Raisu Umeru Finally Wins a Hand After an Hour and a Half of Viewer Mahjong

PINK PUNK PRO — Raisu Umeru, a streamer with Pink Punk Pro, won her first hand of a viewer-participation Mahjong Soul stream about an hour and a half in, on Saturday. The win was worth 2,900 points, and she celebrated it on stream. “I finally won,” she said.

She opened the stream with a mahjong tile perched on her head and announced that she was ready to win, with her riichi stick at hand, even though she had barely won lately. She set up a private room for four players and invited anyone to join, with no conditions. She described herself as a beginner who might play badly, and viewers rotated through the other three seats from game to game.

“It’s only 2,900 points, but I was able to win. I finally won.” — Raisu Umeru, after her first win of the day

Through the first hour she came close but did not win. In the first game she declared riichi, a bid to win on one last tile, but another player won off her discard. Later games ended with rivals winning, including one who declared riichi on the very first turn. She vowed that the stream would not end until she took first place, and told viewers she was learning as she went, at one point holding on to a tile on purpose to see what would come.

Her win came at about 1 hour 23 minutes. Chat filled with applause and congratulations. She then said she would make the next game the last, noting that a first-place finish seemed unlikely so soon after her one win. In that last game another player won with a yakuman, a limit hand, and she took the loss in good spirits.

She said she had a great time playing mahjong at a relaxed pace in the afternoon, and thanked viewers. Her next stream is a regular YouTube broadcast at 9 p.m. on Sunday.