2027 Wisconsin Riichi Open  

Tournament Dates
April 24-25, 2027

Location

Monona Terrace 

1 John Nolen Dr, Madison, WI 53703

Entry Fees

$65.00

Registration / Waitlist

Registration is full! We will be discussing possibilities of expanding the tournament with the venue.

Please signup for the waitlist using this form. If there are drops or an expansion in the cap, we will go down in the waitlist in order of submission. 

Once you submit the registration or waitlist form, you will receive an email. We have received feedback that sometimes the email goes to the spam folder, so be sure to double-check.

Payment

Venmo, PayPal, and Zelle are accepted. The payment details will be e-mailed to you after filling out the Google Form for registration. You will be given 1 week upon receipt of invoice to submit a payment, or your registration will be cancelled. In the event that we hit the player cap, priority will be given to those who pay first.

Player Cap

64

ARA Status

Certified

Communication

Join the Discord server for event updates and announcements. For any specific questions (such as regarding your registration), feel free to message sukaimence on Discord.

Housing

There is a hotel on site at the Hilton Madison Monona Terrace, though we do not have a hotel block. Otherwise, there are plenty of hotels in Downtown Madison within walking distance of the venue.

Rules
WRC Standard Rules / Penalties

Modifications:

Mod 2.1 Red Fives (Red and white for Wisconsin!)

Mod 4.1 30/10 Uma

The following adjustments are made to the penalties:

• Shouhai/Taahai (having too few or too many tiles) will only be penalized as a dead hand, not as a chombo.

Format

9 hanchan full scramble, hand shuffle.

Placements are determined by total scores at the end of the 9 hanchans. There is no top cut.

Time

Hanchans will last 75 minutes with no new hands after the timer has ended (75+0).

Prizes

Prizes for top 5

Tournament Staff

Tournament Organizer: Michael Xu

Head Judge: Kaden Chou

Judge: Mohan Richter-Addo

Subs / other staff: TBD. If you would like to help judge, sub, or help in other ways, please let us know!

Please arrive at the venue at least 15 minutes before Hanchan 1 (Saturday) and Hanchan 6 (Sunday). We will start all hanchans on time (unless otherwise specified in the Tournament Discord) and will be strictly enforcing late penalties.

Day 1 - April 24, 2027

Check-in Open:                  8:30 AM

Announcements:                8:45 AM

Hanchan 1:                        9:00 AM

Hanchan 2:                      10:40 AM

Lunch Break:                   12:20 PM

Hanchan 3:                        1:40 PM

Hanchan 4:                        3:20 PM

Hanchan 5:                        5:00 PM

Freeplay:                Until end of day

Day 2 - April 25, 2027

Hanchan 6:                        9:00 AM

Hanchan 7:                      10:40 AM

Lunch Break:                   12:20 PM

Hanchan 8:                        1:40 PM

Hanchan 9:                        3:20 PM

Awards Ceremony:            5:00 PM

Freeplay:                  Until 11:30 PM

Refunds
By submitting payment, we assume you are committed to participating in the tournament. Refunds for withdrawals may only be honored in case of emergencies (illness, flight cancellations, etc). These will be decided on a case-by-case basis and we reserve the right to deny any refund request.

Etiquette
All players must abide by the ARA Code of Conduct.

Please do not withdraw mid-tournament unless there is an emergency. Requests will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Failure to abide by these rules may result in being banned from future events hosted by us.

Waitlist
If the tournament is full, you may sign up to be on the waitlist. If there are any withdrawals or expansion in player cap, we will notify you via email.

Photography Notice

Photos will be taken at this event during and in between hanchans, as well as at the award ceremony. If you do not wish to be photographed, please indicate this in your registration or let the tournament organizer know.