Marina Golf, deal #22
EasyChecked as winnableAbout this deal
This is one of the easier deals of Marina Golf: 2% of the quick simulated games won it, and the solver found its winning line almost at once.
The pile starts with the 4 of Diamonds. At the start you can reach 5 of Hearts, 7 of Spades, Ace of Hearts, Jack of Spades, 6 of Diamonds, 8 of Diamonds and 3 of Spades.
2 of them fit on the 4 of Diamonds straight away.
Played perfectly, the opening run reaches 9 cards before the first stock card is needed.
5 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 3 (3 cards), so its neighbours 2 and 4 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
- 3 of 200 (2%)
- Starting card on the pile
- 4 of Diamonds
- Cards in the layout
- 35
- Cards in the stock
- 16
- Cards playable at once
- 2
- Longest opening run
- 9
How to approach it
- Follow the long opening run, but at every fork check which choice leaves a card for the next step.
- Plan the end values early: each of them needs exactly one neighbour on the pile at the right moment.
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
- Play the 5 of Hearts onto the 4 of Diamonds.
- Play the 6 of Diamonds onto the 5 of Hearts.
- Play the 5 of Diamonds onto the 6 of Diamonds.