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| Full name | Cameron J. Waggoner |
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| Country | USA |
| ID | TheWagon |
Mahjong Biography
Cameron Waggoner (Tenhou ID TheWagon) is an amateur mahjong player hailing from Mooresville, North Carolina. He first developed an interest in mahjong back in January 2017 when a friend introduced him to the game. It took him two weeks to get his first valid hand (riichi, pinfu, menzen tsumo, dora 2) and wasn't even aware he had pinfu when he riichi'd. Cameron has been eagerly trying to get his own club started for nearly a year, but has had little luck doing so, and relies on Discord to keep up with the mahjong community. He hopes to one day have a mahjong community of his own and to score a (recognized) paarenchan.
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TheWagon's first valid hand, February 2017
Tournaments
| Date(s) | Event | Venue | Medium | Ruleset | Placement / Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July - August 2018 | 2018 IORMC USA Qualification | Tenhou.net | Online | IORMC Rules | 15 / 26 |
| June 10 - 11 2017 | Summer Global Open | Tenhou.net | Online | WRC | 13 / 20 |
| April 14 - 15 2018 | DFW 2018 Riichi Open | Grapevine Convention Center, Grapevine, TX, USA | Real Tiles | WRC | 27 / 28 |
Play Style
One might describe Wagon's play style as "stupidly aggressive". Using only bits and pieces of the tenets of great mahjong players, he often unabashedly pushes his hands regardless of what other players do, and is especially dismissive of riichi's. Surprisingly, he's gotten more accustomed to dama'ing hands with bad waits in the hopes of building better ones. Having a background in poker, he prioritizes deception where others would likely push for efficiency, and desperately needs to work on his defense. His hand win rate is decidedly average at 21.9%, and has a pretty high deal-in rate of 18.8%. He has coined his reluctance to fold as the "Push and Pray Method".
While Wagon doesn't have many opportunities to imitate his favorite character since he almost exclusively plays online, he really likes the play style of Urabe from Akagi due to his emphasis on player manipulation (because of this you'd think he'd would also take after Urabe's great defense too). He also feels as if he's found a kindred spirit in Pen-Chan, a Fukumoto character that loves mahjong but is very bad at it.
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TheWagon's Tenhou stats as of 9-6-2018
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Urabe as he appears in the Akagi anime
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Pen-Chan from Fukumoto's manga of the same name
Notable Plays
| Date | Location | Situation | Description | Source |
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| 9-5-2018 | Tenhou.net | West round (East-only game) mangan to move from 4th to second | Got to tenpai on a tanki wait on the 2sou on the 4th turn, dama'd with no yaku in hope of getting a better wait. Kamicha had a pon of hatsu and just daimankan'd a chun for a potential honitsu shosangen/daisangen. Drew sha on the following turn and riichi'd with a tanki on it. Kamicha dealt another sha immediately after for an ippatsu. | 9-5-18, Game #2 http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2018090515gm-00c1-0000-dbeaedaf&tw=2 |
| 9-10-18 | Tenhou.et | West round (East-only game) dealer baiman to move from second to first and end the game | Opened hand early due to potential for honroutou, pushed against both kamicha (who opened his hand for honitsu) and toimen (who riichi'd) and ron'd off shimocha on turn 11 for honroutou, honitsu, fanpai, dora 3. | 9-10-18, Game #4 http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2018091016gm-00c1-0000-eb77f9c2&tw=2 |
Fun Facts
- Favorite pro is Yudai Maehara.
- Wears the same falcon lapel pin to mahjong tournaments that he wears to his mock trial tournaments.
- Also plays poker, backgammon, and bridge.
- Does not know any Japanese beyond the most basic phrases and mahjong terminology.
Photo Gallery
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Wagon at the table at DFW 2018, 1
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Wagon at the table at DFW 2018, 2
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They already know what's coming
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Wagon with the DFW 2018 participants (right, checkered shirt with tie)
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Cameron's Mahjong flyer. Has been posted in many cities in North Carolina to no avail
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Cameron's younger brother, Aaron, lost interest after playing a few games (pictured September 2017)
