MJT Tip: Timing is Everything
MJT Tip: Timing is Everything On Saturday, the last table of the last round was running out of time. A bevy us were watching - hoping against all odds that they could finish in time (which they would not, too many tiles left). I'm in the chat counting down with them!!! When I started counting, they still had almost 3 walls to go through. Just as a good estimator, a fast pace will need 3 minutes a wall. They had 6 minutes when I started alerting them. 6 minutes. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. 30 seconds. Truth be told, I was simultaneously cheering and yelling at the table. Puppy ran under the bed. Hubs threw pieces of chocolate toward me, much like they throw meat to the lions in the zoo. Penny/Pupsmom had squeaked by into first place until .... with 20 seconds - TWENTY - left, Marlene/Marlinka pulled her mah jongg! She won the tournament and $145! Had that table not finished, everyone would have gotten a 0 for that game and Marlene would have finished 3rd and only received $75. Now it was an ama...
