ROTTERDAM, March 10th - Some weeks ago, Mahjong Logic, or eMahjong, opened its server where you could play for real money. Adrie van Geffen, correspondent to Mahjong News in the virtual world, logs in, his credit card within reach… Will he really put is money at stake?
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BADEN - The Italian player who was suspended during the OEMC 2009 at Baden, will get no punishment. Benedetta Tesi was put on the last position in the tournament, which means she will get no points for the EMA MCR ranking.
BADEN (Austria) - Just like in 2005 in the Netherlands, a Japanese player has won the Open European Mahjong Championship. Koji Idota was the best player at Baden. Three players had the same number of table points as the new champion: Bo Lang from Switzerland, who was the runner-up, Luca Gavelli from Italy, who won the third prize, and Sune Gjeding Thomson from Denmark.
BADEN - They did not suffer a financial loss; yet, they could not find a head-sponsor and only half of the Chinese players showed up. They are very satisfied with the organization of the European mahjong championship 2009, yet they never want to do this a second time. They did not instruct anybody to play more friendly, yet the way of playing at the tables was very kind and relaxed. It has been a wonderful OEMC at Baden, near Vienna. Say Otto Myslivec and Norbert Tschinkel of the OEMC 2009 Organizing Committee.
The third Open European Mahjong Championship is over. For the 152 contestants, and for Sjef Strik, correspondent of Mahjong News. Today the seventh, and last episode of his Baden diary. Including a ‘bizar incident’.