The Los Angeles Mahjong Scene Is Getting Crazy
This past Saturday, I won the Los Angeles Mahjong League Tournament at Chifa out in Eagle Rock. It was totally unexpected, considering I've only been playing mahjong for about 4 months and I played against a few people who had regularly kicked my ass at other mahjong dens around town. Next month, I'll be competing at another LA mahjong tournament for a $1,000 prize. Getting into the LA mahjong scene these past few months was incredibly fulfilling because I had been looking for some sort of game to get into my entire life. I'll play a game of chess every 2 years or so and have been doing so since I was in 2nd grade (1997), but I never had an...