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The '''2018 North American Open''' is the first instance of a championship series for the North American continent.
{{Infobox tournament
|image  =[[Image:NAOLogo.png|205px]]
|caption =
|Location    = New York City, NY
|Host        = [[USPML]]
|Date        = October 13-14, 2018
|Type        =
|Playercount = 76
|Teamcount = : will only be checked if playercount is not defined
<!--Top 4-->
|First  =Yoshifumi Uemura
|Second  =Mac Hidaka
|Third  =Loïc Roberge
|Fourth  =Allon Scheyer
}}
The '''2018 North American Open''' is the first instance of the championship series for the North American continent. It is hosted by the [[USPML]] under the guidance of [[NARMA]].
 
== Rules ==
Tournament rules operate under the [[WRC rules]].
 
== Represented clubs ==
* [[Baltimore Mahjong Club]]
* [[Chicago Area Mahjong]]
* [[Club Riichi de Montréal]]
* [[Dallas Fort-Worth Mahjong]]
* [[Los Angeles Pride of Mahjong]]
* [[Nine Gates Mahjong Club]]
* [[Oklahoma Mahjong Community]]
* [[Pacific Mahjong League]]
* [[Panhandle Mahjong]]
* [[Riichi Mahjong Columbus]]
* [[Southeast Michigan Mahjong]]
* [[United States Professional Mahjong League]]
* [[Washington MahJong Meetup]]
 
== Format and results ==
The format utilizes a seven [[hanchan]] round robin followed by a two hanchan final.  Players ranked fifth through twelfth also receive awards.
 
=== Round robin ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Place !! Name !! H1 !! H2 !! H3 !! H4 !! H5 !! H6 !! H7 !! Score
|-
| 1 || Mac Hidaka || 28.5 || 6.5 || 43.1 || 21.7 || 39.0 || 25.8 || 4.2 || 168.8
|-
| 2 || Loic Roberge || 19.0 || 30.5 || 13.4 || 5.8 || -15.5 || 45.3 || 34.4 || 132.9
|-
| 3 || Yoshifumi Uemura || 5.6 || 40.4 || 33.0 || 10.4 || 36.2 || 18.4 || -17.8 || 126.2
|-
| 4 || Allon Scheyer || 25.1 || 46.4 || 7.1 || -8.4 || 31.8 || 28.8 || -6.0 || 124.8
|-
| 5 || Daniel Moreno || 36.6 || 15.0 || -8.3 || 11.8 || 46.6 || 2.4 || 10.9 || 115.0
|-
| 6 || Jessica Lang || 4.2 || 27.5 || 5.4 || 22.0 || 11.1 || 20.9 || 7.7 || 98.8
|-
| 7 || Remle Robertson || 10.5 || 21.2 || 53.5 || -6.8 || -26.1 || 30.7 || 11.5 || 94.5
|-
| 8 || Pengqi Cheng || 33.9 || 0.0 || 8.6 || 10.6 || -21.1 || 17.1 || 42.8 || 91.9
|-
| 9 || Aaron David Ebejer || 26.0 || 26.6 || 36.3 || 41.4 || -27.5 || 19.6 || -32.6 || 89.8
|-
| 10 || Michael Donaghy || -2.5 || 9.5 || 27.1 || 24.2 || 46.7 || -53.0 || 32.4 || 84.4
|-
| 11 || Sylvain Royer || 62.7 || -28.7 || -40.0 || 52.1 || 6.6 || 21.3 || 7.4 || 81.4
|-
| 12 || Austin Tai || 41.4 || -13.0 || 7.1 || 48.2 || 28.3 || -20.7 || -10.2 || 81.1
|-
| 13 || Patrick Nguyen || 22.5 || 21.0 || -4.0 || 30.0 || 8.8 || 32.2 || -30.0 || 80.5
|-
| 14 || James Bragg || -32.1 || 41.4 || -29.7 || 47.6 || 30.8 || -8.1 || 9.6 || 59.5
|-
| 15 || Jaben McCormack || -9.6 || -5.7 || 10.1 || -7.2 || 25.6 || 43.7 || -3.8 || 53.1
|-
| 16 || Tina Koshimoto || 12.1 || 31.9 || 14.0 || 28.8 || -20.3 || -53.4 || 35.5 || 48.6
|-
| 17 || Michael McLeod || 24.0 || -27.1 || -13.5 || 4.8 || 29.4 || -2.2 || 32.9 || 48.3
|-
| 18 || Shane Zamora || 5.9 || 35.9 || 9.3 || 16.5 || 8.7 || 1.2 || -33.6 || 43.9
|-
| 19 || Zhuri Zhang || 30.9 || -23.6 || -8.8 || 18.8 || -6.7 || 27.0 || 5.9 || 43.5
|-
| 20 || Andrew Whitcomb || 29.7 || 1.7 || -8.0 || 13.6 || -2.7 || 24.2 || -17.2 || 41.3
|-
| 21 || Gregory Chin || 32.1 || 5.7 || 12.1 || -11.8 || 9.3 || -43.5 || 33.2 || 37.1
|-
| 22 || Ryan Adams || 27.7 || 28.1 || -14.6 || -19.8 || 29.8 || -9.6 || -10.8 || 30.8
|-
| 23 || Brian Tseng || -7.8 || -4.4 || 26.4 || 3.6 || 33.6 || -16.0 || -6.1 || 29.3
|-
| 24 || Noah Bock || 11.1 || 26.9 || 3.0 || -5.5 || -7.9 || -4.3 || 2.6 || 25.9
|-
| 25 || Zifei Chen || 8.8 || 8.2 || 7.9 || -38.6 || 0.0 || 6.6 || 32.1 || 25.0
|-
| 26 || Yuji Sugimoto || -2.7 || 2.6 || 26.1 || -7.1 || -6.2 || -26.2 || 34.7 || 21.2
|-
| 27 || Matthew Myers || -21.8 || 39.6 || 30.8 || -1.1 || 23.3 || -24.2 || -27.6 || 19.0
|-
| 28 || Kyle Le || -11.8 || 9.0 || -33.3 || 24.1 || 9.9 || 9.3 || 11.7 || 18.9
|-
| 29 || Gemma Sakamoto || -26.6 || -37.3 || -2.7 || -5.7 || 43.5 || 39.9 || 6.2 || 17.3
|-
| 30 || Aldwin Gordula || -3.7 || -7.4 || 27.7 || 8.5 || -4.6 || 8.6 || -15.4 || 13.7
|-
| 31 || David Clarke || 36.8 || -29.5 || 29.6 || -34.0 || 27.6 || -4.0 || -14.5 || 12.0
|-
| 32 || Grant Mahoney || -24.1 || 22.7 || -30.9 || -16.6 || 21.9 || -2.9 || 41.1 || 11.2
|-
| 33 || Michael Lee || 23.3 || 28.3 || -34.9 || -11.2 || 22.9 || 8.7 || -27.6 || 9.5
|-
| 34 || Ankhang Huynh || 8.7 || -5.8 || 12.3 || -26.0 || -17.0 || 22.5 || 9.0 || 3.7
|-
| 35 || Arthur McAnally || -39.5 || 27.1 || -34.8 || 46.3 || 34.6 || -22.1 || -8.3 || 3.3
|-
| 36 || Edwin Dizon || 11.1 || -3.7 || 15.9 || -11.4 || -27.6 || -24.9 || 38.9 || -1.7
|-
| 37 || William Huie || -13.4 || -5.1 || 36.1 || -39.2 || 17.1 || -5.0 || 6.3 || -3.2
|-
| 38 || Zachary Leak || 33.8 || -32.2 || 28.3 || -21.8 || -52.5 || 19.1 || 21.2 || -4.1
|-
| 39 || Sakurai Takahiro || 0.1 || -21.0 || 23.9 || -14.0 || 0.7 || 4.7 || -6.0 || -11.6
|-
| 40 || Shannon Granville || 6.3 || -0.9 || -32.3 || 40.6 || 8.7 || -13.5 || -25.3 || -16.4
|-
| 41 || Alessandro Lara || -28.7 || 9.2 || -28.5 || -14.1 || -1.1 || 9.0 || 37.4 || -16.8
|-
| 42 || George Liu-Krason || 23.7 || -32.0 || -5.7 || 3.2 || 10.4 || 12.0 || -29.7 || -18.1
|-
| 43 || Heyward Zhao || 42.2 || 16.2 || -10.9 || -20.6 || 15.1 || -45.2 || -15.5 || -18.7
|-
| 44 || Kinyan Lui || -32.0 || -13.4 || 2.6 || 10.7 || 2.2 || -22.1 || 33.2 || -18.8
|-
| 45 || Vincent Gau || -23.1 || -38.2 || 38.5 || 29.2 || -29.8 || -10.3 || 13.8 || -19.9
|-
| 46 || Si L Lai || -28.9 || 16.0 || 25.7 || -58.4 || -7.6 || 21.9 || 10.5 || -20.8
|-
| 47 || Wei Bin Wang || -11.0 || 8.1 || -7.7 || -11.7 || 7.0 || -25.1 || 17.3 || -23.1
|-
| 48 || Steven Augustin || -43.0 || 20.8 || -18.8 || 24.1 || -50.8 || 12.6 || 29.3 || -25.8
|-
| 49 || Alexander Levin || -25.0 || -8.9 || 28.5 || 8.6 || 8.3 || -35.1 || -3.8 || -27.4
|-
| 50 || Kevin Shi || -1.1 || -19.5 || 10.2 || -10.2 || -23.1 || -13.6 || 25.6 || -31.7
|-
| 51 || Pete Molski || -34.1 || -11.4 || -48.7 || 50.2 || -6.9 || -15.3 || 33.1 || -33.1
|-
| 52 || Bruce Bland || -23.1 || -29.0 || -23.4 || 2.9 || 38.8 || -36.2 || 35.7 || -34.3
|-
| 53 || Kelly Bohan || 8.5 || 11.2 || -25.4 || 4.5 || 19.3 || -20.5 || -35.1 || -37.5
|-
| 54 || David Li || -14.1 || -19.3 || -24.9 || -19.1 || 15.4 || 58.1 || -34.9 || -38.8
|-
| 55 || Toshiko Nishikawa || -6.0 || -45.8 || -11.6 || 37.2 || -5.6 || -19.6 || 12.2 || -39.2
|-
| 56 || John Erickson || -14.9 || 26.1 || 31.9 || -25.7 || -27.3 || 7.9 || -38.1 || -40.1
|-
| 57 || Robert Carmosio || 24.6 || -30.8 || 19.8 || -11.4 || -13.0 || -6.6 || -30.1 || -47.5
|-
| 58 || Pierce Edwards || -35.9 || 8.1 || 5.4 || 7.7 || -39.6 || 3.6 || -13.2 || -63.9
|-
| 59 || Bing Ho Lee || -43.1 || 35.0 || 15.9 || -39.8 || -6.4 || 3.9 || -29.7 || -64.2
|-
| 60 || Charles McDonell || -24.1 || 20.4 || -6.8 || -5.2 || -47.7 || 30.3 || -33.7 || -66.8
|-
| 61 || Eric Nguyen || -9.9 || -29.2 || -46.8 || 33.2 || 13.1 || 6.2 || -36.7 || -70.1
|-
| 62 || Jeffrey O'Connell || -42.5 || -23.4 || -13.8 || 27.1 || -31.4 || 22.5 || -9.4 || -70.9
|-
| 63 || Danny Fan || -26.6 || -5.0 || -19.4 || -16.8 || -24.8 || -15.8 || 36.6 || -71.8
|-
| 64 || Joseph McGowan || -12.0 || -49.4 || 16.1 || -7.3 || 20.0 || -22.8 || -29.2 || -84.6
|-
| 65 || Chuck Ford || -3.5 || 9.2 || -31.7 || -30.8 || -12.2 || -7.1 || -19.8 || -95.9
|-
| 66 || Ashlee Leak || 26.0 || -29.8 || -5.1 || -43.4 || -27.6 || -40.5 || 13.1 || -107.3
|-
| 67 || Gabriel Ocasio || 12.9 || -7.2 || 0.5 || -25.3 || -47.9 || 8.5 || -54.8 || -113.3
|-
| 68 || Nikki Aldridge || -11.1 || -16.3 || -27.8 || -27.5 || -12.6 || -6.8 || -21.1 || -123.2
|-
| 69 || Rachel Halperin || -17.0 || -37.2 || -31.4 || 6.6 || -10.8 || -4.9 || -37.1 || -131.8
|-
| 70 || Wei Taur || -36.1 || -32.8 || -32.3 || -37.2 || -9.3 || 20.4 || -14.9 || -142.2
|-
| 71 || Donald Clark || -25.7 || -12.9 || -26.8 || -47.6 || -9.5 || -26.4 || -6.0 || -154.9
|-
| 72 || Christopher Woelkers || -24.0 || -39.3 || -7.5 || -25.8 || -63.9 || 11.6 || -9.4 || -158.3
|-
| SUB || Henry Chen || 10.7 || -24.5 || -32.4 || 39.2 || 20.2 || -1000.0 || -1000.0 || -1986.8
|-
| DNF || Kaoru Tachibana || -8.7 || 10.5 || 45.1 || -16.4 || -43.9 || -1000.0 || -1000.0 || -2013.4
|-
| DNF || Nicholas Naimo || 6.6 || -4.6 || -7.8 || -31.9 || -33.5 || -1000.0 || -1000.0 || -2071.2
|-
| SUB || Ty Kennedy || 22.2 || -6.2 || -38.3 || -25.4 || -26.3 || -1000.0 || -1000.0 || -2074.0
|}
 
=== Final ===
Round robin scores did not factor into the final.  The final four had two hanchan to produce the highest score and win the tournament overall.
{{Game results/Twoscore|
| header =
| width  = 60%
<!--player1-->
| player1 = Yoshifumi Uemura
| h1score1 = 35.0
| h2score1 = 12.9
| rowcolor1 =
<!--player2-->
| player2 = Mac Hidaka
| h1score2 = -0.8
| h2score2 = 43.4
| rowcolor2 =
<!--player3-->
| player3 = Loïc Roberge
| h1score3 = 13.2
| h2score3 = -36.7
| rowcolor3 =
<!-player4-->
| player4 = Allon Scheyer
| h1score4 = -47.4
| h2score4 = -20.6
| rowcolor4 =
}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
[[Category:North American tournaments]]
* [http://riichinao.com Official site]
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