2023 Chicago Area Riichi Tournament

Chicago Area Mahjong is pleased to announce our standalone tournament:

Chicago Area Riichi Tournament (C.A.R.T.)

Results

As the largest city in the Great Lakes region, we offer a location convenient for all regions in the USA/CAN.  We look to provide a tournament location for players from all regions to come together.

We chose a location just minutes from O’Hare International Airport. This will make travel convenient for all forms, whether by flight or by road trip.

Registration: Closed September 1

Discord: Tournament discord

Dates: September 9 and 10, 2023 (Saturday, Sunday)

Location: Hyatt Regency O’Hare Chicago (Narita Room)

Address: 9300 Bryn Mawr Avenue, Rosemont, Illinois, United States, 60018

Hotel stay: The Hyatt Regency O’Hare offers some room blocks, at the discounted rate of $159 per night.  Standard rates are marked at above $170 per night. Thirteen rooms are allocated for this block. A soft cut off date of August 18 is set, where any unoccupied rooms will be returns to the Hyatt’s general inventory. Reservations can still be made after this date based on availability.

The booking via the hotel room block can be made here:
https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/group-booking/CHIRO/G-WDX4

For anyone opting for stays other than the Hyatt, plenty of locations are available around the Rosemont area and/or the CTA Blue line.

Hotel shuttle: A shuttle bus with the Hyatt is available. This transportation connects O’Hare with the Hyatt: https://trackmyshuttle.com/a/9300

Restaurants: The Hyatt itself has some dining options throughout the day. The area also has some restaurant options within 15 minute walking distance from the hotel.

Tournament Information

Head Judge: Takahiro Sakurai

Check in time: 8:30 AM (tentative)

Tournament start time: 9:15 AM (tentative)

Tournament entry fee: $80

Payment: Send your tournament fee to: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/TakahiroSakurai
Be sure to note: Your Full Name (CART 2023)

Schedule: Set schedule

Saturday	Sept 9		Sunday	Sept 10
Check-In Start	8:00 CST		Check-In Start	8:00 CST
Overview	9:00		Overview	9:00
Hanchan 1	9:15		Hanchan 5 or 6	9:15
Hanchan 2	10:45		Hanchan 6 or 7	10:45
Lunch	12:15		Lunch	12:15
Hanchan 3	14:00		Semifinal	14:00
Hanchan 4	15:30		Final	15:30
			No time limit
Hanchan 5	17:00
If time allowed			Tourney end
Free time	18:30		after final and awards

Tournament cap numbers:
Final Venue based cap (68 players)

To every mahjong club and individual player, we hope to see you here.  After hosting tournament play at Anime Central for 9 editions, this is our first standalone tournament.

Ruleset: The general tournament format will feature the traditional: N-hanchan with post-cut positions into a semifinal and final.  The ruleset is tentatively M.League rules (modified), but we can consider other tournament rulesets as well. We can also modify some of the rules for familiarity. We will not deviate far from most tournament rulesets. A full table of the rule settings will be posted here.

For players not qualifying into the post-cut portion of the tournament, we can provide an optional side-event mahjong activity.

Side Event: A side event may be offered for players, who did not qualify into the semifinal. More information on this side event will be posted here.

Prizes: More to be announced. Top 3 will receive trophies. Placements 4th to X will receive medals.

Included in the top prize is this custom made tournament champion junk mat bag.

For more direct information and channel to ask questions, feel free to join the Tournament Discord. Otherwise, you may e-mail Chicago Area Mahjong or post a comment below.

More details as well as the participant field will be posted on this page. We look forward to serving the general riichi community with this tournament. We hope to see you here and compete.

Signed, Kyuu
Captain – Chicago Area Mahjong
Tournament Director

Participant List/Count: (As of Aug 23)
68 signed up
57 paid

Sign up cut off: September 1

Last Name	First Name	State	Club
Banaszak	Nathan	MI	Riichi Rapids Mahjong
Nguyen	Eric	TX	DFW Mahjong
Yang	Peiyan	BC (CAN)	UBC Mahjong Club
Sasinowski	Andrew	MI	South East Michigan Mahjong
Bimmerle	Nicholas	IL	n/a
Munoz	Carlos	IL	The Yakumen and The Toi Toi Boyz
Lockerbie	Bret	IL	Chicago Area Mahjong
Chen	Skye	CA	Pacific Mahjong League
Takahiro	Sato	OH	n/a
Huynh	Michael	IL	n/a
Hosokawa	Matt	IL	n/a
Haselton	Joshua	IL	Chicago Area Mahjong
Nakashima	Koichi	IL	Chicago Area Mahjong
Fiera	Ellie	PA	Philly Mahjong Club
Lui	Kinyan	WA	Seattle Riichi Mahjong Club
Ferrer	Felippe	NY	Riichi Nomi NYC
He	Jaymond	NSW (AUS)	Australian Riichi Mahjong Association
Tang	Xuzhi	IL	n/a
Amenta	John	IL	Chicago Area Mahjong
Volmert	Ben	IL	Chicago Area Mahjong
Fries	Dustin	MD	DC Riichi Mahjong
Cameron	Ash	IL	Chicago Area Mahjong
Darrell	Rowen	NY	Riichi Nomi NYC
Dizon	Edwin	WA	Seattle Riichi Mahjong Club
McLeod	Michael	ON (CAN)	Toronto Riichi Club
LaPointe	Lucas	SC	n/a
V	Michael	NJ	Riichi Nomi NYC
Srivastav	Jai	CA	Pacific Mahjong League
Boyd	Dustin	IL	Dekamore Riichi Mahjong
Cayea	Rob	ON (CAN)	Toronto Riichi Club
Feng	Melissa	NY	Riichi Nomi NYC
Avalos	Jessa	MI	Riichi Rapids Mahjong
Kozinski	Nathanael	IL	Dekamore Riichi Mahjong
Lou	Sixuan	IL	Chicago Area Mahjong
Tan	Daria	IA	n/a
Deng	Stanley	CA	Pacific Mahjong League
Pozniak	Claire	NY	Riichi Nomi NYC
Tamas	Erdos	DC	DC Riichi Mahjong
Boucher	John	OH	Riichi Mahjong Columbus
Dirheimer	Ryan	MI	Riichi Rapids Mahjong
CAM	Rep	IL	Chicago Area Mahjong
Josei	Airin	VA	DC Riichi Mahjong
Zeng	Edward	BC (CAN)	UBC Mahjong Club
Guo	Gino	IL	n/a
Wang	Mingshi	IL	n/a
Dotseth	Kevin	IL	Dekamore Riichi Mahjong
Carneiro	Andre	NY	Riichi Nomi NYC
Chu	Calvin	NY	Riichi Nomi NYC
Swen	Hawnlay	CA	Pacific Mahjong League
Tomonori	Hitoshi	CA	Los Angeles Pride of Mahjong
Qin	Jason	NY	Riichi Nomi NYC
Ong	Steven	CA	Pacific Mahjong League
Ng	Kevin	NY	Riichi Nomi NYC
Ebejer	Aaron	MI	South East Michigan Mahjong
“Myu”	John	WI	Riichi Mahjong Club, Wisconsin
Tran	Jeff	CA	Pacific Mahjong League
Slusarz	William	OH	Riichi Mahjong Columbus
Krekeler	Oliver	OH	Greater Cincinnati Riichi Mahjong
Rui	Fen	NY	Riichi Nomi NYC
Tseng	Brian	MI	South East Michigan Mahjong
Ferrante	Merle	IL	South East Michigan Mahjong
Cordera	Vincent	NY	Riichi Nomi NYC
Huang	Quincy	NJ	Riichi Nomi NYC
Falkowski	Ron	NJ	Philly Mahjong Club
Wang	Bichen	CA	Pacific Mahjong League
Tran	Vinny	NY	Riichi Nomi NYC
Horton	Kathy	OH	Riichi Mahjong Columbus
Koshimoto	Edward	CA	Los Angeles Pride of Mahjong
CAM	Rep 2	WI	n/a