the friend you’re bringing heat with this week.#americanmahjong #mahjong #mahjongg #nmjl #learnmahjong mahjongstrategy mahjongtips mahjongtiles by @larasmahjongedit

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Hard truth: if Mahjong feels overwhelming, it’s probably not you. It’s how you’re looking at the card.Most players try to memorize the card. The confident ones learn to read it.Once you start to: spot patterns across the lines, understand suit structure and flexibility, and recognize the cousin hands you can pivot between, the whole game slows down. Your confidence goes up. The card stops feeling like a wall and starts feeling like a map.You don’t need a better memory. You need a better way to see it.Save this for your next game and tag the friend who needs to hear it.#americanmahjong #mahjong #mahjongg #nmjl #learnmahjong mahjongstrategy mahjongtips mahjongcard by @larasmahjongedit

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“Defense is not stop winning. It’s stop handing someone a tile they’re already waiting on.” @mahjeltov said that at our defense session this week and it changed how I think about the whole game.Most players believe defense starts when things get scary. It actually starts at the very first tile you pass in the Charleston.Save this one and bring it to your next game.Comment STRATEGY to join us in one of our upcoming live sessions, or join Confidence Club for access to all the replays.#mahjong #americanmahjong #mahjongstrategy #mahjongtips #nmjl2026 by @larasmahjongedit

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One Charleston is required. Everything after that is a conversation.After the first Charleston (right over left), anyone can call stop. All it takes is one person.But if nobody says anything and someone picks up those tiles to start the second round, you’re in it. Once the second Charleston begins, you have to finish the whole thing (left over right). No stopping mid-round.The courtesy pass is always available, no matter what. Whether you did one Charleston or two, the courtesy pass is still on the table. Even if everyone decides not to exchange anything.The full order: first Charleston, then the decision to continue or stop, then the courtesy pass. You can skip the second Charleston, but the courtesy pass is always there.Are you a Charleston continuer or a Charleston stopper?#americanmahjong #mahjong #nmjl #mahjongrules #charleston mahjongtips mahjongstrategy learnmahjong mahjongteacher mahjongeducation mahjongtable mahjonglife tilelife mahjongbeginner mahjongcommunity by @larasmahjongedit

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