Marina Golf, deal #12
EasyChecked as winnableAbout this deal
This is one of the easier deals of Marina Golf: 0% of the quick simulated games won it, and the solver found its winning line almost at once.
The pile starts with the Queen of Spades. At the start you can reach 8 of Clubs, 3 of Diamonds, 10 of Spades, 10 of Diamonds, 10 of Hearts, 3 of Clubs and 4 of Clubs.
None of them is one step away from the Queen of Spades, so the very first move is a stock card.
3 cards in the layout are end values (Ace and King), which connect in one direction only – the cards most likely to be left behind.
The most common value in the layout is 5 (4 cards), so its neighbours 4 and 6 are the values to keep in sight.
16 cards wait in the stock; the solver's line turns 15 of them.
The solver's winning line has 50 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Solver's winning line
- 50 moves, 15 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 1 of 200 (0%)
- Starting card on the pile
- Queen of Spades
- Cards in the layout
- 35
- Cards in the stock
- 16
- Cards playable at once
- 0
How to approach it
- Since the opening needs the stock, turn one card and stop: trace the chain it allows before playing anything.
- Spread your moves across the columns so that no column is left deep and alone at the end.
A winning start
These are the first moves of the solver's winning line. Open them only if you want a nudge.
Show the first three moves
- Turn a card from the stock.
- Play the 4 of Clubs onto the 3 of Spades.
- Play the 3 of Diamonds onto the 4 of Clubs.