Mahjong, Money, and Art of Playing the Right Hand A few years ago, some friends invited me to learn Mahjong. At first, I was completely lost. I had no idea what I was doing. The teachers told us what to discard, explained the routines, and threw around jargon that sounded like a completely different language. Bams. Craks. Dots. Charleston. Jokers. The card looked like hieroglyphics. There I sat, staring at it as if it had been written by aliens. But that's what surprised me m