Marina Golf, deal #21
HardChecked as winnableAbout this deal
This is one of the harder deals of Marina Golf: only 0% of the quick simulated games won it, and the solver had to search for a while before finding the way.
The pile starts with the 8 of Spades. At the start you can reach 8 of Hearts, 10 of Hearts, Queen of Spades, 5 of Clubs, Jack of Diamonds, 6 of Clubs and 4 of Spades.
None of them is one step away from the 8 of Spades, so the very first move is a stock card.
6 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 10 (4 cards), so its neighbours 9 and Jack 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
- Hard
- Solver's winning line
- 51 moves, 16 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 0 of 200 (0%)
- Starting card on the pile
- 8 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.
- Plan the end values early: each of them needs exactly one neighbour on the pile at the right moment.
- This is a hard deal: use undo to test an idea, and the hint button if you are completely stuck.
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 10 of Hearts onto the Jack of Spades.
- Play the Jack of Diamonds onto the 10 of Hearts.