Marina Golf, deal #16

About 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 9 of Spades. At the start you can reach Queen of Hearts, 10 of Clubs, King of Clubs, 5 of Hearts, 4 of Diamonds, Jack of Hearts and Queen of Diamonds.

One of them fits on the 9 of Spades straight away.

Played perfectly, the opening run reaches 5 cards before the first stock card is needed.

4 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 4 (4 cards), so its neighbours 3 and 5 are the values to keep in sight.

16 cards wait in the stock; the solver's line turns 16 of them.

The solver's winning line has 51 moves.

Deal facts

Difficulty

Easy

Solver's winning line

51 moves, 16 of them stock turns

Quick simulated games won

1 of 200 (0%)

Starting card on the pile

9 of Spades

Cards in the layout

35

Cards in the stock

16

Cards playable at once

1

Longest opening run

5

How to approach it

• Follow the long opening run, but at every fork check which choice leaves a card for the next step.
• 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.