You can’t decide what to pass until you know which Section gives you the best shot.
Look at the deal below. Which Section would you play?
scroll down to see how the Insiders responded.
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🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ A ⭕️ Consecutive Run (2,509 Votes)
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ B ⭕️ Any Like Numbers (424 Votes)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 C ⭕️ 2468 (4,810 Votes)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ D ⭕️ 13579 (71 Votes)
Explanation:
✅ Correct Answer C: 2468
Working with multiples when selecting a direction for the Charleston is one strategic approach recommended by instructors and experienced players. This deal has a Pair of West Winds and 2, 6, 8 in Bams. It also has several additional even tiles. This offers flexibility toward building a hand in the 2468 Section, with the ability to use the Pair of West Winds if the remaining tiles needed come around in the passing. Additionally, this deal provides more even tiles than odd tiles.
❌ Answer A: Consecutive Run
The Consecutive Run hand is a good choice. The Insider chooses it as a good backup direction rather than the best starting option because, while there are several possible hands in this Section, they have gaps and no multiples to support a Consecutive Run hand.
❌ Answer B: Any Like Numbers
This deal does have some matching single numbers (1 Bam and 1 Dot, 6 Bam and 6 Dot, 8 Bam and 8 Crak), but without any identical matching number tiles, Flowers or Dragons, this Section is a very weak approach. It would be better to make use of the matching sixes or eights in a 2468 hand or a Winds-Dragons hand depending on the tiles that are being passed.
❌ Answer D: 13579
There are odd numbered tiles that could contribute toward a 13579 hand and they are scattered across suits, making this direction a poor choice.
⬇️ Find Your Section First, and Your Pass Gets Easy ⬇️
You can’t control the tiles you pick, but you can control the decisions you make with them, and the Charleston is where those decisions start.
The Charleston Decision Pyramid turns the pass into a few plain questions. Sort your tiles by number and start at the top, where it asks whether you’re holding four Dragons, then work your way down until you hit a yes. That yes names your Section of the 2026 Card, and the tiles that don’t fit it are your pass.
Click to watch the Charleston Pyramid in action.
The Pyramid prints full size to keep beside your rack, and it comes with five videos that play real hands through the whole Charleston. It’s included with Association membership, and so is the Winning Hand App, where the Charleston mode deals you a fresh hand whenever you want.
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