Riichi Nomi NYC is delighted to invite players from around the world to our 4th annual open riichi mahjong tournament!
TOURNAMENT STANDINGS AND PAIRINGS
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DATES
June 22–23, 2024
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LOCATION
110 East 55th Street, New York, NY
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The venue is within a 5-minute walk of the E and F trains at the 5th Ave/53rd station, and within a 10-minute walk of the 4, 5, 6, N, R, and W trains at the 59th St. station.
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ENTRY FEE
$80
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REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS
We have hit the 208 person cap! The sign up link is now closed, and the waitlist is open: https://forms.gle/XARjLCejXnysdt4x7.
If a seat opens up we will contact you in order of time of wait list submission, and you will have 3 days to purchase the seat before we offer it to the next person on the wait list.
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DISCORD SERVER
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PRIZES
$1500 GUARANTEED PRIZE POOL
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In addition, 1st–4th place will receive trophies, and 5th–8th place will receive medals. Next-to-last place will receive a printed and bound copy of Riichi Book 1 for their study and enjoyment.
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This tournament has been approved as a NARMA Regional WRC Qualifier, and based on the number of participants, eligible players attempting to qualify for WRC through the USA will be awarded the corresponding points for their placement as listed on the NARMA webpage.
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RULES
We will use the WRC ruleset with optional modifications 2.1 - Red Fives, 3.2 - Nagashi Mangan, 4.1 Uma (30/10), and 4.4 Kazoe Yakuman.
Read the full tournament ruleset and etiquette expectations here.
We expect good will and fair sportsmanship from all attendees.
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STRUCTURE​
The tournament will be 10 hanchan of a pure cumulative format, with no top cut. Prizes and rankings will be determined by your total score at the end of all 10 games.
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FOOD
Lunch, snacks, water, coffee and tea on both days of the tournament are offered complimentary with your admission!
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If you are not interested in the venue’s lunch offerings, there are countless eating establishments of various cuisines within a 2 block radius of the venue.
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HOUSING
There is no hotel specifically associated with the venue, but there are many options in Manhattan and Queens on direct train lines to the venue.
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HANCHAN SCHEDULE
Day 1 - Saturday, June 22nd
Registration: 9:00 am – 9:45 am
Opening Ceremony: 9:45 am – 10:00 am
Hanchan 1: 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Break: 11:30 am – 11:40 am
Hanchan 2: 11:40 am – 1:10 pm
Lunch Break: 1:10 pm – 2:10 pm
Hanchan 3: 2:10 pm – 3:40 pm
Break: 3:40 pm – 3:50 pm
Hanchan 4: 3:50 pm – 5:20 pm
Break: 5:20 pm – 5:30 pm
Hanchan 5: 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Free Play: 7:00 pm Onward
Group Dinner Outing Optional
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Day 2 - Sunday, June 23rd
Check in: 9:15 am – 9:45 am
Hanchan 6: 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Break: 11:30 am – 11:40 am
Hanchan 7: 11:40 am – 1:10 pm
Lunch Break: 1:10 pm – 2:10 pm
Hanchan 8: 2:10 pm – 3:40 pm
Break: 3:40 pm – 3:50 pm
Hanchan 9: 3:50 pm – 5:20 pm
Break: 5:20 pm – 5:40 pm
Hanchan 10: 5:40 pm – 7:20 pm
Closing Ceremony and Awards: 7:20 pm – 7:45 pm
Free Play: 7:45 pm Onward
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REFUND POLICY
By submitting payment we assume you will participate in the tournament. Refunds for withdrawals will only be honored in the case of emergencies (e.g. serious illness, flight delays/cancellations). If you are unclear as to what constitutes a valid emergency, please reach out to us.
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TOURNAMENT WEEKEND EVENTS
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Friday, June 21st: The tournament venue will be open from 6pm - midnight for free play. If you ordered a Riichi Nomi Jersey, it will be available for pickup at this time!
Saturday, June 22nd: Day 1 of RNO runs from 9:30am - 7pm. Following Day 1, there will be a an optional dinner outing to our classic Clinton Hall haunt on East 51st. Meanwhile, Floor 6 of the venue will be open for our RNO After Hours, sponsored by Lunar Seltzer and Neat Beverages! Please bring your ID if you want to partake and always drink responsibly.
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Mahjong free play (7pm - midnight)
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Mahjong pottery and Riichi Nomi merchandise sales (7pm - 9pm)
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Citypop DJ set by DJ Maximilian (8:30pm - 10:30pm)
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No Limit Texas Hold'em (8:30pm - midnight)
Sunday, June 23rd: Day 2 of RNO runs from 9:30am - 7:20pm. Following Day 2, there will be an award ceremony, and mahjong free play until 11pm.
Monday, June 24th: Riichi Nomi has partnered with Sparrow’s Nest Studio to open from 10am-6pm on Monday for more mahjong! The studio, in midtown Manhattan, is fully equipped with Japanese scoring autotables and will be the location hosting the USA Final Qualifier Invitational. The RNO participant rate for Monday free play at Sparrow’s Nest Studio is $10 for an all-day pass.
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QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
Please contact us at nycriichinomi@gmail.com.
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PAST YEARS
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Current registrations:
205 / 208
Sign-up List
Name | Club |
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Elaina Bouch | Philadelphia Riichi Mah-Jawn |
Wenjun Liang | New York |
Chaohao Pan | USPML |
Wesley Yu | Riichi Nomi NYC |
Elizabeth Louie | Riichi Nomi NYC |
David Li | Riichi Nomi NYC |
Jason Lam | New Jersey |
Krizia Diya | Atlanta Riichi Club |
Harris Zhang | Riichi Nomi NYC |
Taliesin Carter | SE Michigan |
Junyi Lin | Canada |
Zachary Adams | Riichi Nomi |
Tk Kim | Riichi nomi nyc |
Conor Wright | Charleston Riichi Mahjong |
Tony Lin | Boston |
Steven Hernandez | NYC |
Noelle Hui | Seattle riichi |
Jake Brennan | Unaffiliated |
Ryan Chou | New York |
Aiden Bak | SRMC |
Ren N | DC Riichi Mahjong |
ZZZZZF Liu | Atlanta Riichi Club |
Estey Gerstner | Rochester |
Yuta Nishimura | NY |
Tao Peng | China |
Edward Koshimoto | LAPOM |
Jake Gluck | Philly Riichi Mahjawn |
Jonathan Chi | Riichi Nomi |
Harsha Kolla | Philly Mahjong Club |
Muxi Wang | Boston |
Jay Retelle | Boston Meowjong |
Tim Retelle | Boston |
Jake Grimes | Riichi Nomi NYC |
Eric Nguyen | Lone Star Riichi DFW |
Max Inman | DC Riichi Mahjong |
Alec Zhu | MIT |
Henry Mancini | Brandeis Riichi Mahjong Club |
Samer Hamdan | Franklin WI |
Andrew Sasinowski | Southeast Michigan |
Lionel Liu | Riichi Nomi NYC |
ç´« Li | Riichinomi NYC |
Jameson Orvis | NYC Riichi Nomi |
Yishen Wu | Philly |
Koichi Nakashima | Chicago Mahjong |
Kate Drutskoy | Boston MA |
Airi Shumate | DC Riichi Mahjong |
Chuan Lin | RN NYC |
Ren Tang | New York |
Rob Cayea | TORONTO |
Anja Meade | Southeast Michigan Riichi |
Jim Yang | Toronto Riichi Club |
Ben Thompson | Riichi Nomi NYC |
William Huie | I Believe Mahjong |
Kevin Qi | DC Riichi Mahjong |
Skye Chen | PML |
Jonathan Fang | Brandeis Riichi Mahjong Club |
Steven Liu | Seattle |
Sarah Allen | Philadelphia Riichi Mah-Jawn |
Alyssa Tian | TORI |
Cheng Yu Lai | Riichi Nomi NYC |
Luis Vargas | Philly Mah-jawn |
noona Caudill | Atlanta Riichi Club |
Cory Dissinger | Philadelphia |
Zach Salo | Riichi Nomi |
Ryan Zhu | Riichi nomi NYC |
Rae Caldwell | Riichi Nomi Nyc |
Elin Anwar | Boston |
Rose Kasim | Philadelphia Mah-Jawn |
Alex Mijalis | Boston |
Mirby Lee | Philly Riichi Mah-Jawn |
Isabella Yung | Pacific Mahjong League |
Rachel Halperin | Pacific mahjong league |
Dakota Watterson | Riichi nomi |
Honver Lam | Riichi Nomi |
Edward Zeng | UBC MJC |
Gaohan Miao | Philadelphia Riichi Mah-Jawn |
Mark Tam | Toronto Riichi Club |
Daniel Xia | NJ |
Christopher Endicott | Cambridge, UK |
Abbey Winter | Boston |
Rowen Darrell | Riichi Nomi NYC/NYC |
Dave Cabrera | Riichi Nomi |
Steve Augustin | Southeast Michigan Riichi |
Omar Hamdan | Milwaukee |
Rizeng Zheng | Seattle Riichi Mahjong Club |
Max Suddendorf | Greater Cincinnati Riichi Mahjong |
Kyle Lee | Phialdelphia |
Bichen Wang | Pacific Mahjong League |
William Slusarz | Columbus |
Michael H | Toronto Riichi Club |
Nicholas Naimo | USPML |
Chris Lowell | Riichi Nomi NYC |
Kaden Chou | Pacific Mahjong League |
Ty Kennedy | RIT Nine Gates |
Nik Twyford | RNNYC |
Michael McLeod | Toronto Riichi |
Christian Manaog | Riichi Nomi NYC |
Cody Lin | Riichi Nomi |
Allen Zhang | Philly Mah-Jawn |
Harliy Wan | Philadelphia |
Tim L Louie | DC Riichi Mahjong |
Choco Alano | Jersey Mike's |
Collin Wang | Club Richii de Montréal |
Jay Wong | None/Boston |
Hiroshi Yoshida | Riichi Nomi NYC |
Donald Kai | Seattle Riichi Mahjong Club |
Corak Mcanally | Baltimore Mahjong |
Leandro Savillo | Jersey Mike's |
Haru Song | none |
Dennis Sharkey | DC Riichi Mahjong |
Ken Zheng | Boston |
Tatsuya Asano | Chicago |
Peter Gao | Longhorn Riichi |
Suyang Bao | Riichi Nomi NYC |
Lynette Dang | TORI (Toronto) |
Paul Connor | Toronto Riichi |
Allon Scheyer | USPML |
Mirzo Abdujabborov | Charleston Riichi Mahjong |
James Morrone | Philly mah-Jawn |
Tingkai Zhang | Seattle |
Natalie Quintero | NYC |
Thomas Wong | DC |
Ming Qiu | N/A |
Buddy Fox | Michigan |
Skadi Qian | New York |
Richard Yokoyama | Riichi nomi |
Eric Chen | DFW |
Eric Hong | C-ORPS |
Brett J Jervey | NYC |
Kelly Qi | Seattle Riichi Mahjong Club |
Sebastien Bouchard | Club Richii de Montréal |
Takahiro Sato | Riichi mahjong columbus |
Nikita Kotlov | MIT Mahjong club |
Kathy Horton | Riichi Mahjong Columbus |
Lucas Lapointe | Snake Shack |
Justin Cheng | Riichi Nomi NYC |
Takahiro Sakurai | Chicago Area Mahjong |
Ricky Tan | Philly Riichi Mah Jawn |
Kevin Ng | Riichi Nomi NYC |
Jamin Liu | Riichi Nomi |
Erik Karhan | Riichi Nomi NYC |
Cristian Abarza | MahjongChile |
Brian Wen | Indiana |
Katherine Salvador | RIICHI NOMI NYC |
Michael Lenard | Southeast Michigan Riichi |
moku oconnell | Nine gates |
Alex Wang | Pacific Mahjong League |
Brian / Spud Canales | New Jersey |
Quinn Matheis | Riichi Nomi |
Matthew Mckinney | NH |
Kevin Z. | Baltimore Mahjong |
Garrick Liou | Seattle Riichi Mahjong Club |
Grace Anderson | Central Florida |
Mischelle Beerbaum | CT |
Khang Huynh | I Believe Mahjong |
Merle Ferrante | Chicago Area Mahjong |
Sylvie Brunelle | Snake Shack |
Austin Booth | New Jersey |
Hawnlay Swen | Pacific Mahjong League |
Dustin Fries | DC Riichi Mahjong |
Stanley Deng | PML |
Marc-Laurent Frenette | Montreal club |
James Miller | n/a |
Michael Horton | RNNYC |
Andre Carneiro | Riichi Nomi NYC |
Jason Qin | Riichi Nomi NYC |
Adriel O | PML |
Ben Zayac | Riichi Nomi |
Will Song | Riichi Nomi/NYC |
Julian Amano | Riichi Nomi |
Kinyan Lui | Seattle Riichi Mahjong Club |
Edwin Dizon | Seattle Riichi Mahjong Club |
Jamie Brown | MA, no club |
ryan Larsen | riichi nomi NYC |
Corgi yee | Riichi Nomi NYC |
Justin Fontano | CT |
Gavin Hiroe | Boston |
Kristy Chang | Philly |
Michael T | Philadelphia Riichi Mah-jawng |
Jeroen Chen | Dutch Mahjong Association |
Alex Obye | PDX Mahjong |
Ellie Fiera | Philadelphia |
Charles G | Jersey Mike's |
Ron Falkowski | Philly Mah-jawng |
Josh Havens | Virginia |
Harrison Corp | DC Riichi Mahjong |
Ross Campo | Richi Nomi NYC |
Maya Way | Riichinomi NYC |
MS Lai | Pacific Mahjong League |
Yun Ze Zhou | Riichi Nomi NYC |
Mia Hotsuki | Riichi Nomi NYC |
Cristi Magracia | Riichi Nomi NYC |
Grant Mahoney | Club Riichi de Montréal |
Melvin Pastrana | Riichi Nomi NYC |
Jordan Green | Riichi Nomi |
Primrose Yooprasert | Boston |
James Eveland | Philly Riichi Mah-Jawn |
Melissa feng | Riichi Nomi NYC |
Amy Gu | Riichi Nomi NYC |
Jeff Tran | PML |
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