{"product_id":"sparrows-nest-open-2026","title":"Sparrow's Nest Open 2026","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvent Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12-13, 8:00AM - 6:00PM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sparrow's Nest Studio, 35 W. 35th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY, 10018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEntry Fee\u003c\/strong\u003e: $60\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoin us for Sparrow's Nest Open, a 64-person all-autotable tournament at Sparrow's Nest Studio! \u003cspan\u003eThis event has been approved as an \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nariichi.org\/tournament-certification\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAmerican Riichi Association (ARA) Regional Qualifier\u003c\/a\u003e for the NYC area, and will be distributing US qualification points for the 2028 World Riichi Championship in NYC. Players must have an ARA ID to be granted points for this event. To create an ARA ID click \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/portal.nariichi.org\/users\/sign_up\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRules and Format\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/634a7884c297a25f06589b79\/t\/6834d67360e19c1da6c0d12c\/1748293243651\/WRC+Rules+2025.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWRC Ruleset\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModified penalties: Shouhai\/Taahai are ruled as dead hands, not chombo. All other penalties as listed through \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/634a7884c297a25f06589b79\/t\/6833a1f248230718b731592f\/1748214258864\/WRC+Penalties+2025.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWRC Penalties\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFloating Uma\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo players above starting (+15\/+5\/-5\/-15)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree players above starting (+15\/+5\/0\/-20)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne player above starting (+20\/0\/-5\/-15)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRounds are 60min + 0 (when time is called, players finish their current hand and do not start a new one)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 hanchan scramble with top 8, top 4 cuts for hanchans 7-10\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTop 8 cut and Top 4 cut will both be played as set play. From the top 8 tables, top 2 of each table will be pulled to create final top 4 table. All players are expected to complete all 10 hanchans\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOther items to note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne ticket per entrant. Ticket purchase will open on \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7\/6 at 12pm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.  Refunds will be processed until two weeks before the associated event date (11\/28). After this, players will be able to transfer tickets but will not be refunded. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne table at the tournament will be streamed on the \u003ca title=\"World Riichi Championship YouTube channel\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@worldriichi\"\u003eWorld Riichi Championship YouTube channel\u003c\/a\u003e with live commentary provided by our wonderful WRC English broadcast team. Top 4 table will be streamed for final hanchan set (hanchan 9\/10). Please alert the admin team if you do not want to be on stream by emailing \u003ca href=\"mailto:staff@sparrowsneststudio.com\"\u003estaff@sparrowsneststudio.com\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy purchasing a ticket, you are agreeing to the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/184jdioQdsRKNppidQb815ULXRAoyOSDw\/view\" title=\"World Riichi US Events Player Agreement\"\u003ePlayer Agreement\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1PHYMpeZ9QObfGXE4FvPxPil9PhhbyZ9W\/view\" title=\"World Riichi US Events Code of Conduct\"\u003eCode of Conduct\u003c\/a\u003e and will be expected to abide by these documents in the event.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSchedule\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"left\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 100%; height: 356px;\"\u003e\n\u003ccolgroup\u003e \u003ccol width=\"124\" style=\"width: 22.2222%;\"\u003e \u003ccol width=\"124\" style=\"width: 22.2222%;\"\u003e \u003ccol width=\"34\" style=\"width: 6.09319%;\"\u003e \u003ccol width=\"110\" style=\"width: 19.7133%;\"\u003e \u003ccol width=\"228\" style=\"width: 40.8602%;\"\u003e \u003c\/colgroup\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 35.6px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\" style=\"height: 35.6px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDay 1: Saturday, Dec 12\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 35.6px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\" style=\"height: 35.6px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDay 2: Sunday, Dec 13\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 35.6px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 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